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TOUR DE FRANCE First Stage (San Sebastian, 194km): 1 D Arnould (Fr) 4hr 37min 39sec; 2 J Museeuw (Bel), 3 M Sciandri (It), 4 J Skibby (Den), 5 H Maier (Aut), 6 R Virenque (Fr), 7 R Golz (Ger), 8 M Sergeant (Bel) 9 S Kelly (Irl), 10 J Heppner (Ger), 11 F Chioccioli (It), 12 L Jalabert (Fr), 13 R Alcala (Mex), 14 E Alonso (Sp), 15 A Leanizbarrutia (Sp), 16 R Sorensen (Den), 17 L Roosen (Bel), 18 S Rooks (Neth), 19 M Indurain (Sp), 20 S Roche (Irl) all same time. Selected: 40 G LeMond (US), 50 M Earley (Irl), 67 R Millar (GB) all s/t; 152 S Yates (GB) +7:25.
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Please may I boast just a tiny bit? Ta!
(13 Posts)Mmmmm..... Teenage years.
Don't shatter the bubble just yet
Congrats...but don't boast in public too much.
At 7 months our springer had been promoted upto the advanced class and was working towards gold...roll on adolescence and it all goes to pot!
She's now 20 months and we're just starting to regain full control again
Doesn't help when the lady at puppy training refers to him as "very high energy" and says he's "not an easy dog"! Completely untrue! He is totally chilled out and been really easy, just when he's there with the 2 other pups he thinks why should he train when they can all play (which she lets them do at the beginning, so of course he then wants to carry on!). I'm not too worried as I think this is all normal puppy behaviour and he will calm down, as is shown little by little each day, and reinforced by others such as yourself saying their pups were the same!
As for the cleaning, it's not too bad! Daily hoovering and steaming in the main rooms and opening of windows, but not too much more than I did before!!
Thank you!
But that's what it was like with needastrongpup! He was great indoors and when nobody was around but forgot everything when you added in significant distractions. Slowly, slowly this has improved, with a few bumps along the way. I am more confident too I guess.
I find I am no longer tense when in a very busy area and puppy is off lead. I know he won't jump up or run off.
How's the cleaning going?
Congrats! I know how hard you've worked on training so glad it's paid off! Our pup is now 15 weeks and fantastic indoors and on walks as long as no other dogs or people around! As soon as sees anyone or especially a dog, he gets sooo excited that we can't do a thing with him, no chance of him being off-lead ATM unless there's nobody around, BUT every day is slightly better so maybe one day he'll go for his bronze! At puppy training he thinks he's there to play and has no interest in training so not a true reflection of how super he is at home! One day.....I strive for him to be as brilliant as needastrongpup!! Well done!!
Pariah - thanks Our puppy has always been wuss too and the breeder told us to let him off lead asap, while he was too scared to leave our side. It works lol!
Puppy adores me too, he sort of watches me wherever I go. Won't play with toys etc, just watches me then plonks himself down at my feet. Rather like a stalker with 4 legs
The trainer and others say this is good....he's waiting for his next command...he doesn't do anything without my say so... wish the kids were like this!
How old is your puppy?
Well done, I have no idea what the award is but you deserve it .
We have a puppy atm who doesn't appear to be super bright bless him. He does have good recall though, because atm he is such a wuss he never strays far lol. Although dp let him off lead in a local field and he buggered off and ran the whole way back home .
He adores me for some bizarre reason, and like my children will not let me even have a wee in peace ffs.
Yes, dogs definitely love to please when the end result is liver!!
Brilliant!! Well done.
Thank you! I know the Silver isn't that much different to the Bronze really so the trainer has suggested a training course that has a massive emphasis on off lead work but, for the life of me, I can't remember the name of this one.
Really love the training, dogs just love to please don't they?
And they also love liver.... which helps a lot I find
That is fantastic! Congratulations, and very well done.
Aww well done both of you
Our 7 month old Springer passed his KC bronze award at the weekend. With flying colours. They mocked up the silver award test for him too afterwards and he passed this too.
