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Spoeank posted:https://twitter.com/ethnicohioan/status/1353840981762854912 Good to see our old friend lolmets hasn't gone anywhere 
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I remember one of the conversations around the 94 strike (at least in Chicago) was about Ryne Sandberg's 4/$28m extension for 1992, a year he put up 7.4 fWAR.
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Jan 26, 2021 04:35
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Slimy Hog posted:Who's left at ss? Didi and Freddy Galvis? https://www.mlb.com/news/freddy-galvis-signs-with-orioles Galvis just signed with the Orioles for 1 year/1.5 (plus 250k if he's traded)
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bawfuls posted:Presumably there are a few who just vote and don’t make a big stink about it? I think there's plenty, especially among the sabermetrics crowd. Christina Kahrl's 2020 ballot (I'm pretty sure she posted her 2021 ballot too, but I can't immediately find it): https://twitter.com/ChristinaKahrl/status/1212788546983153673 And Jaffe's 2021 ballot: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffes-2021-hall-of-fame-ballot/
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Jan 27, 2021 20:25
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Popete posted:I work with a few of the old Midway guys who built the electronics for those arcade cabinets. I never knew about a MLB Jam, I'll have to ask them about it next time I'm in the office which may not be for awhile yet. I worked at Midway, but I didn't start until 2006, well after the arcade era. There was MLB Slugfest, which was the (console) spiritual MLB version of NBA Jam.
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Jan 29, 2021 21:16
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Poque posted:He sucks forever I wish anyone else had said "Do you go to Fangraphs at all?" because I would absolutely buy that t-shirt
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Jan 29, 2021 21:32
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Wow Midway games had a bigger presence in Chicago than I realized. I went to junior high school with the son of an executive producer there. It was cool seeing his name in the credits after beating Mortal Kombat II. Yeah, for those of us in the Chicago game industry that have been around a long enough time, there's basically "ex-Midway", "ex-EA Chicago", and youngins.
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Jan 29, 2021 23:42
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GalacticAcid posted:Trevor Williams to the cubs on a major league deal Well, enjoy Bryant, Hendricks, and Contreras I guess
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Jan 30, 2021 23:15
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bawfuls posted:It is especially dogshit that he's been hired at Fangraphs, when Meg Rowley has had repeated and lengthy discussions on the podcast she co-hosts regarding the importance of diversity in baseball, not giving the same old white guys endless second chances, and the simple things organizations should do to avoid the appearance of impropriety. While I'm sure she has some influence over writer hiring decisions, I assume it's Appelman making the calls.
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Feb 1, 2021 22:51
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Oh thank god I can root for Dex with my whole heart again. Love that guy when he's not a Cardinal.
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Feb 5, 2021 08:21
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bawfuls posted:Not that anyone was going to be at all sympathetic to the Reigning World Series Champion Dodgers but signing Bauer is full heel turn. Welcome to the afterglow. At least you still have a good chance of winning another one
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Feb 5, 2021 20:58
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R.D. Mangles posted:still disgusted the vile ricketts family made them go back to the white house Not CJ. He went to the Smithsonian.
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Feb 8, 2021 00:00
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Cool, next move the mound back.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:53
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Ya you don't need to move the mound. You can alter the height or the strikezone Yeah, any of these changes are fine with me. High strikeouts are only going to get worse as pitchers learn more about pitch development
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Feb 9, 2021 01:21
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Nodoze posted:TBH I thought it was mostly old boomers complaining about the contact rate and guys striking out so much It's old boomers complaining that this is the fault of players "not knowing how to play the game right". The players are optimizing their strategy to win games, so you can't blame anyone for wanting to hit the ball in the air, or for pitchers wanting to pound high fastballs at 98, or for working the count and drawing walks. It's just that the more three true outcomes baseball is, the less action there is, and it's less interesting to watch. The league is responsible for reacting to changes in the way the game is played and adjusting the rules or equipment to keep the experience entertaining. Changing the ball or the strike zone doesn't change the fundamentals of the game - I'd argue that the runner on second rule, 7-inning doubleheaders, the 3-batter minimum, and the DH all change the fundamentals much more than that, and MLB is fine imposing those changes.
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Feb 9, 2021 02:47
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I don't like the idea of banning the shift, because I don't like the idea of artificially limiting strategies. I want weird defensive configurations, or at least I want people to see if they work.
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Feb 9, 2021 02:49
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bawfuls posted:yeah i'd really like to see the numbers on this so the most likely outcome in a normal half inning is that 0 runs are scored. the goal is to increase the odds that different numbers of runs are scored in each half inning, and the easiest way to do that is to reduce the chance that no runs are scored in a half inning. EW did a segment on it where a statistician broke it down, and it does, at least in theory, make it less likely that an inning ends with the game still tied. But yeah, I'm waiting for the first 10-inning perfect game loss.
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Feb 9, 2021 19:59
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bawfuls posted:right but what is the magnitude of the effect of the runner on second rule here? Yeah, I don't remember the numbers, but they broke it down on EW and it did seem effective. I also don't like it, all I'm saying is that it seems to do what it sets out to do.
