Clutch hitting is one of the most critcal stats down the stretch. Some teams have it. Some just dont.
Wall is in play just like the ground. It can hit multiple people and gloves, but once it touches anything else it's live ball. eta: if that had been a wall in foul territory (like in the OF corners), it would have depended on when the fielder touched the ball. If he touches it in fair territory it's a fair ball and vice versa.
The Tuve we've grown to love is BACK. Lots of solid contact and good at bats. Our first 5 batters are just scary. Once Correa gets going, this team will be as scary as any team we've had from the offensive end.
Straw with 2 great PA's today. Exactly the type of patient, pain in the ass AB's that someone with his skillset should have.
Coriolis Effect. Righties look prettier in the Southern Hemisphere. or: [Brady] Anderson pointed out that when right-handed batters finish their swings, they are facing toward third base. Because they need to run the opposite direction after a hit, right-handers' follow-throughs are truncated, designed to shave crucial nano-seconds off of their sprint to first base. Their swings can appear choppy, rushed, unfinished. When a lefty finishes his swing, he is already pointed toward first; he can afford a graceful follow-through. ... Lefties "have a little bit more of a loop" to their swings, [Will] Clark said, making them appear more graceful. But why that is, he couldn't say. Clark videotapes his swing and analyzes it. He noted that, if you compare a lefty to a righty on videotape-frame by frame-they look the same. But the sum of the parts-the outcome-looks "completely different." A mystery, he acknowledged. "For some reason," he said, "a lefty's swing evolves in a more pleasing-to-look-at fashion." And, as much as ballplayers like to say that "all that matters is results," the most crowded spot on the field before any Texas Rangers game is behind the batting cage, as visiting players study Rafael Palmiero and his enviable batting practice cuts. ... "I'm guessing-and write that down-'I'm guessing,' " [Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley] said, "that it comes from when [left-handers] are growing up." He explained that, because there is a paucity of left-handed pitchers in youth leagues, left-handed batters face mostly right-handed pitchers. Pitches from righties-fastballs, curves, change-ups-all break toward a left-hander at the plate and away from a right-hander. Therefore, he said, left-handed batters can settle in at the plate, rarely having to lunge to reach a pitch over the outside, and rarely having to bail out against a high-and-tight offering. "They can get real comfortable up there," he said. "Real aggressive. And you can take a nice, natural swing. They hardly ever have to worry about getting one in the ear" from a southpaw pitcher. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-s...9/playoffs/worldseries/articles/lefties27.htm
