"You would think that a leadoff walk would lead to more big innings than a leadoff home run. But we've done the research and it turns out that more big innings have come from leadoff home runs than leadoff walks."
Yes, Tim McCarver actually said this last night:
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LoL ...... I think Tim just mispoke ...... I would think that more big innings occur from leadoff walks than leadoff HRs
i do like him, but i hate when he goes over the infield fly rule for 10 minutes in the playoffs. I wish he got the message that only hard core baseball fans and gambling watch the playoffs.
Yes I'm sure "we've done the research"
This guy is such a tool.
Of course more runs are scored in innings that start with a run! How could you think otherwise. It's like math or something.
Guys, how about using baseball common sense to see where the guy is coming from for a minute.
You give a up a leadoff HR, then you still have no one on base to worry about, and you can shake it off and go after the next 3 hitters. Besides, HRs dont really come off of bad pitches (except to Vladdy) but pitches that are in the strike zone. BoBs, you missed the strikezone 4 times and possibly having command issues:shrug:
You give up a lead off walk, now you have to worry about the runner AND making the right pitch to the batter as to not give up a HR. You also have the mental task of making a pitch to induce a DP. You give up another walk or hit, now you have 2 men on and no outs.
His comments make perfect sense, but I'd be curious to know how many runs constitute a big inning. Is it 3, 5, 6?:shrug: Also, you have to consider when the leadoff HRs came in the game to add to the big innings. I would imagine that they came in the mid-late innings where you have a tired SP and are getting into the BPs.
Just my two cents.
See you all tomorrow.
GL tonight.
You give a up a leadoff HR, then you still have no one on base to worry about, and you can shake it off and go after the next 3 hitters. Besides, HRs dont really come off of bad pitches (except to Vladdy) but pitches that are in the strike zone. BoBs, you missed the strikezone 4 times and possibly having command issues:shrug:
You give up a lead off walk, now you have to worry about the runner AND making the right pitch to the batter as to not give up a HR. You also have the mental task of making a pitch to induce a DP. You give up another walk or hit, now you have 2 men on and no outs.
His comments make perfect sense, but I'd be curious to know how many runs constitute a big inning. Is it 3, 5, 6?:shrug: Also, you have to consider when the leadoff HRs came in the game to add to the big innings. I would imagine that they came in the mid-late innings where you have a tired SP and are getting into the BPs.
Just my two cents.
See you all tomorrow.
GL tonight.
