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Cliffy6745 · February 2019

Dingers are good and fun

Jearlpam0925 · February 2019

Don't know if this goes here, don't know where else to put it but this is a fun discussion about athletes getting paid:

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/sports-6/

HesCalledDyer · February 2019

Cliffy6745 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yeah, I don't count on an AL fan understanding that there is more to it than pulling a double-switch. Enjoy your cro-magnon league. Me have bat, me hit ball, rawr!

Or, oh, I am so smart and cute and hipster. I like watching pitchers feebly swing a bat because I like to think I am smarter than everyone, when in fact I just like a lesser form of entertainment.

If that's what helps you sleep at night...

Cliffy6745 · February 2019

HesCalledDyer said:

Cliffy6745 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yeah, I don't count on an AL fan understanding that there is more to it than pulling a double-switch. Enjoy your cro-magnon league. Me have bat, me hit ball, rawr!

Or, oh, I am so smart and cute and hipster. I like watching pitchers feebly swing a bat because I like to think I am smarter than everyone, when in fact I just like a lesser form of entertainment.

If that's what helps you sleep at night...

I sleep sooo well dreaming of Judge and Giancarlo moonshots, all thanks to the DH.

You sleep well picturing a manager standing at home plate going over a lineup card with an ump and a pitcher barely able to swing a bat.

It's fine. We all have our faults and liking boring things can be one of them. Hell I listen to Terry Gross.

tempo_n_groove · February 2019

It's only a few days before pitchers and catchers show up and Machado and Harper are still not signed?

HesCalledDyer · February 2019

Cliffy6745 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Cliffy6745 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yeah, I don't count on an AL fan understanding that there is more to it than pulling a double-switch. Enjoy your cro-magnon league. Me have bat, me hit ball, rawr!

Or, oh, I am so smart and cute and hipster. I like watching pitchers feebly swing a bat because I like to think I am smarter than everyone, when in fact I just like a lesser form of entertainment.

If that's what helps you sleep at night...

I sleep sooo well dreaming of Judge and Giancarlo moonshots, all thanks to the DH.

You sleep well picturing a manager standing at home plate going over a lineup card with an ump and a pitcher barely able to swing a bat.

It's fine. We all have our faults and liking boring things can be one of them. Hell I listen to Terry Gross.

It's funny because Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols, your beloved Stanton just to name a few all had no problem hitting moonshots in the NL without the advent of the DH. As did everyone before 1973.

Cliffy6745 · February 2019

haha, touche. I'll clarify, I dream of Judge and Giancarlo moonshots both on my favorite team all because of the DH.

HesCalledDyer · February 2019

Cliffy6745 said:

haha, touche. I'll clarify, I dream of Judge and Giancarlo moonshots both on my favorite team all because of the DH.

Touche, indeed. I will eventually get used to the DH when it inevitably happens. I won't be happy about it, but it's not like I'm gonna change it.

pjhawks · February 2019

Cliffy6745 said:

Dingers are good and fun

wait I thought you were one of the OBP guys back in the day who ripped on guys who just hit home runs and struck out a lot, like my boy Ryan? now that you have these on your team you've come around that wow hitting a shit load of home runs is good?

the only reason pitchers don't hit better is because they don't work at it. don't blame the rule blame the players. AL baseball is awful.

Cliffy6745 · February 2019

pjhawks said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Dingers are good and fun

wait I thought you were one of the OBP guys back in the day who ripped on guys who just hit home runs and struck out a lot, like my boy Ryan? now that you have these on your team you've come around that wow hitting a shit load of home runs is good?

the only reason pitchers don't hit better is because they don't work at it. don't blame the rule blame the players. AL baseball is awful.

"I want a team that walks and mashes," Cashman said. "And if you can mash and hit home runs, then you can hit singles and doubles, too. We're not going to hit triples. But we're built the way we are for a reason.

"I'm still using the Gene Michael playbook, and this is about getting big, hairy monsters that mash and are selective at the plate. There's a reason we're perennially at the top of runs scored."

Big. Hairy. Monsters

Poncier · February 2019

tempo_n_groove · February 2019

Cliffy6745 said:

pjhawks said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Dingers are good and fun

wait I thought you were one of the OBP guys back in the day who ripped on guys who just hit home runs and struck out a lot, like my boy Ryan? now that you have these on your team you've come around that wow hitting a shit load of home runs is good?

the only reason pitchers don't hit better is because they don't work at it. don't blame the rule blame the players. AL baseball is awful.

