Tennessee is currently the best team in the nation. It’s not even close. Glad we took advantage of their down years. I’m just about to check out on college football if UL and UT keep winning. I don’t need this shit in my life.
Sure that's a good idea, Hank? We know how your wife gets when she's not on her 8Sleep.The missus and I are getting an airbnb in Over the Rhine next weekend. Anyone got good restaurant recs? We are hoping to find a good pizza place that is walkable especially.
Yes, I do. Monogamously.Sure that's a good idea, Hank? We know how your wife gets when she's not on her 8Sleep.
Or you can just make up a couple positive things and I’ll give ya a like anyway. Make it good.Going to see Pope discuss UK Offensive principals tonight at the Ohio High School Boys Basketball Coaching Clinic. Will report back if any scuttlebutt is heard.
That Levis pick-6 was soooooo bad.
Yeah - his calls have been pretty bad too. But that pick 6 was alllllll LevisCallahan is garbage.
Boss’s nephew
Yeah - his calls have been pretty bad too. But that pick 6 was alllllll Levis
You lucky dogGoing to see Pope discuss UK Offensive principals tonight at the Ohio High School Boys Basketball Coaching Clinic. Will report back if any scuttlebutt is heard.
The missus and I are getting an airbnb in Over the Rhine next weekend. Anyone got good restaurant recs? We are hoping to find a good pizza place that is walkable especially.
That oughta solve everything.Reds fired David Bell.
He’s so tall there is only so much he can do to shorten his swing. A lot of tall players struggle with k’s like Judge and back in the day guys like Dave Kingman and Richie Sexson.Striking out > 200 times in a season is awful, even in today’s game where strikeouts are up considerably. But the difference is that I think you can strike out a lot and still be a great baseball player, which Elly is.
Mike Trout struck out 184 times his age-22 season, and won an MVP.
Shohei Ohtani struck out 189 times in 2021, and won an MVP.
It’s incredibly frustrating, but the game is just played differently now.
Striking out > 200 times in a season is awful, even in today’s game where strikeouts are up considerably. But the difference is that I think you can strike out a lot and still be a great baseball player, which Elly is.
Mike Trout struck out 184 times his age-22 season, and won an MVP.
Shohei Ohtani struck out 189 times in 2021, and won an MVP.
It’s incredibly frustrating, but the game is just played differently now.
🖐️Who gives a shit? Jesus
He’s so tall there is only so much he can do to shorten his swing. A lot of tall players struggle with k’s like Judge and back in the day guys like Dave Kingman and Richie Sexson.
Tony Clark had a substantially lower K rate so maybe they can take away something from someone like him but it would cost them some power numbers. I do wish he’d choke up with 2 strikes or in spots where the ball just needs to be put in play but hardly anyone does that anymore unfortunately.
The thing you continually gloss over is that Elly's numbers in his age 22 year were very similar to Witt's. What he's done already at his age is incredible.Mike Trout went 36/111/.287 that year. He also led the league with 338 total bases.
Ohtani went 46/100/.257 (he also went 9-2 with a 3.18 era with 156 K's in 130 IP)
Horrible comparisons.
If you are going to K 210 times in a season, then you better be bringing the heat to the box and put up big time HR/RBI numbers.
And no, he isn't a "great" player by any stretch....he has the tools, but he needs to refine them and improve, dramatically. Bobby Witt is a "great" player and would be MVP this year were it not for #99 in NYC. That is who Elly needs to look at.
He had a good season for just his second in the league, but has a lot of work to do to take it to the next level, and that includes on the defensive side as well.
A lot of players nowadays are obsessed with launch angle above anything else unfortunately. And it has made its way into youth baseball instruction as well.Chipper Jones was on a podcast the other day where he said he doesn’t watch as many Braves games as he used to because the approach hitters are taking cause him to throw his flip flops at the TV. Specifically he’s mad at how they just don’t give af about striking out - especially in situations where they just need to put the ball in play to get base runners over.
For the most part, correct, however, you also have Dave Winfield who only K'd more than 100 times in 3 seasons.
Judge is not a good example, because he is actually a good hitter. The year he K'd 208 times, he went 52/114/.284. This year he will be above .300 for the second time in last 3 years.
Elly needs to keep learning....HR's needs to be an afterthought. 20-25 a season with a .290 avg should be his mark, and that will also increase his OBP, steals.