Six-time MLB All-Star Will Clark is annoyed with among the developments he sees in right now’s baseball sport.
The 60-year-old spoke about a few of his frustrations throughout a latest look on OutKick’s “The Ricky Cobb Present.”
“You discuss 100 pitches (for beginning pitchers), it’s like, ‘Come on, dude,’ if I bought a no-hitter going, I’m going to go so long as I can go. What number of instances have you ever seen guys within the sixth, seventh inning get taken out of a sport with a no-hitter going as a result of they supposedly would attain the pitch threshold? Dude, you know the way arduous it’s to get a no-hitter within the main leagues. Let the man go, let him do his factor,” Clark stated.
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Former San Francisco Giants participant Will Clark is launched throughout a Wall of Fame induction ceremony earlier than the sport towards the Atlanta Braves at Oracle Park. (Kelley L Cox-USA At the moment Sports activities)
Clark additionally does not consider plenty of the individuals making selections for baseball groups have a intestine intuition concerning having performed the sport earlier than.
“Put it this fashion, the fellows who’re making these selections, the fellows who’re these stat guys by no means performed it earlier than, alright. They haven’t any absolute intestine intuition; they’re going straight numbers. I instructed someone the opposite day I’m like, ‘let’s say you’re dealing with a man 70 p.c fastballs, however that day he can’t get his fastball over for a strike. Effectively, am I going to look fastball? No, as a result of he can’t throw it for a strike, I’m going to look one thing else,’” Clark stated.
“And so, these are the sort of issues you need to go along with your intestine intuition, and you bought to look at these sort of issues. You possibly can’t do it on straight numbers, and that’s the place the fellows who’re these stat gurus, they need to go on straight numbers, and it’s not pertaining to that sport,” Clark added.
Clark additionally believes that the Houston Astros pressured former supervisor Dusty Baker out as they have been making an attempt to drive his hand with decision-making.
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Houston Astros supervisor Dusty Baker (12) earlier than sport seven of the ALCS towards the Texas Rangers for the 2023 MLB playoffs at Minute Maid Park. (Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“(Baker) is unbelievably knowledged within the sport of baseball, and I’m sorry that he needed to resign from (the Houston Astros). However the cause he did it was ‘reason behind the stat nerds; they stored making an attempt to drive his hand as an alternative of letting a man with that a lot expertise run the group. They wished to run the group so hey, look, that’s the place they’re now, they went again residence yesterday, as a result of they don’t have the management of Dusty Baker,” Clark continued.
Baker was most lately the supervisor of the Astros, and retired after the 2023 season. Baker was 320-226 over 4 seasons because the Astros’ supervisor, together with main them to a World Collection in 2022.
The Astros have been swept 2-0 at residence by the Detroit Tigers within the AL Wild Card spherical on Wednesday after successful the American League West within the common season.
Following Baker’s retirement from managing, he took a place as a particular assistant with the San Francisco Giants. The Astros promoted bench coach Joe Espada to switch Baker as supervisor.
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San Francisco Giants former participant Will Clark earlier than the sport towards the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park. (Sergio Estrada-USA At the moment Sports activities)
Clark performed underneath Dusty Baker for 5 seasons when Baker was the hitting coach, and one season when Baker was the supervisor throughout his time with the Giants.
Over 15 seasons within the huge leagues, Clark had a profession batting common of .303 with 284 profession residence runs and 1,205 RBIs. Along with being named to 6 All-Star groups, Clark was a two-time Silver Slugger award winner and received a Gold Glove.
Clark performed for 4 completely different groups in his profession: the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles and retired in 2000 after taking part in for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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