I posted this on my FB page and thought it would be a good topic for discussion for the few baseball folks we have on TF's. According to the MLB Network, April 2018 was the first time in MLB history that there were more strikeouts than hits. I know with the increasing craze about launch angle, taking equally hard cuts with two strikes as you do with no strikes and generally a more "all or nothing" approach to hitting. This really doesn't surprise me.
I remember striking out used to be frowned upon. "At least put the ball in play", "Two strike hitting" is what I heard and was taught my entire life. There were and are hitting videos by greats like Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Mattingly and others who tell you how their approach to hitting changed with two strikes. That type mindset seems to be a thing of the past. What are y'alls thoughts about this and what are y'all teaching y'alls players? I know several of the retired now turned analyst on the MLB Network just cannot get over how many times a lot of these guys strikeout over the course of a season.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbs-biggest-problem-is-not-pace-of-play-and-its-only-getting-worse-in-2018/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/09/28/whiffle-ball-mlb-sets-strikeout-record-for-10th-year-in-row/106068922/
I remember striking out used to be frowned upon. "At least put the ball in play", "Two strike hitting" is what I heard and was taught my entire life. There were and are hitting videos by greats like Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Mattingly and others who tell you how their approach to hitting changed with two strikes. That type mindset seems to be a thing of the past. What are y'alls thoughts about this and what are y'all teaching y'alls players? I know several of the retired now turned analyst on the MLB Network just cannot get over how many times a lot of these guys strikeout over the course of a season.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbs-biggest-problem-is-not-pace-of-play-and-its-only-getting-worse-in-2018/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/09/28/whiffle-ball-mlb-sets-strikeout-record-for-10th-year-in-row/106068922/
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