I’ve been watching several postseason games on TV. In a game, I saw a player who hit a baseball hard, it seemed that it was going to be a hit. However, the outfielder caught it. Well, it was a hard-hit ball, but the outcome wasn’t as the batter expected. After watching the game, I was just wondering which batters did have a lot of hard-hit flyouts during the regular season.
Topps chrome is a colorful set and it always attracts many collectors’ attention each year. I frequently buy some hobby packs of Topps Chrome. This year, things don’t change. 2022 Topps Chrome was released in mid-September and I went to a card shop to get some packs.
A couple of days ago, I watched a postseason game and a pitcher who had pitched well during the regular season did a great job in that game. Over these two seasons, he has been mentioned as a Cy Young favorite several times. After watching the game, I’m just wondering whether he is one of the best pitchers of this decade.
Baseball is fun and watching baseball games is surely a great thing to do in daily life. Meanwhile, I also like to see whether there are any interesting marketing campaigns. During the regular season, I saw a marketing campaign about “10 strikeouts.” Well, I’m not going deep about the campaign. However, I would like to check which pitchers frequently threw 10 strikeouts in a game.
During the regular season, I watched a game between the Dodgers and the Padres. In the game, Manny Machado collected a hit and the Padres scored. Machado was on the base and waved his hands. The body language clearly showed his emotion. Machado must be really excited to collect a hit against the Dodgers. After watching the game, that makes me think about whether he has collected more hits than any other players since he joined the Padres.
We’ve seen that some pitchers did generate more swings and misses by throwing pitches out of the strike zone. This season, some batters decided to swing more pitches that were outside the zone and the results were not truly satisfying.
Baseball is an interesting sport with a lot of fun. For a pitcher, he has to throw strikes. Additionally, he has to throw pitches outside of the strike zone to deceive batters. In the 2022 season, some pitchers did deceive batters well because they threw pitches outside the strike zone and successfully generated swings and misses. In particular, some pitchers generated much more swings and misses than they did in 2021.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a tweet and a pitcher indicated that he used to toss a lot of complete games in his career. Well, complete games have become rare in today’s baseball games. However, some pitchers still show their abilities to throw an entire game.
Last month, I saw a pitcher who was dominant on the mound and he struck out a lot of batters in that game. Last season, I didn’t see him throw that many strikeouts. Hence, I was just wondering if his strikeout rate significantly increased this season.
Topps Fire is back again this year. In September, I went to a card shop to get some packs of 2022 Topps Fire. For me, I would like to get some cool rookie cards.
October baseball is coming. This season, there are 12 teams in the postseason. And the Wild Card Series will be played on three consecutive days. The best-of-three Wild Card Series will begin on October 7. Before “play ball” is announced, let’s take a quick preview of the series.
At the beginning of the 2022 season, I listened to a podcast show and the host indicated that a pitcher’s fastball velocity dropped a lot, which might cause some concerns. After a long season, I’m just wondering which pitchers’ fastball velocity also drops.
October just arrived and baseball fans are ready for October baseball. But, before that, let’s see which players had a great month of September.
