MLB 2019 SOME IMPRESSIONS

The 2019 MLB season is on the verge of producing another HR record hitting year. A few days ago I ran some numbers and looks like the 2019 season will surpass the 2017 record season, and by a lot about 10% more. They'll end up slugging about 500-600 more HR's than the 6105 couple years ago. The previous record broke the total from the "Steroids Era" in 2000. If the players are off "the Juice" now, maybe there's some equivalent "Juice" in the ball combined with other factors. Some games look like Nintendo or Playstation games. Regular "banjo" hitters are hitting double digit HR's. By the way, they'll also set a strikeout record this year, in totals and rate. With so many "Dog Days" now at stadiums all around the country, we'll probably see a dog hit a HR pretty soon.  I kinda miss the old game when HR's weren't so cheap. Feels like something is out of whack in baseball on the field. The money is good, though. A real "Millionaires Club".

This weekend MLB is rolling out all white and all black uniforms with nicknames on the back of the jerseys. I think both are very bad ideas. It was so bizarre, I had to tune out of the games. Nicknames? Come on, let's get serious and stop tampering with player uniforms and names Whoever came up with this idea is really not a baseball fan. Probably some PC fellow, living in a basement. The uniform that I most dislike in MLB is the Diamondbacks dark gray road uni. It's horrible, these are a lot worse.

By the way, have you noticed all the chit-chat that occurs in baseball today. When runners reach base they have these long conversations at first, second, third, the SS even comes over sometimes. Enough times they're not even paying attention to the coaches. I think that is excessive fraternizing. Didn't use to be that way. I want to kick this guy's butt, I don't want to talk with them. There's a "social club" atmosphere around the bases. Maybe they're comparing contracts. Fraternize after the games. This is something that is exclusive to baseball now. Even the ladies that play basketball, volleyball and softball don't engage in this type of behavior. Maybe it's the new friendly PC culture in the game.