Why the #%^* do we pitch to Yelich?

[wccards21]

What you just argued for, I said was fine & I did. Throwing inside and one slipping is not the same as throwing a 99 MPH fastball with no intention other than a HBP

 

[Duck_walk]

What you just argued for, I said was fine & I did. Throwing inside and one slipping is not the same as throwing a 99 MPH fastball with no intention other than a HBP

Yea I know. But my point is that a lot of this generation's pitchers are afraid to throw inside. Instead of the hitters having fear, its actually the pitcher who is afraid.

 

[wccards21]

Yea I know. But my point is that a lot of this generation's pitchers are afraid to throw inside. Instead of the hitters having fear, its actually the pitcher who is afraid.

Now that is something I won't disagree with. The power arms feel like they need to strike everyone out, and going inside gives the other team a free base runner rather than an out if they slip

 

[3Rfan]

What you just argued for, I said was fine & I did. Throwing inside and one slipping is not the same as throwing a 99 MPH fastball with no intention other than a HBP

Anybody know how hard Gibson, Drysdale and others were throwing? We know Ryan was throwing 100 and I'd bet he knocked down a few in his day. It didn't have to be because a guy hit you too well, a lot of the time it was because the opposing pitcher hit one of your players so... I don't how these 'barbarians' ever managed to stay in MLB.