Comments on: Improvement in Fielding: Personal Evidence

By: studakota

studakota — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:53:32 +0000

Which makes the bad call by Joyce harder to take. The outfielder may a TREMENDOUS play to save the perfecto and this dipshit, on an “I’m In Charge, and I’m important”, call costs the young fellow the game of his life.

By: Marc Schneider

Marc Schneider — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:22:53 +0000

But, also, the field conditions are much better; with more scientific field management, I would assume there are far fewer bad hops than in days of yore. While I generally agree that modern players are physically superior in most respects, I’m not sure improvements in fielding reflect improvments in performance so much as better conditions. If you gave a shortstop in the 40s one of today’s gloves and had him playing on the manicured infields we have now, I’m sure he would have been a much better fielder. That’s not to say that increases in speed and quickness doesn’t play a role (at least in terms of range) but it’s got to be much easier to play defensive today than it was back then, as JC’s photos suggest.

By: The Oriole Way

The Oriole Way — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:29:18 +0000

Great that you still have your grandfather’s glove.

Another point: look at what has happened in the NBA as the size of the court has stayed the same even as the size and speed of the players has increased rapidly. The players now overwhelm the playing area. There’s no reason not to expect a similar effect in baseball, albeit dampened by the larger playing surface.

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By: Equipment Improvements : baseballmusings.com

Equipment Improvements : baseballmusings.com — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:32:37 +0000

[...] J.C. Bradbury posts pictures of his family’s glove history. I grew up playing with the 1950s style glove, which was my father’s. I used to get some razzing about the glove in the 1970s, but I liked it. One of my counselors at baseball camp thought it was pretty cool. [...]