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Post by BigLoad on Sept 24, 2022 14:33:26 GMT -8
The defensive team's manager can now intentionally walk a batter just by notifying the ump...no more need for the silly ritual of throwing 4 pitches off to the side. According to the Baseball Academy, whatever that is, this rule change has lowered the average time of a MLB game by 35 seconds! Yeah, I forgot about that. It's an abomination. If they really enforced the pitch interval that already existed it would probably save 40 minutes. You'd still have to summarily execute anyone who stepped out of the batter's box more than three times in an at-bat. (Or maybe just call a strike for each extra time). |
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 24, 2022 15:33:54 GMT -8
Yeah, I forgot about that. It's an abomination. If they really enforced the pitch interval that already existed it would probably save 40 minutes. You'd still have to summarily execute anyone who stepped out of the batter's box more than three times in an at-bat. (Or maybe just call a strike for each extra time). Well the pitch clock is officially coming next year, which will indeed include a strike penalty for dawdling batters. Probably better than my idea, which is to have trap doors around the batter's box revealing pits filled with snakes, tarantulas, spikes, and flaming hair-covered poop. |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 24, 2022 16:34:56 GMT -8
Doggy fencing. Shock collar the batters.
Honestly once in the box they shouldn’t be allowed out. Phenomenal time waster.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 24, 2022 17:17:58 GMT -8
There should be a time limit for pitching changes, too - 30 seconds, tops.
Zip them in on a golf cart. No additional warmups - they had plenty of time for that in the bullpen.
Better yet, bring them in from underneath the field in an elevator, a la the ancient Roman Colosseum!
And if the game is still tied after 12 innings, the outcome is determined by placing all the players on the field & releasing hungry lions from the elevator. Players who struck out or made defensive errors would be festooned with meat ponchos. The team with the most survivors wins.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 25, 2022 14:55:31 GMT -8
I made my poor mother watch today's Mariners game, in which they blew a 9 run lead and lost. I'm calling the Elder Abuse Hotline to turn myself in...  |
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Post by starwalker on Sept 26, 2022 17:40:35 GMT -8
I loved that game, being a Kansas City fan. It was the biggest comeback in Royals history.
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Post by GaliWalker on Sept 26, 2022 17:57:03 GMT -8
I made my poor mother watch today's Mariners game, in which they blew a 9 run lead and lost. Reminded me of that infamous loss to Cleveland in 2001 when the Mariners coughed up a 12-run lead. A real kick in the soft and dangly bits. |
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Post by BigLoad on Sept 27, 2022 21:17:52 GMT -8
Four walks (four!) for Aaron Judge tonight, scoring two runs.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 27, 2022 21:45:23 GMT -8
Reminded me of that infamous loss to Cleveland in 2001 when the Mariners coughed up a 12-run lead. A real kick in the soft and dangly bits. I had to look this up...thanks to expansive psychotherapy & high-end booze, I had successfully repressed this memory. Until now. Thanks. CLE: 17 - SEA: 2MLB Scores and Standings Saturday, October 13, 2001Fun fact (wheee): this was the same night as the "Jeter flip" play |
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Post by GaliWalker on Sept 28, 2022 4:31:42 GMT -8
I was actually talking about a game in the regular season when Cleveland overcame a 12-run deficit to beat the Mariners. The game was so lop sided in the Mariners' favor that both teams had taken their starters out, whereupon Cleveland came roaring back. It's the single worst defeat that I've ever seen the Mariners get, and is permanently etched into my brain. It is also the reason that I hate the arguments about not "showing up the other team when they're down" and the unwritten rules of baseball. Scr*w those! |
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Sept 28, 2022 5:15:07 GMT -8
He's trying too hard, and now he's got a brain worm. Once he gets the next HR, expect a few more to quickly follow.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 28, 2022 5:16:30 GMT -8
I was actually talking about a game in the regular season when Cleveland overcame a 12-run deficit to beat the Mariners. The game was so lop sided in the Mariners' favor that both teams had taken their starters out, whereupon Cleveland came roaring back. It's the single worst defeat that I've ever seen the Mariners get, and is permanently etched into my brain. Ah. That August I was backpacking across Oregon on the PCT. Probably a better use of my time.  |
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Post by BigLoad on Sept 28, 2022 6:30:30 GMT -8
He's trying too hard, and now he's got a brain worm. Once he gets the next HR, expect a few more to quickly follow. I have wondered if that might have been the case, but he's been hitting OK, and none of yesterday's four walks were credited as intentional. |
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Post by BigLoad on Sept 28, 2022 6:31:19 GMT -8
Fun fact (wheee): this was the same night as the "Jeter flip" play That was a nice play. I think about it every time somebody rambles on about what a bad defensive player he was. |
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Post by driftwoody on Sept 28, 2022 9:27:09 GMT -8
Fun fact (wheee): this was the same night as the "Jeter flip" play That was a nice play. I think about it every time somebody rambles on about what a bad defensive player he was. That was just about the most heads-up play I ever saw -- Jeter came all the way across the infield from shortstop to intercept an off-target through to the plate from right field and flipped it to the catcher for the tag-out -- in a World Series game. I've played slowpitch softball more than 50 years, and I still occasionally see something new. At a Senior tournament a couple weeks ago our 64 year-old shortstop hustled to field a grounder up the middle. Running full speed well past 2nd base he did a blind backwards flip to get the force out at 2nd, just nipping the runner from first. |
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