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MLB 2016 Regular Season Official Thread - Do Not Attempt to Ketchup

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gamz

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Windu said:
Rangers ballpark early renders.

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https://twitter.com/MLBcathedrals/status/733731386159308800
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Who is paying for this?
 
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Beckx

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If the Pirates outfield continues at the current pace, they'll have the highest combined WAR for an OF trio since 1950.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
strike zone change, sure. no pitches for IBB? /boooo I like watching games end on IBB wild pitches.
A new strike zone could be on baseball's horizon and the old-fashioned intentional walk could be a thing of the past after both were agreed to by the competition committee at Major League Baseball's owners meetings this week, sources said.

The potentially dramatic changes could be in effect by next season.

The committee agreed on a motion to effectively raise the lower part of the strike zone to the top of the hitter's knees, sources said. The current rules stipulate that the zone begins at "the hollow beneath the kneecap," but the change is a reaction to a trend by umpires to call strikes on an increasing number of pitches below the knees.

The change in the intentional-walk rule would end the traditional practice of requiring the pitcher to lob four balls outside the strike zone. Instead, a team could signify it wants to issue an intentional walk, and the hitter would be immediately sent to first base, sources said.

The two changes can't go into effect unless they are approved by baseball's playing rules committee. Sources said the changes would also be presented to the MLB Players Association as part of negotiations for a new labor agreement. However, the playing rules committee isn't required to have the union sign off on the changes. So they could take effect next season whether or not the union agrees to them.

Both changes are designed to address concerns by commissioner Rob Manfred and others about pace of play and one of the commissioner's favorite terms, "pace of action." The end of the traditional intentional walk would eliminate dead time. However, the adjustment in the strike zone is designed to produce more balls in play, more baserunners and more action at a time when nearly 30 percent of hitters in the average game either walk or strike out, the highest rate of "non-action" in history.
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15633876
 
shanafan

shanafan

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General MLB question.. do bat boys travel with the teams? Or, does the away team just have a local bat boy wearing the away team's uniform?
 
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KidA Seven

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KidA Seven said:
At least Urias continues to dominate. Hopefully they let him pitch longer than usual.
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Looks like he's done for the night after 5 scoreless innings on only 64 pitches. He has pitched 6 innings the last 3 starts so it is a bit strange he didn't pitch longer. His scoreless innings streak extends to 27 innings and his era in AAA is now 1.10.
 
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