"I want a team that walks and mashes," Cashman said. "And if you can mash and hit home runs, then you can hit singles and doubles, too. We're not going to hit triples. But we're built the way we are for a reason.

"I'm still using the Gene Michael playbook, and this is about getting big, hairy monsters that mash and are selective at the plate. There's a reason we're perennially at the top of runs scored."

Big. Hairy. Monsters

Cliffy6745 · February 2019

tempo_n_groove said:

Cliffy6745 said:

pjhawks said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Dingers are good and fun

wait I thought you were one of the OBP guys back in the day who ripped on guys who just hit home runs and struck out a lot, like my boy Ryan? now that you have these on your team you've come around that wow hitting a shit load of home runs is good?

the only reason pitchers don't hit better is because they don't work at it. don't blame the rule blame the players. AL baseball is awful.

"I want a team that walks and mashes," Cashman said. "And if you can mash and hit home runs, then you can hit singles and doubles, too. We're not going to hit triples. But we're built the way we are for a reason.

"I'm still using the Gene Michael playbook, and this is about getting big, hairy monsters that mash and are selective at the plate. There's a reason we're perennially at the top of runs scored."

Big. Hairy. Monsters

Boom. Even Pearl Jam agrees. Big. Hairy. Monsters

tempo_n_groove · February 2019

It's almost noon on the west coast and nothing has happened...

Harper/Machado watch 2019 still in full effect!!!

tempo_n_groove · February 2019

HesCalledDyer said:

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25935056/mlb-players-discussing-rule-changes-alter-game

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing potentially drastic changes to the on-field game and economic landscape of the sport in the middle of a collective bargaining agreement, a significant departure from the past that speaks to the chasm between the parties but represents a thaw in the chill that has divided the sides, sources familiar with the talks told ESPN.
Dueling proposals from MLB on Jan. 14 and the union on Friday covered a wide range of topics, according to sources. Among them include:
A three-batter minimum for pitchers
A universal designated hitter
A single trade deadline before the All-Star break
A 20-second pitch clock
The expansion of rosters to 26 men, with a 12-pitcher maximum
Draft advantages for winning teams and penalties for losing teams
A study to lower the mound
A rule that would allow two-sport amateurs to sign major league contracts

I want the mound raised, not lowered...

HesCalledDyer · February 2019

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25935056/mlb-players-discussing-rule-changes-alter-game

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing potentially drastic changes to the on-field game and economic landscape of the sport in the middle of a collective bargaining agreement, a significant departure from the past that speaks to the chasm between the parties but represents a thaw in the chill that has divided the sides, sources familiar with the talks told ESPN.
Dueling proposals from MLB on Jan. 14 and the union on Friday covered a wide range of topics, according to sources. Among them include:
A three-batter minimum for pitchers
A universal designated hitter
A single trade deadline before the All-Star break
A 20-second pitch clock
The expansion of rosters to 26 men, with a 12-pitcher maximum
Draft advantages for winning teams and penalties for losing teams
A study to lower the mound
A rule that would allow two-sport amateurs to sign major league contracts

I want the mound raised, not lowered...

You like strikeouts that much?

tempo_n_groove · February 2019

HesCalledDyer said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

FULL STORY HERE: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25935056/mlb-players-discussing-rule-changes-alter-game

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing potentially drastic changes to the on-field game and economic landscape of the sport in the middle of a collective bargaining agreement, a significant departure from the past that speaks to the chasm between the parties but represents a thaw in the chill that has divided the sides, sources familiar with the talks told ESPN.
Dueling proposals from MLB on Jan. 14 and the union on Friday covered a wide range of topics, according to sources. Among them include:
A three-batter minimum for pitchers
A universal designated hitter
A single trade deadline before the All-Star break
A 20-second pitch clock
The expansion of rosters to 26 men, with a 12-pitcher maximum
Draft advantages for winning teams and penalties for losing teams
A study to lower the mound
A rule that would allow two-sport amateurs to sign major league contracts

I want the mound raised, not lowered...

You like strikeouts that much?

I like pitchers having better odds. They can throw pitches that become ground balls too.

The game is all geared towards a hitter.

And yes, I like the strikeout.

igotid88 · February 2019

R.I.P. Frank Robinson

Poncier · February 2019

igotid88 said:

R.I.P. Frank Robinson

ESPN is so focused on NBA trades this news still isn't on their website. Pathetic.

H.Chinaski · February 2019

Poncier said:

igotid88 said:

R.I.P. Frank Robinson

ESPN is so focused on NBA trades this news still isn't on their website. Pathetic.

ESPN is terrible anymore. I don't even bother...

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