BOSTON — Is there a sweet spot? Is there a place in which you hit plenty of homers, but do not sell out to the point in which frequent strikeouts become the “acceptable” trade-off?
The Red Sox are at the 114th World Series representing this style. The Dodgers symbolize something more modern and Yankees-esque in which the exchange of power with punchouts is more tolerable.
That both styles are in attendance illustrates success can be found either way.
I wonder, though, if the Red Sox method becomes not only the more aesthetically pleasing variety, but a more dominant one to try to mimic.