Random Thoughts From the 1st Month of the 2024 Major League Baseball Season
There is nothing like being at the ballpark to catch a game in person. I’ve always used it as a way of telling myself, winter is over, get ready and enjoy being outside again.
Although, living in the Seattle area, the first month does not guarantee warmer weather. In fact, you better bring a heavy coat for those evening games. Once the sun goes down, the wind coming off of the Sound can be nasty and cold at times.
It’s certainly symbolic for the type of starts to the season most batters have here in Seattle during those early months. You get those flashes of brilliance and power, but the cold takes over, and balls destined for Edgar’s or the bullpens, end up dying on the warning track becoming deep fly outs with the cold sapping the energy from the ball. They call this the Marine Layer Effect.
This year has been no different, but interesting enough, there seems to be a power outage throughout most of baseball.
Last year saw 29 players hit 30 or more home runs, which was 6 more than the previous season in 2022. This year, through a little more than a month, 14 of the 29 players who hit 30 HRs in 2023, have 5 or less currently, and 11 have 3 HRs or fewer. It’s probably a little early to hit the panic button, but at some point, these players…
