How long will it be before a team is doing a gambling cast? The announcers will be discussing prop bets.
I’ve never heard of this, but it sounds like a great idea that someone should try.
If they miked the press box during one of our games they'd get some great content. Or a lot of me grousing about pitchers who don't/can't throw strikes, even with a 10-run lead. Drives me freaking bat****.
My wife and children have repeatedly told me to shut up at Cape League games because the pitchers cannot throw strikes and I have American League relief pitching PTSD. So I complain, softly but they can here. And they're right. These are like 19-year old kids. I should be amazed when they DO throw strikes. But bad habits die hard.
But the Cape is the cream of the summer ball crop. They should be able to consistently throw strikes. They've pitched all their lives. And the first thing you are told as a pitcher is, "Throw strikes."
The really top college pitchers don't bother with summer leagues. The ones who'd be standouts at age 19 (it's all sophomores and juniors-to-be) are usually already signed by some big league team, or are high draft picks yet to sign. Why bother with summer ball? I've been watching for 20 years. You can see position players with reasonable to excellent chances of making the majors. Maybe I've seen 2-3 pitchers I thought could.
But don't give them anything to hit.
Pitching in our league has dropped off some over the past 10-12 year as almost all DI pitchers who threw more than 30 innings in the spring are shut down for the summer.
Aye, there's the rub. There's more to pitching than that, of course, but I won't get into all of it.
