08-04-2009, 11:55 AM
<!--quoteo(post=55472:date=Aug 4 2009, 10:24 AM:name=Lance)-->QUOTE (Lance @ Aug 4 2009, 10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->So..does everybody suck? And if so, is there a better baseball league somewhere? If not, do we just pale against the greatness of the past?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the talent pool is generally diluted. Surely the number of teams relative to the population hasn't grown (especially when you factor in the number of imported players) so I don't really understand it. It just seems that with every round of expansion the talent got thinner...especially with pitchers. Which in ITS own way makes no sense because pitching has become infinitely more specialized.
Can you imagine hearing back in '68 that someone was ever gonna make a living pitching the 8th inning of ballgames?
I think the talent pool is generally diluted. Surely the number of teams relative to the population hasn't grown (especially when you factor in the number of imported players) so I don't really understand it. It just seems that with every round of expansion the talent got thinner...especially with pitchers. Which in ITS own way makes no sense because pitching has become infinitely more specialized.
Can you imagine hearing back in '68 that someone was ever gonna make a living pitching the 8th inning of ballgames?