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Inspector_666 posted:It's little league, I doubt it makes much of a difference. Oh, I know. I just really want to see them try and execute this plan.
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Intruder posted:Gonna be tons of youth sports dads getting arrested for
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STAC Goat posted:I hope its real because its so drat funny. Covering preps, there have been a few times when one of the softball umpires didn't show up. I can't recall if the ump stands behind the plate with no one on, but if there are runner(s) aboard, that's where the ump is positioned.
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WaryWarren posted:I've been watching someone's YouTube channel where they are simming the 2020 season in MLB The Show 20 as it would be happening in real time. I saw this graphic and thought of this board. MY GUY lol I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this season, but I was interested to see how the Astros lineup fared stat-wise compared to the Trash Can Years. A lot of armchair stat analysis on Twitter seemed to indicate the cheating gave them only a very marginal improvement in ABs, like they’d essentially blown up the team’s entire reputation and legacy for next to nothing. I’m not sure what would be funnier/more depressing: a) the 2020 lineup performing basically the same as they had in years previous, thereby proving the schemes were totally unnecessary, or b) every single star player’s stats falling off a cliff because they no longer had some rear end in a top hat banging on a trash can to tell them what to expect.
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STAC Goat posted:I hope its real because its so drat funny. It is absolutely real and we're going to play if they have a season so I'll record all of it for posterity etc. I kind of doubt they actually get enough kids to have a season but I'm hopeful.
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I live in Colorado but am a huge Phillies fan and the Phils were supposed to be in town for their 3 game series against the Rockies this weekend. RIP Baseball in 2020
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this season, but I was interested to see how the Astros lineup fared stat-wise compared to the Trash Can Years. A lot of armchair stat analysis on Twitter seemed to indicate the cheating gave them only a very marginal improvement in ABs, like they’d essentially blown up the team’s entire reputation and legacy for next to nothing. I’m not sure what would be funnier/more depressing: a) the 2020 lineup performing basically the same as they had in years previous, thereby proving the schemes were totally unnecessary, or b) every single star player’s stats falling off a cliff because they no longer had some rear end in a top hat banging on a trash can to tell them what to expect. I mean I have to assume it's somewhere in between. Marwin had been decent for the Twins, for example, so I think it's just gonna depend on the guy.
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https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1264035826603708417 Yeah I'm gonna have to buy this rickiep00h posted:I mean I have to assume it's somewhere in between. Marwin had been decent for the Twins, for example, so I think it's just gonna depend on the guy. Marwin has been a sub .800 OPS player every year of his career except 2017, where he OPSed .907 He also received by far the most trash can bangs on the team e: on the other hand, the banging supposedly started on May 28 Prior to that date he slashed .297/.391/.628. Granted this is only a 135 PA sample size After that date he slashed .307/.372/.497 through the rest of the season on 380 PA. You don't expect a guy like Marwin to slug .600+ through a season, so the numbers seem closish otherwise? You'd think his OBP would go up though He went from 20.7 k% to 18.7 k% and 12.6 bb% to 8.5 bb% e2: also keep in mind it's impossible to tell how many pitches were given away by the absence of banging (ie fastball) Intruder fucked around with this message at 05:04 on May 23, 2020 |
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May 23, 2020 04:50
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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1264035826603708417 I haven't played SMB3 yet but 2 was/is my favorite sports game since MVP Baseball 2005 probably (aside from Out of the Park which I don't count so much as a game as the thing that will feature most prominently when my life flashes before my eyes at death). I can't imagine they hosed it up so much that it isn't worth recommending.
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I’ve been playing it for a few days and it’s not a huge improvement over SMB2 but it’s definitely a deeper game now with all the additional team management stuff. Plus it’s nice to have more parks.
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If you're missing baseball then here, this premiered on Youtube today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fO8olM5P8 Yes, it really is two and a half hours of every out Steve Cishek ever got.
