Joe Maddon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The last out of the World Series, Martinez was hitting, like, 110 against left-handed curveballs.
So he's just feeding Miggie curveball, curveball, curveball.
Right.
For the very first pitch, I thought he was gone.
I think the left, he scared him.
A little bit.
You're right.
Right?
Just held him a little bit.
You're a little bit harder.
Don't change a thing.
Don't change a thing.
No more meetings.
Don't try to get smarter.
Just do what we've been doing all year.
I think that's the trap.
Teams that try to get smarter, add more information, more scouting reports, more people in the clubhouse, more data analysts coming downstairs to try to help you out.
I ran into it with the late 1990 Angels, which we never really got anywhere.
We get close to the playoffs at the end of the year, and all of a sudden, everybody beat it.
The scouting reports would get bigger, giving guys more information.