How does it make you more intelligent? I don't see what knowing how to hit does to make you smarter.
lol you missed the point..its not just the hitting a player does...its basically just playing the game itself...through playing experience you damn well better believe you gain some baseball knowledge as well as gain a different perspective
Excuse me for developing my knowledge of baseball and applying it. Damn those books and articles!
im not questioning your baseball knowledge...i just disagree with you on some things
I would say that the coaching experience would be different for each individual.
no way
...thats not the point either...regardless of the experience, as a coach, you have a responsibility of managing a team to the best of your abilities, and also the most important thing i think it helps you see the game from the perspective of watching the game rather than using hard data(look the data stuff is great and alot of times it tells alot...but i'm telling u again there are certain things it does not cover....like if a goes 0-5 but they know their position on D...they play the count right and they make contact..then i wouldnt say thats as bad as the stats make it seem)
Let's hypothetically say that these managers and coaches don't have a good understanding of the game, they aren't paid, they can keep coming back as long as they want(you get the idea).
if this is a hypothetical regarding a professional baseball team..then this almost would never happen..but even in a lower level...do you really think you manage a team(or,in a sense, teach players) if you have little knowledge of the game?
Dusty Baker is knowledgeable? I would certainly disagree with that statement, as he doesn't like to clog the bases. And that's exactly my point, even MLB managers don't know shit.
A.You're using one outlier example
B.How do you know that Dusty Baker is not knowledgable? Just because he makes a dumb move or two?
C. I hate how people get so condescending that they think they are smarter than MLB managers...those guys are professional coaches for a reason...they manage the best...and maybe some have more knowledge than other...but basically the manager job is somewhat of a teaching job...and in any teaching job..you have to know alot more than just what you are teaching
Soriano looks like shit in the field, agreed? But he is still average. Darwin Barney hustles a lot. But he still sucks. Your eyes are going to fool you.
you're missing the point,again
im not saying that how their
defense looks is the most important(you neglect to say how soriano and barney look at the plate or in other situations)..nor did i say how they look on the fields trumps everything...more or less i said i think its something that should be incorporated in judging a player...because again stats can not describe every aspect of a player...thats why in some way every stat is flawed
im saying that there is a reason they have scouts that actually LOOK at players....if we could just look at stats and determine the players from there, then what's the point of going out to scout players?
or else he's really dense.
