Arkaign
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How many people are going to continue this double standard. A bunt is BARE MINIMUM. 90 is ABOVE AVERAGE. Bare minimum is Tim Wakefield. In the 70s (still very hard).
Here's another way to look at it. Put an average MLB pitcher on the mound and ask him to throw 30 fastballs. How many of those do you think go in for strikes? Probably 80-90%.
Put an average MLB hitter in the box and tell him the pitchers going to go all fastballs all the time. Do you think the same % drops in for hits?
And part of this is stupid because no one mentions 'fastballs' when using the phrase. It's hitting an MLB pitch, which is infinitely harder. And statistics don't lie - the percentages are monumentally in favour of the pitcher since they get out 75% of batters.
Here's some more stats - Adrian Gonzalez has 192 hits so far this year. He's been thrown 1,480 strikes so far. Someone needs to tell him how easy it is to hit a major league pitch.
And logic prevails in this ridiculous hypothetical situation.
