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Fascinating article from Stark about the diminishing offense in MLB.
 http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8048897/the-age-pitcher-how-got-here-mlb
I like the Mattingly comments. Sounds a lot like some of the M's hitters:
Even as the home run rate spirals ever downward, Mattingly sees hitters who hit as if they hadn't noticed. They coil. They guess. And they let it fly -- as if routine fly balls were still traveling 440 feet. And all they get out of it is a lot of outs -- and strikeouts.
"Guys have gotten away from the good solid hitting mechanics of the past," Mattingly says. "The guys who really do it right -- you see less of that. ... It used to be that if you struck out 100 times, it was a big deal. Now if it's 'just' 100, you're kind of a low strikeout guy. That tells me mechanics are getting worse."