I was perusing through our sister sites this morning and saw this question posed by Battery Power, home of the Atlanta Braves. In the wake of yesterday’s Super Bowl, it seemed like a relevant question.
For the majority of the Super Bowl, it seemed like Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers was going to win MVP since he set an NFL record with five field goals in the Super Bowl. However, things started to pick up in the fourth quarter — the first touchdown of the game was scored with 13:24 left in the game — and the Seahawks ultimately stomped the New England Patriots 29-13.
Comparatively, the Philadelphia Eagles steamrolled the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in last year’s Super Bowl with the scoring more evenly distributed through all four quarters.
Putting a baseball spin on this, I ask this question of you: Do you prefer pitchers’ duels or slugfests?
We root for the Colorado Rockies, who should (theoretically) be involved in more slugfests at Coors Field. However, they do sometimes get involved in pitchers’ duels as well, especially in some of the California stadiums.
Slugfests, of course, feature more action. Baseballs are flying through the air and players are running all over the field, but they also take longer (sorry, Rob Manfred, but you cannot have lots of offense and short games). Meanwhile, pitchers’ duels are shorter games that take more strategy, but they can sometimes be “boring” because of the lack of action.
Last year, the first slugfest the Rockies were involved in was April 6th against the Athletics, where they beat them 12-5 in Chase Dollander’s MLB Debut. Dollander was also involved in a daring no-hitter duel against Tyler Glasnow and the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 8th (the Rockies ultimately lost 3-1).
There were a few of each last year, of course, but those were the ones that stood out to me.
So, Purple Row night owls, what say you? Which do you prefer?
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