Originally Posted by Martin Lide[/quote


I read that we have Altuve until at least 2024. he seems to be the core that the team is built around.
Amazing the power he generates at 5"6 180 pounds.

Velocity

"I am the strike zone."


And, ball recognition/eyesight, wrist strength, like Karate, if you can push all your body power into your fist, you can knock out a giant. Somebody like the 6"7 Aaron Judge does it with brute strength. He can not even hit the ball squarely and it can still go 400 feet.

If you have good instinct and know a fast ball is coming, alot of it is experienced guessing, but you can jump on it sooner so that you get the bat around, and then if you are fooled by a changeup, good hand/eye coordination can still allow you to make contact. He's one of the best contact hitters in baseball. Aside from yesterday when Strasburg owned him on a nasty breaking ball with 2nd and 3rd one out.

The Nats actually now have the advantage, they have Sherzer to start tonight

Its been a great series with lots of ups and down. The Nats have the pitching edge, They have Sherzer, Stros gotta go with Greinke, and probably their entire bullpen will be in at some point if needed.

I dont think Sherzer will shut them down like Strasburg did, and he needed a cortisone shot in his neck just to be able to pitch tonight. It's the little mistakes that make a difference, a walk, an error, the dreaded hanging breaking ball!

Home field is much more important in football, especially college football, where they hold 100,000 people. But it's still nice to know you are at home for game 7, possible psychological edge,

Should be fun to watch.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 10/31/19 08:23 AM.