Matt takes time to pencil out, scan and then email Team Izzys members a sketch of what he calls the "Half Nelson Defense". This involves 2 Outfield Rovers who catch bloops and grounders when they just happen to get by our incredibly speedy Middle Infielders and Bilbo. This leaves one deep Outfielder in Left and another in straight away Center. As you can see, Right Field is left wide open like a whales vagina essentially daring our opponents to hit shots into right for guaranteed triples.
I am not too sure if I like this defense. I mean, where does this put your trusty Izzys Right Fielder? Does this team blog suddenly need to disappear and restart with a new title such as "Tales from The Izzy's Right Rover" or "Tales From Izzys DH"? And what happens if that blog name is already taken? I'm confused. And scared. I just don't want to be cut.
From a strategery standpoint.........
.........I think we are being a little naive here. We are assuming that these other teams have as much of a problem as we do hitting the ball to the right side of 2nd base. The Half Nelson would easily work on us, but maybe not the old men who go to the batting cages 3 times a week and can place line drives anywhere they want.
But what the hell. Let's give it a shot for an inning or two to see if it works. Are we putting effort into an issue that is a cover up for our mediocre hitting? Shouldn't we be collecting donations for a bat that costs more than $20 and has a larger sweet spot than a hobbit's wang? My hands still hurt from those 3 inning-ending grounders I shanked to the Short Stop on Monday.
1 comment:
Right field rover is right! No need to play deep fight field, as I've seen about 3 hits go there in 1 1/2 seasons. Right rover should play short in center right field, help with the groundballs that get past our crunk infield and catch those short line drives right over the infield. Congratulations Cam, your right field job has been deemed more important to upwards of 37%!
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