After many many hours of work by all of our family but especially myself and DH, we have a fantastic, well behaved dog, who wins over everyone he meets as he's such a softie!!
Sorry, had a wine, been browsing this section tonight about recall and jumping etc etc and just feel proud of him really! And lucky.
Ps - always always put him on lead if another dog on lead approaches but he does that circling, stopping, glancing away thing anyway and has started ignoring most dogs anyway after a quick sniff unless they clearly want to play.
However I have to say I never realised just how much work getting to this stage is and would have thought twice had I really appreciated this, much as I love and adore him and wouldn't swap him for the world.
Can you tell I have had a wine?
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Sunday, 27 December 2015
Christmas day reflections and food
Christmas eve was a day of baking and last minute present wrapping. In the evening we had a simple supper of dips, bikkies, crudites, bikkies and pitas with melted cheese.
Christmas morning we opened presents, shared a breakfast of cranberry nut rolls, Jarlsberg cheese and orange juice. Then we drove to Geelong for the mayhem of opening presents at my parents' house.
Then it was time to play a round of Logo board game and set the table.
We ate a hearty roast dinner for lunch. I made my annual Christmas nut roast. It was served with roast potatoes, pumpkin and carrots, peas, cauliflower cheese and cranberry sauce. So good!
My mum made plum pudding with custard for dessert. We also had pavlova and chocolate cheesecake.
There were bottle of drink on offer but I was most intrigued by this limited edition Lemonade with citrus and cucumber! It was rather nice, old chap.
A stray ant or two drooling over the gingerbread house made it urgent that we pound the life out of it. Well I thought someone might break a hole in it with a spoon but it really was reduced to smithereens. My dad even thought it needed a mallet from the tool cupboard.
The afternoon was spent trying to read my book and keep cool indoors while it was like an oven outside. [We heard the news reports of fires down the Great Ocean Road and knew we were lucky to be celebrating Christmas in our homes.] The evening was a simple matter of leftover nut roast and the royal variety show.
When the evening got dark we headed into Geelong city to see the floating Christmas tree and the light show on the town hall.
Boxing Day was lots more good food (mmm salads, panforte, caramel tart) and family visits. We didn't spend quite as long with family as we had intended because E and I had booked to go to see the new Star Wars movie. The film was fantastic fun with lots of nostalgia, action, suspense, good versus bad and such a cute wee droid.
We were given lots of lovely presents. Here is a selection. Lots of holiday amusements and Scottish presents.
Lots of foodie presents. My mum was in Dublin and Paris before Christmas so we were fortunate to have her doing some Christmas shopping for us in foreign shops.
Sylvia was well and truly spoiled.
And finally we have been doing some Christmas reading.
I hope you had a great Christmas and are enjoying the holidays!
11 comments:
thank goodness the temperature dropped for Boxing Day! What lovely gifts you got-- Paris, Dublin! The nut roast looks delicious as always!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you all had a delicious and fun time and a very nice present haul. I haven't opened all of mine yet! I don't know why! :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas Johanna - it looks like you had a lovely day and I'm relieved you weren't directly affected by the fires. I love that the cranberry nut rolls have stuck in your Christmas routine too!
I'm hoping to see the Star Wars film - glad to hear you enjoyed it.WOW! The floating Christmas Tree and the lighted town hall are super cool =)
Your lunch sounds (and looks!) super amazing!
Do you guys have Boxing Day? We have it in Canada, not in the US. I didn't realize other countries had it as well.
Sylvia's gifts look fun.
You saw Star Wars huh? My husband really wants me to go see it with him. I suppose I should.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Johanna =)


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Overnight stays in Swiss hotels show worst January since 1998
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss hotels posted 6.8 percent fewer overnight stays in January as a lack of snow kept travelers away from Switzerland's ski resorts and mountain getaways, official data showed on Monday.
