OK, I read these things over several times, but still find typos and mistakes after I hit publish. In this one I had a typo ("so" instead of "do") and originally called Juan Soto's hit a double instead of a single. If I had an editor maybe these mistakes wouldn't happen, but if I had an editor some of this wouldn't get written at all. Gotta take the bad with the good I guess.
This is outstanding stuff. As I was watching last night, I wondered what your impression(s) were. I suspected a couple of things but did not think about the cut of the grass. I heard Ron Darling say it looked like a bad hop to him. What an interesting play. I'm sure glad I don't have to wait till next spring to get this type of baseball info. On a side note, I subscribe to The Star just so I can read your weekly pieces.I hope you get a "cut". Thanks again for your blog. I think I'd go nuts without it.
John: Thank you so much. As always, if I write anything halfway intelligent, the credit goes to some player, coach or in this case groundskeeper, who taught me what to look for. Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice, never thought about the way the outfield grass is cut. I have heard about the way groundskeepers doctor the infield to their team's strengths though..
OK, I read these things over several times, but still find typos and mistakes after I hit publish. In this one I had a typo ("so" instead of "do") and originally called Juan Soto's hit a double instead of a single. If I had an editor maybe these mistakes wouldn't happen, but if I had an editor some of this wouldn't get written at all. Gotta take the bad with the good I guess.
This is outstanding stuff. As I was watching last night, I wondered what your impression(s) were. I suspected a couple of things but did not think about the cut of the grass. I heard Ron Darling say it looked like a bad hop to him. What an interesting play. I'm sure glad I don't have to wait till next spring to get this type of baseball info. On a side note, I subscribe to The Star just so I can read your weekly pieces.I hope you get a "cut". Thanks again for your blog. I think I'd go nuts without it.
John: Thank you so much. As always, if I write anything halfway intelligent, the credit goes to some player, coach or in this case groundskeeper, who taught me what to look for. Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice, never thought about the way the outfield grass is cut. I have heard about the way groundskeepers doctor the infield to their team's strengths though..
Plenty of groundskeeping tricks that can help out the home team for sure.