LarryDavenport
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Go Barry!!!
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The main reason players are hitting more home runs is that they are bigger, stronger and quicker then the players of the past.
When you compare all of today’s players to ALL players of say the twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies and even the eighties you will discover that over all my statement is accurate.
Also, when I discussed conditioning I was referring to over all physical fitness in terms of being ready and able to play day in and day out over the entire season.
Since I made a reference to Mantle's over all conditioning, I'll mention that Mantle, while a physically gifted athlete generally didn't stay in top physical condition.
This is not news and is general knowledge. It was even referenced in the movie *61. Furthermore, many of the nagging injuries that plagued him were a result of poor conditioning. In fact many baseball people have expressed that Mantle could have achieved so much more if he had just taken care of himself.
By the way, before you ask what "baseball people"? You might find it interesting that one individual whom often talked about this was none other then Mantle himself.
So while we could endless compare a single great from the past to a single player of today and say "here is proof you are wrong" I'll stand by the general idea that as a whole today's players are bigger, stronger, quicker and in overall better condition then previous generations.
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The strike zone is alot smaller because the ump's are afraid of getting fired over it.
I think you've got that backwards. They're calling more strikes, not fewer. The strike zone has grown this year as there has been pressure on them to reduce pitch counts.
I always thought of him and his Dad as contact hitters..
WHAT?!!!!!Maybe contact in the sense that they both hit the ball often. What you're obviously not getting is that after contact was made the ball generally became a BULLET!
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