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Derek Jeter always struck me as a huge rear end in a top hat.
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Sep 9, 2022 17:48
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Rob Manfred hear me out
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Sep 9, 2022 17:49
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You don’t have to fix your batting gloves every loving swing.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:02
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Craptacular! posted:I wonder where it really took off. I'm not an AL guy, but Jeter always seemed to act like all his gear was coming unhinged with each swing, and that's the first time I really noticed. Same timeframe, but Nomar Garciaparra was way worse than Jeter.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:12
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Craptacular! posted:I wonder where it really took off. I'm not an AL guy, but Jeter always seemed to act like all his gear was coming unhinged with each swing, and that's the first time I really noticed. Normar Garciaparra is my guess. He's the first I remember to exit the box after every pitch to redo his gloves. He was mocked then but now everybody does it. The walk-up music limiter doesn't bother me because 10 seconds should be long enough to get from on deck to the plate. From covering high school games, the distance is shorter, but rarely do you hear more than about 3-5 seconds of a song. (Yes, walk-up music is well established now for that age baseball and softball.) Plus, it eliminates any problems of something not being familiy friendly. One kid used the opening bit of The Spins a couple of years ago. It's a great walk-up, but after those intial seconds, it's probably not something you'd want played at most games. RC and Moon Pie fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Sep 9, 2022 |
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Sep 9, 2022 18:13
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Ryan Braun was a huge rear end in a top hat about pace too iirc.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:14
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I guess I'm ambivalent to most of these rule changes. The pitch/hitter clock is good and seems to work fine in the minors and actually noticeably speeds up the game in that regard. Major league players will adjust and get used to it and minor leaguers coming up have already experienced it. Joey Votto standing in the batters box and not moving his feet is an all time highlight reel for what should be a normal loving occurrence. I've seen a ton of games slow down to a crawl when pitchers start throwing to first more than they throw home. So yeah limiting pickoffs may lead to more stolen base attempts, is that a bad thing? Stolen base attempts have dropped substantially in the last 20 years and maybe it leads to a different skillset player getting more opportunities as teams are more willing to carry a speedy defensive replacement/pinch runner type year round instead of just in the postseason. Honestly making the bases 3" bigger will have just as big an effect as anything in increasing SBs. Artificially limiting where defensive players can stand is dumb and the review process for checking to see where the 2b/ss were standing the second the pitcher begins his delivery frame by frame will finally eclipse the runner popping off the bag one millimeter as the dumbest thing in the sport. I feel the onus should be on hitters to hit the ball where the defense isn't but I also don't want big power hitting lefties trying to bunt and getting their hands broken on a 95mph sinker. The SS/2B can still shift to play basically behind the bag which is still quite a bit from the normal straight up alignment and shifting hasn't really made any difference in BABIP or xBA anyways I don't think.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:18
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Mustached Demon posted:Ryan Braun was a huge rear end in a top hat about pace too iirc.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:24
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Popete posted:What am I missing? You have 2 chances to pick a guy off after that pitchers are not going to throw over because if you don't get him it's a ball. That's a huge advantage to the runner if he knows you're very unlikely to throw over. If you get him on the pickoff that's beyond two it counts as an out and no balk, because otherwise you are correct he could just take a lead halfway to the next base So he still has to stay reasonably close. It's definitely an advantage though. I'm also a little concerned about the potential for injury over the bigger bases, I'm not even sure what problem that's trying to solve
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Sep 9, 2022 18:27
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The pickoff rule actually seems pretty good to me? Like, if the pitcher's thrown his two pickoffs then the runner might think he's safe to take a bigger lead, but the further he takes it the easier it'll be for the pitcher to make that third one a success. Seems like it'll add at least a little strategy there since both players' considerations will actually shift, versus throwing to first over and over and over and over with no change in conditions.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:32
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Incredible that MLB thinks the best way to get new fans is with weird rules that have tiny minutiae
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Sep 9, 2022 18:36
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Trying to figure out if MLB is heading towards Bananaball or Blernsball.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:39
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Kyle Seager was also notorious for wasting time in the batter's box. Hell, he even managed to piss off Jered Weaver doing it and Jered Weaver never gets angry!
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Sep 9, 2022 18:53
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Normar Garciaparra is my guess. quote:He also attained the nickname "The Human Rain Delay" for his deliberate routine at the plate before each at-bat and before each pitch. He irritated pitchers by stepping out of the batter's box after each pitch and starting his routine, which consisted of (1) adjusting his helmet, (2) adjusting his batting glove, making sure it was tight on his hand and especially the thumb, (3) pulling each sleeve on his uniform up about an inch, and (4) wiping each hand on his uniform pants – and then sometimes repeating the whole process again – before finally settling back into the box.
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Sep 9, 2022 18:54
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Yeah Nomar is the first guy I remember readjusting between pitches and I’d say it was pretty widespread ~2007. I’m hesitantly optimistic about the pitch clock, but I wouldn’t say it’s addressing a recent issue that players failed to take into their own hands. I can’t remember if it was balwfuls or someone else who posted charts months ago, but I feel like batters redoing all their poo poo has actually eased up from the days of the 5-hour Yankees-Red Sox games.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:04
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I WILL NEVER CALL IT THE loving ZOMBIE RUNNER!!!!!