Guests spent 189,000 fewer nights in Swiss hotels than they did in January 2015, the month the Swiss National Bank sent the franc soaring against the euro by removing a minimum exchange rate, causing headaches in Swiss tourism.
Demand from Europeans outside Switzerland dropped by nearly a tenth in 2015 to its lowest in nearly six decades, and fell a further 11.2 percent in January 2016.
Overall, overnight stays were the lowest since 1998 for January, typically a strong month for Alpine tourism.
Asian demand remained resilient, however, and a steep rise in Gulf country visitors helped offset fewer Chinese arrivals.
Visitors within a 500-800 km radius tend to react to weather conditions and plan visits accordingly, Switzerland's tourism organization has said, while those hailing from further afield will have already booked -- and paid for -- trips in advance.
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Author Notes: As the title suggests, a slow roast in the oven does all the work to produce this rich, comforting soup. While I love to finish it with a bit of cream, you can omit it all together to create a healthier, vegan version for an equally delicious meal. —Jennifer Perillo
Serves 4
- One 28-ounce can of whole, peeled tomatoes (I use San Marzano)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (about 2 teaspoons worth)
- 1 1/2 cups reserved tomato juice (see directions)
- 1 cup vegetable stock
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- Preheat oven to 300ºF. Line a baking sheet with heavy duty foil; set aside.
- Drain tomatoes, saving the juices for preparing the soup (you should have about 1 1/2 cups reserved). Slice the tomatoes in half and place cut-side up on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and brown sugar. Drizzle with olive oil and roast in the preheated oven for one hour. Remove tray from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
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1829--St. Joseph County was created 29 October 1829 from unorganized territory. County seat: Centreville [1]
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Mottville Township:
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Park Township:
- Center Park Cemetery
- Moorepark Road North Park or Mint Cemetery
- Moorepark Cemetery
- Parkville Cemetery
- South Park Cemetery
Local Histories
- The Portrait and biographical album of St. Joseph County, Michigan is a 606 page history of St. Joseph County that was published by Chapman brothers in 1889. The book was digitized February 11, 2008 and made available on Google Books.
Vital Records
- Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
- Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
- Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.
- Michigan Death Record Search, 1867-2008 -- A free index to deaths that occurred in St. Joseph county, Michigan is available at the County Clerk's death records web site.
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- Burr Oak Public Library
- Colon Library
- Constantine Library
- Mendon Library
- Nottawa Public Library
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- St. Joseph County Genealogical Society
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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Saturday, February 01, 2014Berardino: Strikeouts at an all-time high, but why?Because Joe Campbell started it all! Reader Comments and RetortsStatements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments. 1. jdennis Posted: February 01, 2014 at 10:55 AM (#4649774)
It's those damnable video games!
2. base ball chick
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 11:06 AM (#4649780)
because obviously guys are not taught to change their approach with 2 strikes. Organizations want high power and walks. and you don't get paid for sac bunts/sac flies/ groundouts to 2B to advance the runner.
3. RMc's Yelling Mob of Hackmen
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 11:26 AM (#4649793)as for not swinging at a 1st pitch good FB, that i don't get.
I blame Bush.
4. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66)
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 11:28 AM (#4649795)Where have you gone, productive out? he's shacked up with Buster Olney
It's not really all that complicated. Whether intentional or not, the strike zone has been getting bigger.
6. base ball chick
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 11:34 AM (#4649801)http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-strike-zone-during-the-pitchfx-era/
makes sense
7. Infinite Yost (Voxter)
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 12:04 PM (#4649809)lower BA and fewer homers will help bud selig prove to the universe that it is getting back to mid 70s and there ain't no roids no mo
There's also the simple fact that people have come to understand the mechanics of scoring differently than they used to, and players are coached, even now, to wait for a perfect pitch and rip it. And you know what? It works. That's a large part of why this is happening. A lot of people used to say that this would sort itself out as the run scoring environment changed, but it hasn't, and I'm not sure it will, not without rule changes, many of which will probably have to do with equipment -- if you want players to quit playing take-and-rake, you're going to have to make it much harder to hit the ball with authority. The only way I can think of to do that without making Ks go up even more is to deaden the ball or change the rules for the bats.
