MLB 2025 Season

tempo_n_groove

F Me In The Brain said:

The Juggler said:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml

Games were longer than ever this year. 3 hours and 11 minutes. Ridiculous. 

That's 21 minutes longer than games in 2008.

41 minutes longer than games in the year I was born, 1978.


Is there anyway to realistically speed this game back up again? 

Not any way that is going to pass/be real.  The pitching changes, the getting in and out of the box, more offense overall, it is just a long ass game.

My useless prediction is:

Dodgers over Rays.

I was going to pick Doyers over Astros but that tool Passan picked that yesterday on the radio so I don't want to be like him.

Most exciting would be Doyers/Yanks, but I think the Rays will put down NY or BOS.

I was listening to him yesterday and he is becoming like Joe Buck to me... Insufferable.

I do like Olney and Kerkjian.  I really miss Gammons.  He was my favorite.

mfc2006

tempo_n_groove said:

F Me In The Brain said:

The Juggler said:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/misc.shtml

Games were longer than ever this year. 3 hours and 11 minutes. Ridiculous. 

That's 21 minutes longer than games in 2008.

41 minutes longer than games in the year I was born, 1978.


Is there anyway to realistically speed this game back up again? 

Not any way that is going to pass/be real.  The pitching changes, the getting in and out of the box, more offense overall, it is just a long ass game.

My useless prediction is:

Dodgers over Rays.

I was going to pick Doyers over Astros but that tool Passan picked that yesterday on the radio so I don't want to be like him.

Most exciting would be Doyers/Yanks, but I think the Rays will put down NY or BOS.

I was listening to him yesterday and he is becoming like Joe Buck to me... Insufferable.

I do like Olney and Kerkjian.  I really miss Gammons.  He was my favorite.

Gammons is great. Kerkjian cracking up is glorious.

I'm hoping that the Astros can make a run and win this thing, but it'll be tough for sure. 

My predictions:
ALCS: TB/HOU
NLCS: SF/ATL
WS: Giants over Astros in 7

Poncier

ALCS: Sox/Sox
NLCS: Mil/STL
WS: Sox over STL

Cliffy6745

Saw Gammons interviewing folks on MLB at the Hall of Fame.  Doesn't look great.

I think Passan is funny. He doesn't take his job too seriously and I dig it, but he's a really good reporter when it matters.  It's just sports.

dankind

If they do one more thing to try to shorten this game for impatient "fans," they should just call it something else: batty ball for the MTV/social media generation or something.

Baseball is pure because it is not timed. Stop watching the clock, and watch the damn game!

I try to tell myself this at the park, but it's hard to pretend that the countdown clock doesn't exist when it pops up at Fenway. It makes me want to leave the game.

dankind

The other thing that made it pure was the space for human error. There's even a scoring line for it.

Get rid of replay reviews. Let umps fuck up.

Problem solved.

Shorter time.

And the purity of baseball is saved!

F Me In The Brain

My issue with Passan is that he is an owner's mouthpiece.  Any items involving players vs owners is something I disregard from him.

Also, I don't particularly like his schtick.   

MayDay10

I agree with getting rid of replay.

Perhaps shorten the time between innings.  I know that you lose precious commercial-time... but there are a lot of ways to re-work that in-broadcast (and honestly, probably more likely to be picked up by viewers' eyes and ears)

I wouldn't hate doing away with the extra inning rule and declaring ties after 12 innings.  That really isn't all that unprecedented.

I'm not into changing anything structurally with the sport/game though.  

Ledbetterman10

MayDay10 said:

I agree with getting rid of replay.

Perhaps shorten the time between innings.  I know that you lose precious commercial-time... but there are a lot of ways to re-work that in-broadcast (and honestly, probably more likely to be picked up by viewers' eyes and ears)

I wouldn't hate doing away with the extra inning rule and declaring ties after 12 innings.  That really isn't all that unprecedented.

I'm not into changing anything structurally with the sport/game though.  

They actually already do that sometimes. "This call to the bullpen is brought to you by W.B. Mason. Who else but W.B. Mason." 

erebus

Is the National league going to DH’s next year?
If so, I don’t like it, I like the two distinct rules for the different leagues. Get rid of inter league play while they are at it lol

Ledbetterman10

erebus said:

Is the National league going to DH’s next year?
If so, I don’t like it, I like the two distinct rules for the different leagues. Get rid of inter league play while they are at it lol

I never liked the DH because it contradicts the very first line in the baseball rule book: 

The DH makes it two teams of 10 players each.

dankind

Someone on ESPN doesn’t know the difference between a single and a home run. 

Fucking amateurs. 

F Me In The Brain

I laughed at that, as well.
The funny thing was that Stanton thought it was gone, as well

Cliffy6745

That wall is dumb 

F Me In The Brain

Eric chant right into The Homer there was pretty cool 

dankind

Cliffy6745 said:

That wall is dumb 

Your mama’s dumb!

And THAT’S what a homer looks like!!!

Cliffy6745

Not good, not good 

F Me In The Brain

Eovaldi sounds like Monica Seles

dankind

F Me In The Brain said:

Eovaldi sounds like Monica Seles

A sweetheart.

dankind

Suck Stanton’s dick a little more, ESPN.