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In response to "if the Moneyballers thought a two-way player was such a value proposition we should have seen many more of them before Otani -- nm" by hollywood big shot

I'm having difficulty responding to how nonsensical this is.

Posted by Reagen Jun 28 '23, 03:21

Analytics weren't the ones forbidding pitchers from practicing their hitting for 100 years, or forcing them to choose between one or the other.

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no. there should be 100 guys hitting .300 with 40 hoe runs and throwing 300 k's a season. it is facts! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 04:30 7
- Hell, in another 20 years, there might be since these kids will have a real example of why not try both? - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 28, 04:50 6
  - Not that it's Old School Baseball's fault, because as you say, it's fucking hard. But they had 100 years to produce an Ohtani, and didn't - Reagen Jun 28, 05:05 3
    - Teams and coaches prevented guys from trying to play both ways. Lots of guys grow up and go through HS playing a position and pitching. - Krusty Jun 28, 05:58 2
      - And even then we're talking about someone who has Cy Young ability as a pitcher and MVP on his batting alone. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 28, 06:06 1
        
        I honestly believe we've had many guys that could do both at an elite level but were prevented from doing it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 06:13
  - it's why there aren't more Deion's or Bo Jacksons. To be elite you focus on one sport or part of the sport. Freaks can do more than one -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 28, 04:54 1
    - Teams discourage guys from being multi-sport athletes. They want them to focus on one sport. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 05:59
I mean they had a chance to hit once in every 9 batters for like 150 years. Teams didn't WANT a .095 AVG in that spot... - Ender Jun 28, 03:28

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