8. cercopithecus aethiops
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 12:09 PM (#4649811)Not going to happen, by the way. Not as long as the game remains as profitable as it is. Walks have declined for four straight seasons, in part because pitchers have improved their command even as their average velocities have climbed. I'm inclined to believe this is really more about the strike zone being bigger than an across-the-board improvement in command, but either way it basically means that hitting is getting harder. And of course, that cuts both ways -- on the one hand, you sort of have to expect more strikeouts, fewer walks, and even fewer productive outs (since there will be fewer productive out opportunities, duh!); on the other hand, all of that just might mean that it is time for (at least some) hitters to start thinking about changing a few things about their approach. I'm inclined to believe this is really more about the strike zone being bigger than an across-the-board improvement in command As am I. The increase in the size of pitching staffs has also sped things along as shorter and (sometimes) less often relief stints allow a greater number of pitches thrown at 'full effort.' One of the many challenges of trying to come up with a realistic conversion of say Ty Cobb from 1913 to what Ty Cobb would do in 2013 is to try and separate out what portion of the league statistical differences are due to a different environment that hitters faced (IE, pitchers, parks, equipment, umpires, etc.) and how much is actually due to them being significantly different types of hitters. '0%' as the answer to the latter does not work as it does not produce realistic converted batting lines. There were simply a greater number of guys taking a Callaspo approach and virtually no one taking a Chris Carter approach.
I agree that a larger strikezone and different usage patterns are the primary driver of it, but I'm curious about the potential role that increased defensive shifts and better statistically-informed positioning have.
11. PreservedFish
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 02:36 PM (#4649856)If fielders are more effective and reduce BABIP, then it would seem to be prudent for batters to trade some "quantity" of contact with "quality" of contact. On the other hand, in making that tradeoff, the batter is likely making the trajectories of the balls he does hit more predictable, which will presumably increase the effectiveness of future defensive positioning. Interesting game theory problem. To the extent that a player can effectively change his approach without totally disrupting his timing, it's likely the case that a player would benefit from randomly alternating between contact-first and power-first. Left-handed hitters in particular are potentially leaving basehits on the table by continuing to try to pull the ball against a defensive shift. There's also the simple fact that people have come to understand the mechanics of scoring differently than they used to, and players are coached, even now, to wait for a perfect pitch and rip it. And you know what? It works. Why is scoring going down?
Didn't the Red Sox just lead MLB in scoring while doing exactly what Ryan seems to dislike?
13. John Northey
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 04:55 PM (#4649902)I was at game 1 of the ALCS in Fenway and saw the amazing spectacle of a pitcher throwing a no hitter in a playoff game who was barely able to get through 6 innings. Yes, the Red Sox didn't score off Anibal Sanchez, a really good pitcher, but they also worked him so hard that despite the no-no he couldn't get to the 7th. I suppose Ryan might argue that the Red Sox would have done better if they'd swung at more first pitches etc. But, a la #10, though they don't do that very much, they are willing to do it when circumstances call for it. They got 7 runs off David Price in game 2 of the ALDS in part by surprising him by swinging early in the count. Sure, it's fanboy bias but that really seems to be the smartest approach, to be disciplined but willing to change things up on occasion.
As I recall that was Ted Williams approach. He said he would always take the first pitch, at least until he thought a pitcher was trying to take advantage of that and then he'd swing and knock one out. Kept pitchers honest and it still applies today.
14. Kiko Sakata
Posted: February 01, 2014 at 05:25 PM (#4649910)There's also the simple fact that people have come to understand the mechanics of scoring differently than they used to, and players are coached, even now, to wait for a perfect pitch and rip it. But if it was about batters becoming more patient we'd be seeing more walks as a byproduct of that. And, as TFE notes, we haven't seen that. In fact, interestingly, Walt Davis has shown in several other threads that more strikeouts is the ONLY thing that's changed since the "end of the steroid era" - walks and on-contact numbers (HR/BIP, BABIP, SLGIP) are the same as they were in the late-'90s / early-'00s. It seems like it has to be the strike zone, as #8 suggests.
