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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    If you guessed Arizona, Cincinnati, Detroit and the Angels as four teams to reject increasing the CBT to 220 million collect your prize and there's this from the Athletic:

    "One of the league’s efforts that irked the players was a proposal to incorporate meal money and the stipends players receive into the luxury-tax calculations. MLB, in other words, wanted to count the amount of money players receive for food against the amount of money teams can spend before they are taxed."
    Why a player making that much money has a stipend/per diem is ridiculous to me.
    who knows, but food stipends don't seem like they're tied a team's payroll, at least they shouldn't be.
    It should.  That is part of operating and running the team.  It's an expense that most likely gets written in their contracts so it should be billable towards that.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    DewieCox said:
    The Juggler said:
    Bigger bases? Why?


    The Juggler said:
    Bigger bases? Why?


    Safety I’m guessing, but they’ll still have the neighborhood play.

    I like the no shift idea. Hard enough to hit a baseball and  I bet about every team has a guy who’s career was wrecked by emphasizing the long ball. Chicks dig the long ball but opening up more small ball makes for more entertaining games. 
     

    Leave the shift, learn to pull or swing later.  Bunt maybe?  Figure out a new strategy.
    Hitters have stated (and rightfully so) that with the advantages pitchers have these days it's just not that feasible to just hit the ball the other way.
    Now if you take every little aid away from pitchers, no rosin no spider tack (which I know they outlawed but we all know still gets used), etc., then fine, leave the shift in place. Otherwise, I say even with the 2nd base bag should be as far as an infielder can shift towards the other side.
    Pitchers to me do not have an advantage over a batter.  I can get into that later.

    I get the batter has a routine and does what he does in order to hit the ball.  Batters make adjustments all the time.  If you have a one way sally and only pulls the ball then load up the field on that side.  Can't hit the other way?  Tough.  

    Learn how to bunt so it confuses the fielders then is my answer.  The metrics probably don't measure out that way but a runner is a runner...
  • Poncier
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    xavier mcdaniel said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    If you guessed Arizona, Cincinnati, Detroit and the Angels as four teams to reject increasing the CBT to 220 million collect your prize and there's this from the Athletic:

    "One of the league’s efforts that irked the players was a proposal to incorporate meal money and the stipends players receive into the luxury-tax calculations. MLB, in other words, wanted to count the amount of money players receive for food against the amount of money teams can spend before they are taxed."
    Why a player making that much money has a stipend/per diem is ridiculous to me.
    who knows, but food stipends don't seem like they're tied a team's payroll, at least they shouldn't be.
    Food stipends for major leaguers (at least those with full service time in) are stupid. A guy making 8 figures needs the team to pay for his KFC and Chipotle? Asinine.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    Poncier said:
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    xavier mcdaniel said:
    If you guessed Arizona, Cincinnati, Detroit and the Angels as four teams to reject increasing the CBT to 220 million collect your prize and there's this from the Athletic:

    "One of the league’s efforts that irked the players was a proposal to incorporate meal money and the stipends players receive into the luxury-tax calculations. MLB, in other words, wanted to count the amount of money players receive for food against the amount of money teams can spend before they are taxed."
    Why a player making that much money has a stipend/per diem is ridiculous to me.
    who knows, but food stipends don't seem like they're tied a team's payroll, at least they shouldn't be.
    Food stipends for major leaguers (at least those with full service time in) are stupid. A guy making 8 figures needs the team to pay for his KFC and Chipotle? Asinine.
    guess I never thought of it one way or the other.
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  • The Juggler
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    Regarding the shift...making 2nd base the demarcation line seems to make sense.
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  • pjhawks
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    anyone who likes the DH is a commie
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    The Juggler said:
    Regarding the shift...making 2nd base the demarcation line seems to make sense.
    Have to have 2 people on each side of 2nd base, from there you can do anything 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    pjhawks said:
    anyone who likes the DH is a commie
    People who like to watch pitchers bat are no fun at parties. 
  • The Juggler
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    Cliffy6745 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Regarding the shift...making 2nd base the demarcation line seems to make sense.
    Have to have 2 people on each side of 2nd base, from there you can do anything 
    Yep
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  • Wobbie
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    pjhawks said:
    anyone who likes the DH is a commie

    yes, cliff, they are.

    speaking of commies...what a terrible name for the WFT.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Wobbie said:
    pjhawks said:
    anyone who likes the DH is a commie

    yes, cliff, they are.

    speaking of commies...what a terrible name for the WFT.

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    The devils page.  Let's hurry up through this one...

    I like watching Baumgartner bat, Ohtani and Brendan McKay when he's finally called up for long term assignment.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,270
    ^^^^ look at those tiny hands!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • cutz
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    If the batter can't learn to hit the other way(or bunt?), then maybe he shouldn't be in MLB?

    Hit'um where they ain't?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    cutz said:
    If the batter can't learn to hit the other way(or bunt?), then maybe he shouldn't be in MLB?

    Hit'um where they ain't?
    I agree with you and Wee Willie Keller.
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    HesCalledDyer said:
    Hail Satan!
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  • Wobbie
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    Cliffy6745 said:
    Wobbie said:
    pjhawks said:
    anyone who likes the DH is a commie

    yes, cliff, they are.

    speaking of commies...what a terrible name for the WFT.


    the strategy of keeping a pitcher in or pulling him is what makes NL > AL.
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  • Cliffy6745
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    Wobbie said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Wobbie said:
    pjhawks said:
    anyone who likes the DH is a commie

    yes, cliff, they are.

    speaking of commies...what a terrible name for the WFT.


    the strategy of keeping a pitcher in or pulling him is what makes NL > AL.
    Hell yeah! The only reason I go to Phillies games is the off chance that girardi walks out with a lineup card, chats with the ump, and pulls a double switch. It absolutely brings the house down. 

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