"I think we're in an age of baseball where the velocity of pitchers has changed the game," Counsell said. "I'll never forget Robin Yount -- and this was 10 years ago -- saying, 'If guys threw this hard when I played, I might have been in trouble.' He said that as a coach.
"Velocity has changed the game. We want baseball to stay the same and never change, but the game doesn't stay the same. It changes. We're in a place right now that walks are up, strikeouts are up, velocity is up. It's harder to put the ball in play.