It was RonJ that did the heavy lifting, I just tossed the idea out there and looked at a couple of seasons and then keep citing Ron's results (see below).
16. Nathaniel Dawson
Posted: February 04, 2014 at 01:25 AM (#4651215)I wouldn't quite go so far as to say K's are the ONLY thing that's changed (and the article mentions walks have gone down recently) but, yeah, the change in Ks is the big thing. A bigger strike zone is an obvious possibility and the link in #5 supports that over the last three years, especially with the lower edge getting lower. Reward pitchers even more for keeping the ball down (below the knees here) coupled with those being harder to hit for HR and I think we'd expect to see what we've seen. Doesn't rule out other changes though. Why is scoring going down? Because Ks are going up. Anyway, Ron's numbers ... the 2013 numbers were through sometime in July Went back to 1988. Have only finished the AL -- my preference for the same reason Walt gave. Also eliminated pitcher's hitting. BAOC = Hits/ (At Bats + Sac flies - strikeouts) ISOC = (Total bases - hits) / (At Bats + Sac flies - strikeouts) HRR = (At Bats + Sac flies - strikeouts) / Home runs YEAR BABIP BAOC ISOC HRR 1988 .285 .306 .155 34.4 1989 .288 .307 .145 38.1 1990 .287 .307 .152 36.1 1991 .288 .309 .160 33.5 1992 .285 .305 .148 37.0 YEAR BABIP BAOC ISOC HRR 1993 .294 .316 .168 31.5 Something of a bridge year YEAR BABIP BAOC ISOC HRR 1994 .299 .326 .193 26.0 1995 .298 .324 .188 26.8 1996 .304 .333 .202 24.0 1997 .302 .329 .192 25.9 1998 .302 .329 .195 25.8 1999 .302 .331 .199 24.6 2000 .303 .332 .202 24.2 2001 .297 .324 .196 25.6 2002 .292 .319 .195 26.0 2003 .294 .321 .193 26.0 2004 .300 .328 .198 24.9 2005 .296 .322 .189 26.7 2006 .305 .332 .196 25.5 2007 .305 .330 .186 28.5 2008 .302 .327 .186 28.1 2009 .300 .329 .199 24.7 2010 .296 .320 .181 28.4 2011 .294 .320 .186 27.5 2012 .293 .322 .197 24.5 2013 .296 .324 .192 25.6 AVE .299 .326 .193 26.0 Batters seem to be _hitting_ the ball as hard as ever, they are just hitting it less often. There presumably is a point where it makes sense to sacrifice power for contact. But we would guess that each of those on-contact component numbers would decline in that scenario, along with the overall walk rates. K rates are a bit like the 3-point line in basketball. The NBA line is about 24 feet so, of course, unless the success rates are radically different, it makes almost no sense to attempt a shot from 20-23 feet -- you should set up in 3-point territory instead. You could expand the success gap by moving the line farther back (in some spots) and eventually you will make the 20-23 foot shot a worthwhile thing to attempt. But you're not going to increase the probability of making that shot and the defense is going to find that easier to defend than the 3-point shot and/or it is going to allow the defense to pack the inside even more cutting down on easier baskets so any impact on overall scoring. Batters shifting focus to more contact almost certainly will not increase scoring, I suspect it will decrease it even further, so they have no obvious incentive to do it until the 3-point line hits 28 feet. This is probably even more true if the "new strikes" are all below the knee -- there's never been any reward in hacking at those pitches. As to first-pitch strikes, etc. we've looked at that in various threads over the last couple of years. The outcome as I recall is that, yes, batters are swinging at the first pitch less often but they are hitting it more successfully and the end result is essentially unchanged. The major improvement in outcomes I recall was with two strikes -- the greater effectiveness of continuing to hit the ball hard was outweighing both the more frequent 2-strike counts and the more likely Ks. Oh, b-r now has a swung at first pitch, didn't swing at first pitch split (as opposed to hit first pitch). Unfortunately that only seems to exist for 2013. In 2013, the AL swung at the first pitch almost exactly 25% of the time. They seem to have hit it fair only about 40% of the time they swung at it. For all such PAs (i.e. including after the swinging strike/foul) they hit 270/290/431. After