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MLB 2016-2017 Offseason |OT| At Least Next Year is an Odd Numbered Year.
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chicagocubsfan
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Really good article by Verducci on how Chris Bosio is attempting to fix Brett Anderson, Eddie Butler,Alec Mills, and Casey Kelly. http://www.si.com/mlb/2017/02/21/chicago-cubs-chris-bosio-pitching-lab
Dmncnby2k9
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Hoping tmobile still gives free mlb.tv this year.
Carpe Libertatem
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I think it's overstated personally but yeah, it is pervasive. I don't care so much about the whole "best fans" thing so much as I care about the racism. That's bad, but every team is like that unfortunately. Baseball's a pretty racist sport from top to bottom with a long history of it that I'm not sure will go away anytime soon.
My point is more that every team has their warts. And that talking about the Cardinal Way being the White Way is bullshit when the Cubs ownership (excepting Laura) poured millions into supporting a white supremacist for President. Wonder what kind of message that sends to Cubs players?
Silver Arrows
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Exactly. There are no winners when it comes to who has the cleanest hands in regards to baseball franchises. Baseball is inherently a racist as fuck sport, as you described.
Maybe the Jays are clean, I don't exactly know of or have read anything that could have come close to the stuff of Yawkey, or what have you.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Double post, but Jim Joyce retired, among others.
man I hope so, it came in really clutch on my trips
Fangraphs Braves Top Prospects
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-32-prospects-atlanta-braves/
looong read.
(the amount of 50+ FV players compared to other systems so far listed is hilarious. Yankees probably are close though.)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-32-prospects-atlanta-braves/
looong read.
(the amount of 50+ FV players compared to other systems so far listed is hilarious. Yankees probably are close though.)
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Talks to flip-flop batting practice so home team hits 2nd have stalled. Union asked that BP end 1 hr before 1st pitch. MLB said no.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
BP ends 40 minutes before 1st pitch in some parks. As @Joelsherman1 wrote, having home team hit 2nd might have enticed fans to come early.
Sources: Talks to flip-flop batting practice so home team hits 2nd have stalled. Union asked that BP end 1 hr before 1st pitch. MLB said no.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
BP ends 40 minutes before 1st pitch in some parks. As @Joelsherman1 wrote, having home team hit 2nd might have enticed fans to come early.
they need to make up their minds whether fans want to be there a long time or as short as possible.
i forget which podcast it was, but someone had a great suggestion for speeding up the flow of the game. No warming up on the mound when you come into the game. I agree, i see no need for it. Maybe allow one pitch to get a feel for the mound but there is a reason there is a bullpen. Other sports don't allow for players to warm up on the playing field. Once you are in the game, you play.
But that would probably cut into commercial time so they wont do it. (Which is the real time waster, inning breaks should be much shorter, if you go to a college or minor league game you will notice a difference).
Edit: anyway, shorter inning clock
Actually enforce the fucking batter stepping out rule.
Pitch clock (although i dont know how that would work with baserunners, could just go when it hits zero).
No warmups on the game mound.
Bullpen pitchers drive go carts out to the mound. (Or monster trucks, player choice).
None of this No pitch IBB or man on 2nd bullshit.
I did notice a big difference when they implemented the inning break clock and the batters stepping out rule. Still needs improvement. Saved me from having to watch denard span taking 20 practice swings though , he is annoying.
But that would probably cut into commercial time so they wont do it. (Which is the real time waster, inning breaks should be much shorter, if you go to a college or minor league game you will notice a difference).
Edit: anyway, shorter inning clock
Actually enforce the fucking batter stepping out rule.
Pitch clock (although i dont know how that would work with baserunners, could just go when it hits zero).
No warmups on the game mound.
Bullpen pitchers drive go carts out to the mound. (Or monster trucks, player choice).
None of this No pitch IBB or man on 2nd bullshit.
I did notice a big difference when they implemented the inning break clock and the batters stepping out rule. Still needs improvement. Saved me from having to watch denard span taking 20 practice swings though , he is annoying.
HarryDemeanor
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I wish the home team did BP second. I haven't see the Dodgers do batting practice at all.
Boo!
EXCITEMENT SAVED
call me old fashioned but resolving an at bat without a pitch thrown sucks. (and has zero to do with pace of play)
Mr. Enigma
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Bull fucking shit. Few things are greater than watching a pitcher completely meltdown when throwing an IBB or accidentally grooving one and the hitter getting it.
Fuck this shit
The thing is, this does nothing for the pace of play. And it is less entertaining. No more Boos from the home crowd.
Seriously, fuck this shit. Manfred needs to go.
Alex Stroud
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Their next move will be to eliminate the even innings while leaving the odd-numbered innings numbered as is. For tradition purposes.
nah... just give them a time limit. if they don't make it around the bases in 30 seconds it's considered an auto out and all runners return to where they were
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
If there isn't one, someone create a thread in OT about the intentional walk change. More baseball threads in OT, woo! Along with plenty of GIFs of failed intentional walk attempts in said thread.
What was the most recent one? Only one I can think of is the Cards againts SF in the 2014 NLCS.
What was the most recent one? Only one I can think of is the Cards againts SF in the 2014 NLCS.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Thanks GK, I'm still commuting home and couldn't easily make a thread myself.
People who don't watch the game? Their own vanity? Who knows.
Always happy to help.
Dmncnby2k9
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Fuckin stupid. I bet games will last longer even with the change.
RampagingSoul
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Yeah, the change isn't really going to help speed up the game too much. Plus, like others have said, I like when an intentional walk goes wrong like someone swinging and getting a hit off of an intentional ball that comes across a little too much of the plate or the intentional ball slips and becomes a wild pitch.
CosmicQueso
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Fuck this. It's a solution in need of a problem. So god damned stupid.
i appreciate that they are atleast making an effort to shorten the games. their ideas have sucked up to this point (although i like the pitch clock).
But its more than selig did.
Silver Arrows
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Maybe some old news, but CJ Wilson tells somebody why he retired and switched to racing full time:
This segways into an interview CJ has today at 11:35 EST with MLB Network Radio on Sirius that talks about racing and being now an owner of two Porsche race teams.
This segways into an interview CJ has today at 11:35 EST with MLB Network Radio on Sirius that talks about racing and being now an owner of two Porsche race teams.
Ninja Scooter
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He retires with 16 career WAR and $90 million in the bank. Lord let my children be left handed.
Silver Arrows
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Colby Rasmus everyone
BFIB
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What we didn't see: him eating that jersey after the photo was taken.
Colby Rasmus everyone
CosmicQueso
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Twins reliever Ryan O'Rourke's pitching secret is that he throws up before every appearance
This sounds neither normal nor healthy.
This sounds neither normal nor healthy.
are we sure he's not a manga character?
My friend was a drummer and threw up before every (ill-attended, local) show his band played. It was pretty gross.
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