[Stumpf — MLB.com] Hitting coach Haines believing in process amid offensive struggles
May 2, 2024
[Stumpf — MLB.com] Hitting coach Haines believing in process amid offensive struggles
9 comments
Don’t patronize me
That headline alone is one of the most brainwashed, delusional, idiotic things ever. “Yeah, I absolutely believe in sticking with this approach that has the team completely unable to hit the ball and keep striking out looking. It’s a brilliant approach that I can’t believe teams like the Dodgers and Braves don’t take. They’d be great teams if they just stood there watching every pitch in the zone, and chasing strike 3’s that hit them in the foot.”
#FUCK OFF
Andy Haines is a terrorist
I want to die
It’s time to bring in two guys named Bob to ask Andy Haines, “What would you say…….you do here?”
“We’re trying to dominate the strike zone,” Haines said. “We’re never trying to take a pitch over the heart of the strike zone. … We’re trying to hammer the stuff over the middle of the plate and take the best swing at it.”
Okay well… everyone’s standing there staring at pitches as they cross the heart of the fucking strike zone so maybe be a god damn coach and communicate this better?! This whole article was just Andy Haines gaslighting me. What a joke.
It’s not just his process. It’s management’s process. If he likes his jobz he can’t come out and say it sucks.
He’s stil employed because he’s bought into management’s process and does what they ask of him in executing it. Problem is, he can’t help players make adjustments.
A new hitting coach wont change the process, but he can help the players make adjustments with things like stance, timing, and helping players understand how they are going to pitched to.
To be clear the process sucks. Its too passive for it to work at the MLB level. Pitchers are just too good. They need to be out there hunting fastballs. I’d rather see a 95mph line drive out on the 2nd pitch of the atbat, instead of a weak grounder because they have to protect with 2 strikes.
I wish Stumpf had asked him: If the players aren’t being coached to stare down backwards K’s and shoulder their bats when a meatball is thrown right down the dick, WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY ALL DOING IT EXCEPT CONNOR JOE?
9 comments
Don’t patronize me
That headline alone is one of the most brainwashed, delusional, idiotic things ever. “Yeah, I absolutely believe in sticking with this approach that has the team completely unable to hit the ball and keep striking out looking. It’s a brilliant approach that I can’t believe teams like the Dodgers and Braves don’t take. They’d be great teams if they just stood there watching every pitch in the zone, and chasing strike 3’s that hit them in the foot.”
#FUCK OFF
Andy Haines is a terrorist
I want to die
It’s time to bring in two guys named Bob to ask Andy Haines, “What would you say…….you do here?”
“We’re trying to dominate the strike zone,” Haines said. “We’re never trying to take a pitch over the heart of the strike zone. … We’re trying to hammer the stuff over the middle of the plate and take the best swing at it.”
Okay well… everyone’s standing there staring at pitches as they cross the heart of the fucking strike zone so maybe be a god damn coach and communicate this better?! This whole article was just Andy Haines gaslighting me. What a joke.
It’s not just his process. It’s management’s process. If he likes his jobz he can’t come out and say it sucks.
He’s stil employed because he’s bought into management’s process and does what they ask of him in executing it. Problem is, he can’t help players make adjustments.
A new hitting coach wont change the process, but he can help the players make adjustments with things like stance, timing, and helping players understand how they are going to pitched to.
To be clear the process sucks. Its too passive for it to work at the MLB level. Pitchers are just too good. They need to be out there hunting fastballs. I’d rather see a 95mph line drive out on the 2nd pitch of the atbat, instead of a weak grounder because they have to protect with 2 strikes.
I wish Stumpf had asked him: If the players aren’t being coached to stare down backwards K’s and shoulder their bats when a meatball is thrown right down the dick, WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY ALL DOING IT EXCEPT CONNOR JOE?