Billy Buckner passed away

[Backtobanks]

 

 

Making contact has the possibility of something happening (more good than bad) while striking out offers nothing.

 

What about dropped third strikes? check and mate.

 

BRB; just figured out Backtobanks is my dad.

 

 

You didn't show up on my Ancestry page.

[Sammy Sofa]

As long as you pretend that homers, triples, doubles, singles, errors, fielder's choice, sacrifices, etc. don't exist.

 

Dude, again, my dad is talking about how he thinks it's better to make a contact out as opposed to striking out, regardless of whether there's someone on base or not. He's not pining for them to get a hit when he says, "just make some contact," because, duh, we're all doing that; it's this weird thing he does when a player has 2 strikes and is swinging at everything, and he's just assuming the guy is going to make an out because they're just flailing/guessing or taking defensive swings, so in his head he thinks it's somehow always less bad if they hit into an out as opposed to striking out.

 

Nobody is doing the goofy horsefeathers you're tossing out there trying to justify being on board with some spicy old man takes.

[David]

Dad's are funny. Mine is steadfast in his belief that momentum is real and losing the first game of a 3-game set means you've basically lost the series.

 

well, i mean, it does, kinda...definitely dramatically increases the likelihood. but it's because of the most basic math, not momentum.

[jersey cubs fan]

spicy old man takes

[NewUserName]

Whenever I watch baseball with my dad, one of his most common refrains if a Cubs batter has two strikes is how he wants them to, "just make some contact," regardless of whether it's a situation where making a contact out instead of striking out means anything. Some people just still get their back up if a guy strikes out, like that's somehow worse than if he pops out or weakly grounds out.

 

I get irritated if someone strikes out with a runner on 3rd with less than 2 outs...but I am nowhere near my dad when it comes to striking out. He somehow thinks its worse than a double play or something

[Backtobanks]

As long as you pretend that homers, triples, doubles, singles, errors, fielder's choice, sacrifices, etc. don't exist.

 

Dude, again, my dad is talking about how he thinks it's better to make a contact out as opposed to striking out, regardless of whether there's someone on base or not. He's not pining for them to get a hit when he says, "just make some contact," because, duh, we're all doing that; it's this weird thing he does when a player has 2 strikes and is swinging at everything, and he's just assuming the guy is going to make an out because they're just flailing/guessing or taking defensive swings, so in his head he thinks it's somehow always less bad if they hit into an out as opposed to striking out.

 

Nobody is doing the goofy horsefeathers you're tossing out there trying to justify being on board with some spicy old man takes.

 

 

As I posted before, there's a better chance of something good happening if you put the ball in play rather than striking out. I'm not trying to justify anything, it's simple math.

[jersey cubs fan]

so anyway, buckner died and that's a shame.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think it's literally impossible to better explain what everyone besides Backtobanks is talking about here. Holy hell.

[Sammy Sofa]

so anyway, buckner died and that's a shame.

 

Well, we ARE talking about old men with questionable brains...

[PackLandVA]

LOL Northsidebaseball.com!!!

 

I player dies. He was a really good hitter. He rarely walked and rarely struck out. And the thread turns into an argument.

 

Hahahahahah!!!!!!!!!

[WoodRules]

Bill Buckner is the reason I became a Cubs fan. My mother had a huge crush on him so, everyday when I got home from school, the Cubs game was on. My aunt died a couple years ago from dementia at the same age as Bill. Terrible disease.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think it's literally impossible to better explain what everyone besides Backtobanks is talking about here. Holy hell.

Senior or Junior?