Finally! Official Hot Stove League thread!

[D-train]

Both Gurriel and Solar? That to me be pretty impressive actually.

Was it impressive to have both Teo and France in the lineup. That is what it would be like.

[D-train]

He used to fairly clever with his deception but now he isn't even trying. He literally give ZERO Fucks.

Why would the M's want to be able to "handle" lefties on the mound more than righties considering there are more of the latter than the former? Oh wait. There are far more right-handed bats and thus they are cheaper. THAT is likely the impetus behind Dipshito's, and ownership's, thinking.

Are there far more right handed bats?

I assumed about equal but there were 77 RH 40 LH and 16 SH out of the 133 Qualified hitters.

[D-train]

It's going around big time. Have seen numbers dramatically rise in the last week and a half.
Wash wash wash you're hands and dyseninfect everything!

What was our RH batting average this last year combined? .193?!

What is the virus??

Our RH bats: .247/.321/.414/.735

Our LH bats: .238/.326/.404/.730

[Sexymarinersfan]

It's going around big time. Have seen numbers dramatically rise in the last week and a half.
Wash wash wash you're hands and dyseninfect everything!

What was our RH batting average this last year combined? .193?!

What is the virus??

Our RH bats: .247/.321/.414/.735

Our LH bats: .238/.326/.404/.730

I'm guessing a version of the flu. My buddies daughter threw up all over her desk in the middle of class. But it's spreading like wildfire. Sounds like only a 24 hour thing though. We've been short staffed all week long due to sick people too.

[D-train]

Wild. You guys are over 1000 miles away from the meetings.

[Donn Beach]

Why would the M's want to be able to "handle" lefties on the mound more than righties considering there are more of the latter than the former? Oh wait. There are far more right-handed bats and thus they are cheaper. THAT is likely the impetus behind Dipshito's, and ownership's, thinking.

Are there far more right handed bats?

I assumed about equal but there were 77 RH 40 LH and 16 SH out of the 133 Qualified hitters.

That's what I assumed, here it says 25%, this has got to be one of the stupidest articles I've ran across for awhile. It goes on about the advantages of being left handed playing baseball. Hello, batting left handed does not make you left handed. That an article this stupid is on the internet shows how unreliable it is

"Q:When are diamonds a left-hander's best friend? A: When they're baseball diamonds, says Washington University in St. Louis engineering professor David Peters.

"Just look at the numbers. While only 10 percent of the population is left-handed, 25 percent of major leaguers are. Of the 61 pitchers enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 13 are left-handed, or 21 percent, more than twice that in the general population. It's even more striking for position players:

So in theory, should a right handed pitchers and right handed hitters be judged differently within baseball circles because they are born with the "disadvantage" of being right handed?

There's some food for thought.

Makes me want to beat my head against the wall. Maybe because I'm actually left handed but was taught as a kid to bat right handed it irks me so badly, me and Ricky Henderson


https://bleacherreport.com/articles/210701-lefties-rule

[D-train]

Are there far more right handed bats?

I assumed about equal but there were 77 RH 40 LH and 16 SH out of the 133 Qualified hitters.

That's what I assumed, here it says 25%, this has got to be one of the stupidest articles I've ran across for awhile. It goes on about the advantages of being left handed playing baseball. Hello, batting left handed does not make you left handed. That an article this stupid is on the internet shows how unreliable it is

"Q:When are diamonds a left-hander's best friend? A: When they're baseball diamonds, says Washington University in St. Louis engineering professor David Peters.

"Just look at the numbers. While only 10 percent of the population is left-handed, 25 percent of major leaguers are. Of the 61 pitchers enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 13 are left-handed, or 21 percent, more than twice that in the general population. It's even more striking for position players:

So in theory, should a right handed pitchers and right handed hitters be judged differently within baseball circles because they are born with the "disadvantage" of being right handed?

There's some food for thought.

Makes me want to beat my head against the wall. Maybe because I'm actually left handed but was taught as a kid to bat right handed it irks me so badly, me and Ricky Henderson


https://bleacherreport.com/articles/210701-lefties-rule

Ha and even White. How did you hit RH. If I tried to hit LH my BA would be .000. Can't even blow my nose LH. Oddly I am left footed though.

[Donn Beach]

I didn't try, I was never much of a ballplayer, I assume my brother got me hitting wrong sided. My right handed friend could hit left handed, he'd sucker opponents by saying he'd be willing to hit left handed. Funny as an adult he'd have no sympathy for a switch hitter going into a slump from one side of the plate. For me I could see it as two different strokes. It also fascinates me the Ricky hit at a disadvantage.

[D-train]

I didn't try, I was never much of a ballplayer, I assume my brother got me hitting wrong sided. My right handed friend could hit left handed, he'd sucker opponents by saying he'd be willing to hit left handed. Funny as an adult he'd have no sympathy for a switch hitter going into a slump from one side of the plate. For me I could see it as two different strokes. It also fascinates me the Ricky hit at a disadvantage.

Even crazier Hank Aaron hit cross handed as a yout. How did he not notice everyone else doing the opposite???

[D-train]

RRS can't believe they didn't give Teo a QO

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1768952/ ... -pressure/