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Sep 9, 2022 19:18
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Dinosaurs! posted:Yeah Nomar is the first guy I remember readjusting between pitches and I’d say it was pretty widespread ~2007. I’m hesitantly optimistic about the pitch clock, but I wouldn’t say it’s addressing a recent issue that players failed to take into their own hands. They should ban velcro batting gloves.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:19
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I stopped listening to EW when every episode had the exact same 20 minute ramble/rant about the correct term for the runner on 2nd.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:20
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fast cars loose anus posted:If you get him on the pickoff that's beyond two it counts as an out and no balk, because otherwise you are correct he could just take a lead halfway to the next base it's actually trying to reduce injuries from collisions by giving both sides more space to do stuff, especially at first base
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Sep 9, 2022 19:23
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The walk up music rule is just straight up anti-fun, gently caress you MLB fans love their boy's music hits. Did they just completely miss the whole Diaz hype this year??? The pickoff rule also sucks rear end because a) it's just a free stolen base and b) it is extremely funny when a guy throws 3-4 pickoffs and the whole stadium starts relentlessly booing him.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:24
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(guy with the nerdiest voice ever recorded) um actually technically it's a eheheheheheh zombie runner because let's break it down for 45 minutes here, item one
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Sep 9, 2022 19:25
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Runner at 2nd name debate is the "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" argument of baseball.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:27
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my take on the rules is that it is going to be incredibly funny the first time some red rear end pitcher is busted for a pitch clock violation and goes nutso.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:33
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R.D. Mangles posted:my take on the rules is that it is going to be incredibly funny the first time some red rear end pitcher is busted for a pitch clock violation and goes nutso. With a 5 minute delay as the pitcher and manager end up getting ejected and then a reliever needs to be warmed up and brought in.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:37
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R.D. Mangles posted:my take on the rules is that it is going to be incredibly funny the first time some red rear end pitcher is busted for a pitch clock violation and goes nutso. I hope it’s Madbum
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Sep 9, 2022 19:37
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R.D. Mangles posted:(guy with the nerdiest voice ever recorded) um actually technically it's a eheheheheheh zombie runner because let's break it down for 45 minutes here, item one we need a Nate Duncan + EW crossover to really get deep into the weeds. Sadly they will never implement the rule I would like to see most (Regular season games end in ties, no extras until postseason). Everything else I'm ambivalent to positive on.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:39
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they already changed the rules to take everything from me (approximately 80 kyle Hendricks at bats where he strikes out looking or slowly rolling the ball back to the pitcher) they can't hurt me anymore.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:39
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Gerblederp posted:I hope it’s Madbum Not because I dislike him but because I want to see it, I hope it's Scherzer
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Sep 9, 2022 19:43
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R.D. Mangles posted:they already changed the rules to take everything from me (approximately 80 kyle Hendricks at bats where he strikes out looking or slowly rolling the ball back to the pitcher) they can't hurt me anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6yfua41uI&t=2174s
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Sep 9, 2022 19:44
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R.D. Mangles posted:(guy with the nerdiest voice ever recorded) um actually technically it's a eheheheheheh zombie runner because let's break it down for 45 minutes here, item one I feel bad because he’s passionate and knowledgeable about baseball, but his voice is pretty lacking for the co-host role.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:51
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Popete posted:Runner at 2nd name debate is the "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" argument of baseball. lol
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Sep 9, 2022 19:55
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Dinosaurs! posted:I feel bad because he’s passionate and knowledgeable about baseball, but his voice is pretty lacking for the co-host role. I like Ben Lindbergh a lot, I really liked his book about the stompers, and I even like EW from time to time, hell I have an unlistenable nered voice myself, but i felt the need to "get his rear end."
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Sep 9, 2022 19:56
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All these rules trying to make the game shorter and they didn't even bring back the bullpen cars. Shameful.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:57
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Eldoop posted:The pickoff rule actually seems pretty good to me? Like, if the pitcher's thrown his two pickoffs then the runner might think he's safe to take a bigger lead, but the further he takes it the easier it'll be for the pitcher to make that third one a success. Seems like it'll add at least a little strategy there since both players' considerations will actually shift, versus throwing to first over and over and over and over with no change in conditions. The issue with it at least at first is going to be less the pickoff strategy than the fact that various other things count as "disengagements" and so pitchers are gonna lose track and end up balking people, or umpires will lose track and gently caress up somehow IcePhoenix posted:it's actually trying to reduce injuries from collisions by giving both sides more space to do stuff, especially at first base I see. Makes sense but I bet that's weird. When you've been doing something your whole life even a change that seems small like that can throw you off a lot.
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Sep 9, 2022 19:57
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I just realized the Astros are projected to win 100+ this year. I guess the window isn't closing just yet!
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Sep 9, 2022 20:06
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I think the pickoff rule will piss someone off more than the pitch clock. I didn't realize it also counts look offs too, so you know someone is gonna do that and then get a balk called on them
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Sep 9, 2022 20:09
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The pitch clock is cool and good.
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Sep 9, 2022 20:10
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https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1568276946479624192 It's official, bigger bases too. The players on the committee for what it's worth unanimously voted against the changes but apparently MLB can just do it anyway because gently caress da players I guess, lol.
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bees x1000 posted:The pitch clock is cool and good.
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