Was Mabry just a horrible hitting coach?
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Well, in fairness, Mabry was a pretty awful MLB hitter. I struggle with how many pitches hitters took under his watch. I grew to miss the Big Mac theory of taking a hack at the first good pitch you see.
Yeah I never did get the deal with taking pitches to wear down a pitcher. You wear down a pitcher by beating his brains out jumping on every pitch he throws in the middle of the plate no matter the count.
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But I constantly hear ESPN people talk about how Red Sox and Yankee hitters go deep into counts and grind out each AB and make a pitcher throw X amount of pitches into the sixth inning. I like the more aggressive approach for the Cardinals but there is more than one philosophy that has proven success, i.e. Boston & NYY.
But my favorite approach is Bader playing and Fowler not. Aggressively running the bases, using the hit-and-run, stealing bags. I enjoy seeing a three-run homer mixed in. But not going station-to-station waiting for that three-run blast. The current Cardinals are a pleasure to watch.
I’m with you guys, too. That seems to be the best philosophy for this team. All I’m saying (as the devil’s advocate), is there’s more than one way to “skin a cat.” One size (philosophy) doesn’t fit all.
Our guys had been taking too many pitches in the middle of the plate even when the count was in their favor and waaay too many when it wasn't then they had to try to do something with pitchers pitch.
