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In response to "Gerrit Cole booed as he leaves the game. -- nm" by Tim

Welcome to the Bronx. If you're the ace and only go 2 innings after not pitching well previously, you're going to get booed.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 4 '21, 13:46

It's not called a Bronx cheer for nothing.

Personally, I don't like booing guys that are just in a slump and aren't terrible and blowing game after game. Cole doesn't deserve the boos but the fans are angry right now and he had a bad day so they took it out on him.

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Well....it's also likely that he was cheating and is going to regress real hard (for 35mil a year). -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:49 5
- Yeah, that won't help. His velocity seems to still be up where it should be so let's see what happens going forward. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 14:05 4
  - Problem is velocity without spin just goes farther. These hitters can dial in 100. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 4, 14:21 3
    - If you follow baseball metrics, there are some fascinating early results. Like 80 pitchers are more than two standard deviations down on spin rate. -- nm - David Jul 4, 14:22 2
      - It's a massive change. We know they can hit 100mph when it moves as 'normal'. So, if that's back to normal, we could see some actual good hitting - Will Hunting Jul 4, 14:34 1
        
        Schwarber's hot streak wasn't coincidental. He's someone who was hugely impacted by the cheating. -- nm - David Jul 4, 15:31

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Welcome to the Bronx. If you're the ace and only go 2 innings after not pitching well previously, you're going to get booed.

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