
Effectively Wild Episode 2003: Return of the Mack
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Importance of Pitching Hard
A pitching machine that could accurately replicate pitch data on an individual level, he adds, hitters might be able to bypass part of the in-game learning curve. If companies can offer that capability, a hitter could visit an indoor cage during a game and tune up against the same stuff a pitcher threw on his nastiest day right before facing him for real. What would MLB look like if every time a batter got a strike or a pitcher got a strike they either shrunk by three feet over the course of their career? How would players manage the potential risk? And what would our society do about it? Just so you know, with this curse, Mike Trout would currently be three foot seven inches
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