twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I'm not sorely mistaken. You aren't the only person on the board to have caught for 10 years.
As far as the rest of it goes, it's semantics. Most players hit better when they play every day, and aren't pinch hitting. But that can't be true, because there is not stat for it.
And I didn't say I was fucking with you. I mostly just fuck with commave and OJ, and with commave only about predictions.
Sorry about the prior formatting, for some reason the edits to fix it won't stick.
I wasn't saying that my catching experience qualifies me to comment on MLB catchers playing through injuries because it simply can't. I related my catching experience because of a direct question. An injury that not only affects the way you swing, but affects every pitch of every game isn't always one you can man up through nor one that a franchise paying you a hefty paycheck is willing to poo-poo. My comments come from watching tons of baseball over the yearsand knowing injuries from intense fantasy leagues. Many players will play through finger fractures, but catchers aren't usually one of them due to the stress and role they play. Kinda like how a pitcher may miss a game due to a blister but an outfielder never would.
It's not semantics. Most players do hit better when they are consistently at the plate. Too bad we're not talking about most players - we're talking about Bill Hall who throughout his career has hit just as shitty as this season even while in a full-time role. In fact, in some aspects he's done better this season than recent seasons despite not being in a full time role.
You didn't have to say you're trying to fuck with me - changing quotes and going to the stat geek routine tell me all I need to know. You can't even kep focused. It's just silly, man.