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Feb 9, 2021 20:19
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GoutPatrol posted:I say this in all unironicness, try watching the Japanese leagues when they start up again. I find it more fun to watch. I wish I could get an on-demand/time-shifted streaming service for NPB.
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Feb 10, 2021 04:04
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Cup of Hemlock posted:Garrison Keillor tells a good story about a fictional old baseball player who doesn’t hit that well but teaches himself to foul the ball off anywhere he wants to and so just hits it anywhere or at the opponents’ dugout just to stay at the plate. He gets banned from the league after he intentionally hits the umpire with foul tips two dozen times in a row. https://www.theringer.com/2017/2/3/16042314/baseball-mlb-npb-ham-fighters-shohei-otani-takuya-nakashima-6a0e7d22d39f Career .233/.310/.266 hitter, but he can foul off just about anything
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Feb 11, 2021 08:16
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cebrail posted:lol is he saying Bauer is secretly not a piece of poo poo? It's the same thing the Cubs did with Chapman and the Astros did with Osuna. "We know he looks like a piece of poo poo but we looked into it and the evidence that he's not is obvious and just out of frame"
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Feb 12, 2021 15:32
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My hot take on minor league ball is that it's fun to go to minor league games, and also all the players deserve a real wage
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Feb 13, 2021 00:30
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bewbies posted:Perhaps I wasn't communicating effectively, but if your takeaway was that I'm not a huge fan of minor league baseball, my point was not received. Indy ball also rules and I'm sad that the St. Paul Saints aren't going to be indy anymore, but on the other hand I have 4 American Association teams within a 100 mile drive now since the Kane County Cougars are indy now, so that's cool
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Feb 13, 2021 00:40
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Do it, i don't give a poo poo if he's gassed
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Feb 13, 2021 01:30
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Timby posted:Chris Myers is the Fox Sports guy who was originally reported to be taking over for Kasper, but the Cubs backtracked from it after some initial outcry because he's said some really lovely, racist things. I'll love Pat Hughes forever, but I don't think I've ever heard him mention OPS, and if he did he would do it in a way that made it very clear he didn't care about it and didn't think you should care about it either.
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Feb 17, 2021 23:21
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galaxy brain take: all amateurs should play softball, in school probably up until the high school level at which point players of any gender who are Serious About Playing can switch to baseball also: 16" is better than 12". it's four more better.
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Mike_V posted:Cubs signed Brandon Workman to...help their bullpen, presumably? The Cubs sign a guy who used to be pretty good to close games every year.
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Feb 18, 2021 20:51
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Julio Cruz posted:generally before this offseason a lot of teams were hesitant to go to the actual hearing - there's one team (I think the Giants?) that went quite a few years without doing so I was under this impression too, but there's actually fewer players that went to arb this year (13) than last year (22)
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Feb 19, 2021 23:47
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elentar posted:If anyone wants to get right back to games that matter, beloved internet pastime Blaseball is back tomorrow after a long layout, and with a steady schedule going forward. We Are From Chicago
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Would you like to remember 2016 differently, because it turns out that the Cubs won the World Series that year after going down three games to one versus cleveland. A lot of people forget that.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Yeah how the gently caress did the Cubs go from looking like a budding dynasty in 2016 to reverting back to being the Cubs? Arrieta, unsurprisingly, was never the absolute raid boss he was in 15-16 again, and walked in free agency after 17. Lester slowly declined, albeit gracefully. The Cubs really needed starting pitching at the 17 deadline, so they got Jose Quintana, who was a 3-4 starter for the rest of his arb years. Several looked-like-a-great-move-at-the-time bullpen guys didn't pan out or hurt themselves putting on pants. Bryant misses a bunch of time every year with injuries and never consistently puts it together. Russell is best forgotten, plus he was bad at baseball. Dexter Fowler left in FA after 16. Schwarber never learned how to hit lefties and is below average to bad in left. Zobrist declined and then retired (maybe not officially? But he's done) The farm system that was the best in baseball in 15-16 turned into pretty good player Ian Happ, a clutch tag up and advance to 2nd, good offensive catcher Willson Contreras, 3 months of Aroldis Chapman, and Jose Quintana. tl;dr they sold to maximize wins during the competitive window and did pretty well for 6 years. Everyone's 6 years older now and those guys either didn't pan out, were too expensive to keep, or they're Kyle Hendricks, Rizzo, and Baez. There's a few decent prospects in the pipe, and I don't think it's going to be a 100-loss team again anytime soon, plus the NLC is the worst division by a stretch.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Well the Yankees could have broken the bank when Judge was younger and it was obvious what they had. It's not obvious what they have. Anything could happen, but Tatis is likely to be better than Judge over the course of his career, or at least the Padres have reason to believe he will be. Nothing against Judge as a player, but the reason he's "one of the biggest names in baseball" is because of the pinstripes on his jersey and how absolutely loving huge he is. If he was on the Reds doing exactly the same thing he would not be a household name.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Stanton was on the Marlins and everyone knew him because he could hit the ball 500 feet. Outside of baseball fans? Like, most people don't know who Mike Trout is, and he plays in a major market and may be the best player to play the game ever.
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