The Cubs are off today which means I’m trying to spend some time with my older pup in the woods around our house. Probably the best part about moving out to the middle of nature is just watching Scottie in his element. Lately he’s in a war with the local deer population, so merely mentioning the words Scottie – look – DEER sends him into a rampage towards the front door and off he goes into the yard and out to the woods, yelling and hollering at anything in sight. Then he comes moping back to the house and then posts up next to the pantry looking for a reward. It’s awesome.
We’re going to have a great day together and I’m very lucky for that.
But before we do, I need to get this AJ take into your hands because I think it’s the best way to explain the torpedo bat phenomenon.
Most confusing to me is that nobody considered this before? Some of the smartest people in the world work in this sport and we’re just finding out about changing barrel size?
I still need more data but my knee jerk is this is just a big cup of hot water.
And that’s where I turn it over to AJ because he captures exactly what I’m thinking. Don’t you want a longer surface area for contact?
I don’t want to be a boomer around baseball as much as my instinct says it’s a marketing tactic and the algorithm loves the content. TORPEDO BAT. That’s juicy and sexy and it’s gonna sell every time.
With that in mind, I still want the Cubs to keep at least 2 torpedos in the lineup just so we can be ready either way the shoe drops. If the data says they’re an advantage, then we deploy more torpedos under Dansby’s leadership. If the data says we need to abolish the torpedo, then we have 7 fresh virgins who were never tainted in the first place.
That’s a genius strategy and I think Jed Hoyer deserves a lot of credit.
And even if that’s a reach, then give him credit for trading for Kyle Tucker and forcing Tom Ricketts’ hand. Jed was getting too much heat for too long so he will show everyone exactly what it’s like to work for Tom Ricketts. Personally I think that’s enough pressure to break Tom but we’ll just have to see for ourselves.
In the meantime I recommend not buying your child a Torpedo Bat. It’s a waste of money and he’s not that good anyways.