Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!
Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.
Pop has to exist and it's a great thing.
Money just draws flies.
Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.
In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.
Everyone on our team shares a couple passions - putting the fun back in snacking, an entrepreneurial spiriting, and the passion for creating an innovative and exciting brand - all of which makes popchips a really fun place to work these days.
These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.
I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.