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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1264035826603708417 Not defending the astros or Marwin even though he carried me to fantasy victory in 2017, but the analysis of ABs that had bangs vs ABs that didn't seemed to show that overall it was an extremely marginal benefit for the team as a whole. When the bangs were right, it gave a small benefit, and when they were wrong (which was not uncommon) they were a huge disadvantage. Lots of marginal players fluke into a .900 OPS for one year and most of them aren't cheating. Not saying Marwin didn't get a benefit, but it's probably not the whole reason why he had a good season
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May 23, 2020 06:13
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I'm not saying it was definitely the banging. There's evidence both for and against. And hell his biggest hit of the season came on the road against a closer who throws one pitch
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May 23, 2020 06:23
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Haven't missed baseball as much as some but now and again come across something that really makes it spike
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rickiep00h posted:I mean I have to assume it's somewhere in between. Marwin had been decent for the Twins, for example, so I think it's just gonna depend on the guy. his OPS+ last year was 94 and he slashed .264/.322/.414
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IcePhoenix posted:his OPS+ last year was 94 and he slashed .264/.322/.414 Goalpost moving time! 94 is good enough for at or near the middle of the team for almost every year of the decade. And his OPS and OPS+ last year were both closer to career average than 2017. Pretty sure they got exactly the production they were expecting from him. Which was decent, not great, for a utility guy.
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If I know generally what's coming, it changes what I observe during the pitch. I'd be surprised if the effect of that was able to be isolated, but I can for drat sure tell you I wouldn't forget what I'd learned. I ain't saying the ability to integrate and apply that information is universal or even easy, but it is something and it can never be taken away. Is that unfair? Not my call. Does it matter? I don't know. But if one player can permanently benefit from any amount of time spent cheating does it make it okay if other players who also cheated don't? I mean it's somewhat irrelevant at the moment since we don't have a large post-cheat sample size to compare to, but hey, that means it's still true that the astros cheated in the world series and still lost
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My point is does it have a broad statistical application for the entire team as individuals? Doubtful. Will the Astros as a whole be worse statistically than years previous? Yeah, probably. But by how much individually? Hard to tell. From the point of view of trying to figure out how a player "should" perform this year vs. known cheating years, it's gonna vary quite a bit depending on the player. Some of those guys were good before cheating, some of them were mediocre, and they all benefitted to varying degrees as well. The 2020 Astros would have still been a decent team. They're not just gonna fall off a cliff. They would be AS good, but still good. ...is my guess.
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Just got a birthday card in the mail from my parents and its making me realize how much I miss baseball.  
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May 23, 2020 19:14
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The Angels know a lost season when they see one
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You would think with just a 5 round draft you would want to make sure you get those picks right....
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The Angels know a lost season when they see one Laying off scouts certainly has an impact beyond this season!
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Just got a birthday card in the mail from my parents and its making me realize how much I miss baseball. is that a picture of someone charging the mound on a birthday card? 
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seiferguy posted:Laying off scouts certainly has an impact beyond this season! Look, if you can draft an inner-circle generational talent once, surely you can do it again every three or four years, it's not hard.
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May 23, 2020 21:40
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Trout will never win a playoff game. What other great players never won a postseason game? Ernie Banks is the only one I can think of off the top of my head.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Trout will never win a playoff game. depends on your definition of greatness but Felix Hernandez has never played in the postseason
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Trout will never win a playoff game. Fergie Jenkins, Ralph Kiner, King Felix, Minnie Minoso, Ron Santo?
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Pancakes posted:Fergie Jenkins, Ralph Kiner, King Felix, Minnie Minoso, Ron Santo? Billy Williams too. Pretty much any Cubs hall-of-famer that played from 1946-1983.
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Pancakes posted:Fergie Jenkins, Ralph Kiner, King Felix, Minnie Minoso, Ron Santo? Luke Appling.
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Other great players to never win a postseason game: Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, George Kell, Dick Allen It's a lot more rare nowadays since so many more teams make the postseason each year.
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Julio Cruz posted:is that a picture of someone charging the mound on a birthday card? Possibly a future mound charge since he's celebrating a dong
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Some dude just came out of my neighbor's house in a Rays jersey and a Pirates hat and I'm shook
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I love how the Angels can't NOT gently caress themselves somehow.
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Poque posted:Some dude just came out of my neighbor's house in a Rays jersey and a Pirates hat and I'm shook Chris Archer fan spotted.
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a strong look when you look like rays sean rodriguez in march and you're at a full pirates sean rodriguez after three months of lockdown
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Pancakes posted:Chris Archer fan spotted. It was a Boggs jersey 🤔
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