Cody is a Rock Star

Only uneducated "fans" would give a shit about 50 HRs n this era. Real baseball fans know it's meaningless, especially in 2019. I don't find anything impressive about that number nowadays.

There will be 60 guys who will hit 30 HRs this season. 60!!!

That's a joke.

Homers nowadays are much easier with the bats made of maple wood, as hard as aluminum.  Yes, "chicks dig the long ball", but what about the other aspects of the game?  To change things such as the type of wood that make bats just to please some fans is totally stupid, and such fans probably don't appreciate stolen bases and other things that don't bring instant gratification, or you might say aren't baseball fans at all.    And one of these days, a fan will get killed by a foul ball to the head.  

I'm not sure I agree with you about strikeouts, but they do heavily contribute to ruined arms.  The emphasis is to throw that fastball as hard as possible which is to again, please the fans.  It wasn't that long ago that the team that led the bigs in K's did it at 8 K's/9 innings.  Now, that's about what the team that finishes last in K's does.  You know who is REALLY down on the stat?  Dr. Mike Marshall.  There was a pitcher for the DEVIL Rays in their very early days named Jeff Sparks.  Marshall called him the best pitcher in the world but no team would hire him once they leaned who he learned from.  The MLB brass just said, "no team is impressed by him", but he had a 3.5 ERA!  SMH 

Launch angle is crap and I said it from the get go. But there were folks more interested in ridiculing small ball then actually paying attention until now. When DDF II was hired I thought this team would be an all around team. Using speed, hitting, and power. It has not been the case. I love baseball but there are countless that have said it is unwatchable anymore because there is no action and I agree.

And let’s not forget about the “new” baseball itself. MLB can deny it all they want, but players and especially pitchers know that the ball this year is wound tighter and is harder than any in the history of the game.

Elite pitchers across both leagues have all seen their HR allowed numbers increase into higher and double digits like never before.

And now we have these annoying nets all the way down the lines to “protect” the fans from getting beaned by these screaming projectiles.

I didn’t go to one game this year (other than a Dayton Dragons minor league contest where I lasted behind those stupid nets all of three innings!).

If LA makes it to the WS again this year, we’re set for another trip; but we’ll forgo sitting at field level for the first time in a LONG, LONG time.

GO DODGERS!!!

They are TOTALLY annoying and yes, in my opinion, they do obstruct your view if you are sitting where we were (fifth row).

As someone who underwent lasik eye surgery a year or so back and now enjoying 20 / 10 vision, both my wife (who also has undergone lasik) and I found it impossible to enjoy the game from there and were forced to move to the left field concourse.

It’s almost like your eyes are “drawn” to them and we both felt we were going “cockeyed” after only a few minutes.

I get MLB & the owners wanting to protect their fans (and even more so their pocketbooks) from 100 + mph “rocks” being sent their way. And I have seen more than a few people get hit by foul balls.

But in the hundreds of games I’VE attended, 99% at field level and / or behind the LA dugout, I’ve never been hit. Had a few close calls, but no impacts or injuries.

But then again, when I go to games, I actually WATCH the games. I’m not there to socialize or text or talk on my cell phone. I watch EVERY pitch and swing.

I KNOW the danger of sitting in those seats requires my FULL attention to the game and I pay the broker fees and up charges to do so because I like being that close to the field & players.

For those that are too concerned with what the Kardashian’s are doing, there are literally tens of thousands of other seats in EVERY stadium.

It’s as simple as this - if you don’t want to get hit by a flying object and don’t want to put your family / children in harms way, either find another seat or don’t go to games at all.

It’s only a matter of time before they start stringing the nets from the top eaves of every stadium all the way down to the field. Catching a foul ball or home run will become a thing of the past.

And all it’s going to take is someone taking a beaner in the bleachers or upper loge before the entire stadium will be ensconced in netting. And when (not “if”) that happens, I will discontinue going to games altogether.

GO DODGERS!!!

You don't get it. That's why you're always wrong.

The club record to Bellinger matters. To who on this planet would it not matter. I guess it doesn't matter to you because you are the argumentative type, SMH.

YOU don't care moron. Speak for your lame self.