This is a top-quality video, seriously, great job on your explication of the various mundane aspects of baseball, you really articulate your ideas in interesting ways (eg. strikezone as a medium / invisible plane).
1:02 its "number of homers" not "amount" The rule is if its countable, we say "number" So its "number of hamburgers" and "amount of food" Same with "less" and "fewer". Less is to amount as fewer is to number
ABSOLUTE GREEN baseball fan here and let me say you’re officially my first actual experience to MLB baseball. So thank for actually not half-assing the first part as it was helpful for me. I saved dozens of baseball channels and videos to watch and this was the first one. Once I saw “EVERYTHING you need to know about MLB iceberg” how could this not be the first one I watch? So great job to you sir and I’m excited to learn more about mlb as this is a great starting point
Yooooo Super glad to have you on board! If you need some other great channels (assuming you haven’t already added their videos to your watchlist) I definitely recommend And That’s Baseball, Baseball AF, SportStorm, and Baseball Historian
every time i see that clip of david hitting that home run in game 1 always gets me emotional, i grew up watching him play and he was and still is my favorite player of all time, it makes me so sad how his body betrayed him and robbed us of someone who was capable of so much more
8:34 goes to show you how Roy Doink's contributions to 1872-1881 Hartford Tigers and from 1882-1888 Albany Lookouts was really underrated. 212 hits per 162 and nearly 60 SB per 162 with a career 135 OPS+ is really something. The fact he hasn't been on a veteran's committee ballot at all to get him into the hall is a shame. I guess if you didn't get 3000 hits before 1900 you're just forgotten at the plate.