taking the first pitch they hit 251/330/395. The extra OBP is more than worth the BA/SLG decline. But moreover, they hit 337/549 when they hit the first one fair so they only hit something like 225/256/352 after going down 0-1. More fun with the new split: 9,666 PA: 1st pitch result (includes 115 PA not swung at) 13,939 PA: swung at 1st pitch, 0-1 31,660 PA: took 1st pitch, 0-1 37,492 PA: took 1st pitch, 1-0 The guys who took and ended up 0-1 seemed to have slightly better outcomes after 0-1 than those that swung to get to 0-1 but it seems pretty minor -- maybe something like 232/280/347. After 1-0, it's 269/377/438 -- look at that OBP! Note the after 1-0 BA and SLG are pretty much identical to the "swung at 1st pitch" BA and SLG. Noted earlier, first pitch swingers end up with an OBP of just 290 compared with 330 for the takers. They do absolutely rip it when they do hit it fair although no moreso than the guys who are 1-0 do when they hit the next pitch fair. In the end, of course a batter should smack any grooved pitch. The main problem of course is the guys swinging at first pitch balls or missing/fouling pitches they should be crushing. There's probably no more selective batter than Votto 2013. When he swung at the first pitch, he ended up hitting 338/376/551; 435/740 when he hit it fair. He seems to do just fine. When he didn't swing at the first pitch, he hit 287/459/460 -- 90 points of SLG for 80 points of OBP, everybody should take that. (439 if you take out the IBB so 60 points of OBP, still worth 90 points of SLG but getting close.) Votto swung at the first pitch 210 times or 29% of the time -- higher than the AL average! Even Votto ended up putting it in play only 78 times, slightly under the 40% AL average. (I know Votto's in the NL but pitcher batting makes NL league splits hard to work with.) I'm sure there are guys who are not aggressive enough on the first pitch but I'd like to see those players identified before we go around talking about how the rake-and-take approach doesn't work. To steal from Kenny Rogers: You gotta know when to rake 'em, know when to take 'em Know when to swing away and know when to walk
Wow, very cool stuff, Walt. A lot there to examine and try to digest.
A few things stand out to me, most mentioned in some way or another in this thread: First, umpires do seem to be calling a larger strike zone in the last few years. There's been a couple of articles I've seen over the last year that have looked at this, and they have indicated an increasingly larger strike zone since the introduction of Pitch/FX. Not that Pitch/FX has been the reason for the trend, but it is a way we can track such a thing. Not hard to understand at all that a larger strike zone would lead to more strikeouts. Second, pitch velocity has seen a spike over the last half-a-dozen years. Not sure anybody has a compelling answer for why this has happened, but it's pretty clear to see for anybody that has watched baseball for more than a decade or two. Pitchers are throwing the ball harder than they ever have, and while an increase in velocity over time has almost certainly been true throughout the history of the game, we've seen a marked acceleration of that trend recently. No rocket science here, the harder that pitchers throw the ball, the harder it is for hitters to make contact, and the more strikeouts you'll see. Third, there's little motivation for hitters to try and change their approach to limit strikeouts. A quick look at something like Fangraphs leaderboards will show you that hitters with a high strikeout rate are generally much better than average hitters. This is something that a lot of people have a hard time wrapping their minds around, that the greatest indicator of pitcher success is the ability to get strikeouts, while at the same time, a high strikeout rate seems to be a positive indicator for hitters too. If a hitter can do perfectly well with an approach that leads to strikeouts but also leads to good offensive numbers, there's little reason for him to try something different. You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments. |
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