Friday, March 13, 2009
An Actual Battle?
I really see this as unnecassary, but Jed Lowrie and Julio Lugo are still competing for the starting shortstop job! I made a post about this earlier, but back then I though that Lowrie would still get the job. Now, I'm not sure, they have both gotten off to good starts in spring training however. The problem is that, every season he has played for them, Lugo has disappointed in defense and offense. Last year, Lowrie wasn't spectacular, but he was still a very good shortstop and wasn't that bad on offense. I do say that the job will eventually be solely Lowrie's.
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You ever know what might happen -- don't discount the old guys like Lugo (and me!). They might get a second wind!
ReplyDeleteIt's good that there are two contenders for this important position. It makes the team a lot stronger. I'm rooting for Lowrie too, but I'm happy we have Lugo waiting in the wings.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you say are Lugo's unique strengths? I'm assuming he must have something that's keeping him in the running because you seem to think Lowrie is the stronger player for that position. What's that certain something that keeps Lugo in the running, despite, what appears to be to my untrained eye, the odds against him?
ReplyDeleteI know essentially nothing about baseball, but I do know it involves balls being thrown and smacked with a bat and flying around, which is physics. I’m reading A Brief History of Time right now, by Stephen Hawking, which is about physics, so it would seem that we have very similar interests. Especially since you like Star Wars, which is sorta kinda science fiction about physics (but not quite as much as Star Trek).
ReplyDeleteSo if you get to wondering about the trajectory or mass of the ball hit by Lugo or Lowrie or one of those other dudes, why it curves up and then comes back down, why it eventually stops moving, you’ll be in pretty good shape checking out Newton’s system (Aristotle’s interesting, but when it comes to physical and life sciences he’s really only of historical interest). But if you’re wondering about the most miniscule components that make up the ball, then you’re getting into quantum mechanics and Newton’s not much help anymore. Or if you try to imagine what the ball would do if it was strong enough to withstand the force and was hit hard enough to travel several billion light years, you’d be getting into Einstein’s general theory of relativity – out of Newton’s territory again. Sorry, Isaac.
The problem is that general relativity and quantum mechanics contradict each other, so not all’s well in Swellsville. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is, while the game’s going kind of slowly and you’re getting a little restless, to come up with a grand unified quantum theory of gravity. I know your dad likes biology and your mom likes chemistry, but the not so secret secret is that physics is where the action really is. That’s why you’re such a baseball nut. Can ya dig it? By the way, I think you’d enjoy the book, but it might be a stretch until after you’ve taken high school or college physics. So enjoy the game for now, but let me know what you come up with in a few years.
I didn't read the article but I decided to post anyway because then it makes me look like I know what I'm doing.
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