The Feasting Begins

Most casual baseball fans can't wrap their minds around how the games they remember seeing in the World Series can be so drastically different in April. What they remember seeing is high tension games where runs and hits are a premium. What they see now is an onslaught of offense.

It's really pretty simple if you give it some thought. First off, the pitching in Post Season typically consists of your #1 and #2 guy... sometimes your #3 starter.. but not too often. Add in the fact that these Aces have been dealing the entire season and truly on their mark with most every pitch in their arsenal. You end up with a 1-0 game that every hit seems magnified in.

Fast Forward to early April and you get past those Aces.. and into the PHAT (Pretty Hittable And Tempting) pitchers in the rotation. What do you get? Drubbings like we saw yesterday. Guys racing around the bags like a merry go round ; )

The hitters have had enough at-bats to get their eyes and timing adjusted to live game situations.. the pitches are nice and tasty... the hits keep coming. Take Russell Martin for example. He had two 3 hit games all of last season. He racked up 3 hits yesterday in the Yankees loss to Detroit. That game could actually serve as a micro-cosm of my point. Jorge Posada blasted 2 Home Runs! Mark Teixeira hit a Home Run for the 3rd straight game. Flip over to the other box score and you get Miguel Cabrera going Yard ... twice!

Not to mention my favorite Tiger.. Brennan Boesch. He ripped off a 4 for 4 day with a Home Run.. scored 4 and knocked in 4! You get the picture? Heck, Nick Swisher had 3 hits in that game as well. There were 26 total hits in all.

Look at the Royals and Angels - 33 hits! Another 26 hits in the Reds vs Brewers contest. 25 more in the Cubs vs Pirates game. Crazy huh?

Speaking of the Reds and Brewers game. The Reds picked up a sweep behind the hitting show put on by my pick as Yesterday's Hitter! Click over to BeABetterHitter to see who it is!