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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT| Pickin' Up the Pace of Play

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chicagocubsfan

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That pitiful display AND we're interested in Jonathan Niese

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Velcro Fly

Velcro Fly

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i couldn't watch more than an inning.

that booth on FOX was fucking horrendous.

i normally don't care about announcers but they were fucking trash all night

i almost fell out of my char when they characterized the cardinals as a clean team though
 
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cr_blah_blah

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Rangers need to cash in one of these opportunities finally. They've had 3 innings of chances and only came up with 2 runs.

What a fucking awful at-bat by Choo with the tying runner on 3rd.
 
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cr_blah_blah

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Another lead-off double for the Rangers (bottom of the 9th), let's see if they can bring it home this time.

Nope, still fucking suck. 4 innings in a row stranding a batter on 3rd to lose the game.
 
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detectiveconan1

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Dodgers are so lucky Stanton is out lol

Pretty good odds he would have tied the game

Still like what I have seen from the Marlins the past two games. I can get behind this team, if they can continue to play scrappy.
 
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zulux21

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so... in what feels like an april fools post I just saw the new rules for the home run derby
out is outs
out is al vs nl

in is a timer
in is seeded brackets

The eight-player contest will be conducted as a single-elimination tournament in which the loser of each bracket is immediately eliminated. Brackets in the first round will be seeded based on 2015 home run totals through July 7th, with ties broken by awarding the higher seed to the batter with more home runs hit since June 15th. If a tie remains, a coin flip will determine the higher seed. In each matchup, the higher seed will hit second.

During each of the three rounds, each batter will have five minutes to hit as many home runs as possible, and any swings that do not result in a home run will not be counted. Timers will count down from five minutes beginning with the release of the first pitch, and any home run hit after the timer reaches one minute remaining will stop the timer immediately when the ball lands in home run territory. The timer will not start again until the batter hits a ball that does not land in home run territory, or swings and misses at a pitch.

Batters may be awarded bonus time during their turn based on the length of their home runs hit. If a batter hits two home runs during a turn that each equal or exceed 420 feet, one minute of bonus time will be added. If one home run during a turn equals or exceeds 475 feet, 30 seconds of bonus time will be added. It is possible for a batter to earn a total bonus of one minute and 30 seconds. All distances will be measured using MLB Advanced Media's Statcast™ system.

The batter with the most home runs hit in each matchup will advance to the next round (or win the Derby, if in the third round). Ties in any round will be broken by a 90-second swing-off with no stoppage of time or additional time added. If the batters remain tied after the 90-second swing-off, they will engage in successive three-swing swing-offs until there is a winner. Once the second batter in any matchup hits one more home run than the first batter, the second batter will be declared the winner of the matchup and will not attempt to hit any additional home runs. In addition, each batter will be entitled to one "time out" per round.
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I guess they got tired of guys taking a bunch of pitches between balls.

I wonder if there is limitations on how fast the pitcher can pitch. I mean if not I would just have the guy throw the ball every 3-5 seconds and have an intense 5 minute work out of killing the ball lol.
 
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