Rob Friedman
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So I really wanted to touch on that.
And that's what really kind of jumps out at people.
I have had people kind of surprised at how far it has gone into the game and how deep it is, even down to like colleges where they have, you know, pitching labs are as good as can possibly be, like as good as major league labs.
And then the big question is, is this the game that you want?
Do you want a game where pitchers are in charge and hitters are just –
you know kind of counterpunching because it is a weird sport you have a sport where the offense doesn't have the ball the offense has a bat the pitcher has the ball so the pitcher is in control everything and a hitter is a counter puncher and it just kind of it lets people realize kind of that when they see that a pitcher can control almost everything.
Well, first, I wanted to touch on what you said, because you're right.
The trajectory machine does a great job of actually taking away a pitcher's best pitch.
So you may be able to see a billion airbenders from Devin Williams from the trajectory machine, and all of a sudden, it doesn't look that bad when you're seeing it in a game.
But...
Really, where it's gotten is, I left it open.
I left it, is this a question that, how do you want it as a fan?
Since this is your game, where do you want the sport to go?
Do you like where it is today?
I do think that hitters have the ability to catch up, but as I mentioned, the game is already...
Yeah, so I wanted to touch on that, too, because you made a really good point if you saw Paul Skeen's pitch last night.
He wasn't throwing as hard as he could.
He was throwing 96, 97, but hitting his spots and mixing it up with multiple pitches.
And he keeps adding pitches, as this guy like Dylan sees.
And that's where we're going to is it's...