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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball
It's obvious is working though. Guys aren't hitting check swing homers like they were and they aren't all hulked up. This is baseball.
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They are also saying that pitchers now days are better so who knows. Maybe its a combination of both. COuld be many things, are umpires giving the batters a bigger strike zone? i know for a while, it used to be really small. NOw it seems they are calling the high fastball a strike more often then they used too.
I remember a few years back, guys were saying the actual damn baseball seem to feel different then they used too and were more tightly wound. SO who the hell knows.
there are many many pitchers now that pitch in the high 90's it wasnt like that before. Not even ****ing close. You usually had 1 guy in the pen that hit 97 or so, now guy are throwing 102 mph almost every pitch. Take a look at the 3 big guys in the Royals pen, they all average like 98 to 101 mph fastballs. Thats insane. NOt even in the 90's when the Reds big 3 bullpen did that.. I think only Dibble through really hard and that was probalby 97