Just ate lunch reading the (Newark) Star-Ledger. A glance at the Muts batting made me wince. I had wonderd if current pitchers might just be too far ahead of hitters. Even with the lowered mound and the smaller strike zone, the variety of hard breaking pitches -- split-fingered fb, cutter etc -- must be tougher on the hitters.
Then I looked at the Mets box score...Wright is hitting about .396, the rookie CF, Niewunhuis, is about .350...I think Ike Davis is the only guy who has a Nats-like average, and he went 3-for-6 yesterday. And I thought the Muts were weak.
Across the page, a columnist was explaining that the Yankees hit so much that they don't need better than mediocre pitching. Just pitch 5 innings and give up 5 runs, and the Yankees hitting will wear out the opposition.
Ugh. Is it against the Law (Vernon or Vance) for the Nats to hit like other major league teams?