Double, I meant.
― clemenza, Friday, 25 June 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
I feel if they are going to try and reduce the three true outcomes, they also need to do something to discourage the home run / all or nothing mentality. If they want to move the mound back, also move the fences back.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 25 June 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
singles are now homers, homers are now outs, triples are the same, doubles are singles
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 25 June 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
I don’t think any of the ideas in the article are particularly great. I don’t mind 7 inning doubleheaders though, because it speeds up the pace of play and makes those games a little more unique.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 25 June 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
moving the fences back would be amazing but it's literally impossible in some (many?) parks and would cut into seating
i think i'm on record as being in favor of 7 innings games in general
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
like..... if you can't get it done in 7 innings maybe you can't get it done
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
7 inning games could theoretically cut back on reliever usage…or just entrench it idk
― k3vin k., Friday, 25 June 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
teams wouldn't need to carry as many pitchers on their rosters, you'd think
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
- deaden the ball even more- move the fences back- enlarge the bases- move the rubber back- 7-inning games- no ghost runner- no shift constraints
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
i mean while i'm dreaming might as well with:
- no d.h.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
horrific
MLB is dead wrong about absolutely everything baseball fans like about baseball https://t.co/AJ1KngPnaK— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) June 24, 2021
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 26 June 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
'the NBA can do it, why can't we?'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 June 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
That hat is like if the Yankees were an early 00s expansion team.
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Saturday, 26 June 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
Orioles came back in the late innings and won on the road, so that's different
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 26 June 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Friday, June 25, 2021 6:44 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
if you can't get it done in 4 innings....
― ✖, Saturday, 26 June 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link
i’m not a monster!
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 26 June 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
The MLB are a bunch of idiots dead-set on killing the golden goose.
― earlnash, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 26, 2021 9:21 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
you're letting manfred boil your frogs!
― ✖, Saturday, 26 June 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
D-BACKS ROAD WIN
streak ends at 24
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 June 2021 06:03 (two years ago) link
pretty sure ✖ called it
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 June 2021 06:04 (two years ago) link
Degrom punches wall after giving up 2 earned runs - out for season
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 June 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
Lolwut
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 27 June 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
Sorry, that turns out to be false
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 June 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
i was gonna say
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 27 June 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
Braves might want to have a review of who covers what in their outfield, they came close to having collisions on 4 plays today, only one of which really cost them.
Fundamentals schumduntamentals...
― earlnash, Sunday, 27 June 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
So this Bauer news is some strange shit. A restraining order and then his agent releasing details of their (Bauer and the woman with the order against him) sex life.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 05:10 (two years ago) link
oh no bud selig is in the nytxw today, in a much too flattering fashion
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
Brew Crew continue to demolish the record books
Milwaukee's Aaron Ashby is the first pitcher in the modern era to start, go less than an inning and allow 7+ runs in his MLB debut.— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) June 30, 2021
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
looks like only 4 of the runs were earned, though. and i'll still take that over Mike Mayers' debut in 2016 (1.1 IP, 9 ER)
Manager Mike Matheny, desperate for innings coverage, stuck with Mayers until the righty completed the 45-pitch frame. Once Mayers allowed three more runs in the second, his manager left for the mound to make a pitching change and offer a message."What I told him when he came off was that he's done a great job, had a great season, and that's a tough assignment he just walked into," said Matheny. "Hopefully he uses that as a learning experience and builds off of it."
"What I told him when he came off was that he's done a great job, had a great season, and that's a tough assignment he just walked into," said Matheny. "Hopefully he uses that as a learning experience and builds off of it."
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Brewers now have the lead lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
Jose Ramirez just fouled a pitch off his cheek.
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:34 (two years ago) link
Never don't like seeing Aroldis Chapman humiliated
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
After contributing to Wander Franco's big build-up, I literally forgot he existed after two games. Looks like he's off to a slow start...only 30 AB, no big deal.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 July 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
here are some guys
I count three Giants legends. Four if you occasionally remember Edwin Jackson being on the Giants at one point, which I definitely do. https://t.co/GAx9DRUSdH— Grant Brisbee (@GrantBrisbee) July 2, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 July 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
I am currently trying to trade for Franco in my redraft fantasy league - his BABIP is insanely low. I’m expecting him to heat up.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
Although, so was Kelenic’s - so this might be a mistake.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
i don’t know why it’s just occurred to me but the ghost runner will absolutely blow up an entire generation of relief pitchers’ stats, won’t it?
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 July 2021 08:43 (two years ago) link
the runs aren't earned are they? tho, i guess having some rando at 2b isn't going to help matters either way
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 4 July 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
ahh i guess that makes sense yes
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 July 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
On the other hand, maybe it could lead to a new era stat - who keeps that runner from scoring? I know LOB% is already a thing, but maybe this would be just for extra inning situations?Eh, I don’t know. Maybe that sample size is too small for most relievers to be meaningful
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 July 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
the marlins have MLB's 11th-best run differential and 24th-best record
7-19 in one-run games
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 July 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
lmao Cubes
IP in the last 10 games:Eric Sogard - 2.1Craig Kimbrel - 0.1#Cubs | #CubTogether— Graduate Baseball Studies (@GradBaseball) July 6, 2021
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
Cubs are the third team to have a lengthy post no-hitter losing streak. I don’t know if it means anything. For O’s/Dbacks it was mainly a road losing streak.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
cubs "no-hitter"
i think the trend is that none of those teams are very good
― na (NA), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
Right, two of those no hitters do deserve quotation marks.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
fuckin baseball players
When he’s playing catch between starts, Lance Lynn is always wearing a hoodie with long sleeves underneath, which was still the case on Monday as temperatures went into the high-90s. He explained that if you always feel miserable, it offers a sort of consistency— James Fegan (@JRFegan) July 7, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
starting pitchers. They are weird
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
Did not expect to enjoy Josh Hader’s first blown save as much as I did today.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
personally was not a fan
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
An actual area of common ground between MLB owners and players? We found sources on both sides who want 7-inning doubleheader games — currently just a covid protocol — to become permanent.https://t.co/ihuHZEqDum— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 8, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link