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MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making
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Randolph Freelander
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captmcblack
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I'm only awake to post broom GIFs.
Randolph Freelander
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I think the Cubs earned a point for the overtime loss.
17 Seconds
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counts as 1, just like every other game. using the bullpen is what sucks
17 Seconds
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yep
That's my only real complaint.
Corran Horn
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Bunch of crybabies you AL guys
evil solrac v3.0
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I see you winning the lottery in the future.
I feel tingling sensations that I haven't felt from this team in a long while.
NL baseball derailed the 2008 Yankees and ruined Chien Ming Wang's career. NL baseball is a persistent plague that never lets up.
Forever fuck the NL for hurting my Wang.
HarryDemeanor
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The National League: Where The Big Boys Play
timetokill
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Glad I watched the most strikeouts ever in a MLB game
I'm not being sarcastic
NL is the only real baseball
I'm not being sarcastic
NL is the only real baseball
Carpe Libertatem
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An 18 inning game where human garbage gives up the lead in the 9th but the Yankees win anyway is pretty much an ideal game (short of Yankees crushing like 12-0)
OfficerRaichu15
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Yankees gonna be tired and barely have any bullpen arms. 😃
Reds gonna win some more and keep that lead going
Reds gonna win some more and keep that lead going
I think Shreve and Holder have some minor league options left. If they do, they'll probably be on the bullpen shuttle soon. I could see the Yanks bringing up guys like Bryan Mitchell and Ben Heller for fresh arms.
Agree, but 12 innings
Also 28 man rosters with 3 inactive (for resting SP) so you have more bench bats.
I'm in.
Baseball is so incredibly stuck in its ways. Games need to get shorter and faster, and players need to stay healthier. I'm not advocating for big changes (e.g. less games) but putting a cap on game length (like NFL) is a no-brainer to me.
It works perfectly fine in the NFL
Eh, not really.
Man. One eighteen inning game has driven people to madness.
"THESE 18 INNINGS GAMES EVERY DAY ARE RUINING THE SPORT!"
"THINGS ARE WORSE THAN EVER!'
After watching a league with 12 inning ties I've come to realize ties are not a big deal and basically insure that you're getting rested pitching in most games.
i know very well that ties will never fly in the US though. I mean look up, one guy felt his manliness threatened by the very mention of it!
In the NL the pitcher bats for their team. In the AL the pitcher's batting spot is replaced by a designated hitter.
there isn't any much of a difference. One uses a DH, one does not. Perhaps 30 years ago it was different since there was no interleague play and the umpires in the leagues were different but not anymore. Its really one big league now with 6 divisions. They really should think about reallinging the leagues based on time zone (and get rid of the DH).
The Elite
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I think the NFL system is terrible.
One league plays real baseball, the other league is the NL.
Biggest is that the AL has a Designated Hitter, so the pitchers don't have to bat. This leads to less possible injuries for them because they don't have to swing or run the bases, which they're not accustomed to doing because they're primarily pitchers.
then don't watch it? check the box score in the morning. If they do that 10 inning bullshit, baseball would be dead to me.
if a pitcher can't jog to first or swing a bat without getting hurt, he has no reason being a professional athelete. Pitchers getting hurt batting is the lamest excuse for the DH.
The biggest is the DH that is used in the AL, which is someone who is batting for the pitcher, and can be placed at any spot in the lineup. (The pitcher can be in the NL too, but they are usually penciled in to bat last. Unless your manager is Tony LaRussa)
The NL doesn't use it, so they tend to rely on the "Double Switch", which usually means that two players are getting replaced, the pitcher and another position player. That position player who is being put in, takes the pitchers batting spot (again, usually 9th) and the pitcher will be batting in the order of the player who was taken out.
It's not last night's game at all. It's more watching the Mets (awfully run) bullpen trot out there for 9 innings one game because of a 15 inning game, only to underperform the next 3 games until a starter goes 8.
So, yes, part of my desire to have 10 inning ties is because terry has no fucking clue how to manage a pen.
so are steroids, that doesnt mean they need to be embraced by MLB.
Why people ask for rule change about something that perhaps will not happen again this season? last year we only had 8 games out of 2,400 games that lasted more than 15 innings. changing how baseball is played because of something that is rare is absurd.
Steroids are also banned in the NFL, no?
timetokill
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The NL plays baseball the way it was intended, with every player having to bat, and managers having to weigh leaving their pitcher in to bat if they're pitching well or swapping them out to pinch hit in scoring situations. Having a pitcher than can hit decently makes them even more valuable.
The AL decided to change the rules to attract fans that are only interested in seeing more scoring. So their pitchers don't have to bat, and fans theoretically get to see dingers by guys with knees so bad they can barely run 90 feet.
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