MLB 2025 Season

tbergs said:

Cliffy6745 said:

It's dumb that he wasn't prepared for that question, but whatever.  It's also dumb he's becoming the face of it, but that's what happens with the big contract.

I feel like they should put a light bulb above his head at that moment. It's like he realized, that's what that shit is called and then went down the rabbit hole of passed down traditions BS.

Yeah, I mean the tradition thing is dumb. What's he supposed to say though? The team has a chemist on staff to give me the stickiest stuff possible?

pjhawks said:

it is cheating and the game sucks right now because of it.

I mean, not sure anyone has disagreed with that 

Cliffy6745 said:

pjhawks said:

it is cheating and the game sucks right now because of it.

I mean, not sure anyone has disagreed with that 

I do.  I love seeing the domination of pitchers.Funny that everyone said that the HR’s were a problem these last few years, lol.

Want to make it exciting?  Bring in slap hitters that move runners and aren’t worried about launch angle. Steal more bases.  Suicide squeeze.

Stop w the analytics and a HR is the only thing that matters.

I can remember watching pitchers like John Tudor pull any the seams to raise them ever so slightly.
I can also remember Sparky Anderson asking the pitcher for the ball and spitting on it to do lord knows what, lol.

Licking fingers on rubber then pitching is still considered illegal too.

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

tbergs said:

Cliffy6745 said:

It's dumb that he wasn't prepared for that question, but whatever.  It's also dumb he's becoming the face of it, but that's what happens with the big contract.

I feel like they should put a light bulb above his head at that moment. It's like he realized, that's what that shit is called and then went down the rabbit hole of passed down traditions BS.

Yeah, I mean the tradition thing is dumb. What's he supposed to say though? The team has a chemist on staff to give me the stickiest stuff possible?

...but this isn't Bonds, Giambi and the dudes who got huge.  It is almost everyone.

So Cole won and spin rate is still up there.

at least cliffy is objective. for F’me, this is a little cheating....kind of like being a little pregnant.

Wobbie said:

at least cliffy is objective. for F’me, this is a little cheating....kind of like being a little pregnant.

I pulled out way early on that one

Jearlpam0925 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm fine with whatever pitchers do.

We're well aware.

The way the umps check things in between innings is a joke.  Why don't they look at the ball after it was pitched?  Every time a ball scuffs the ground they discard it, why not check to see if it's sticky or what not?

F Me In The Brain said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm fine with whatever pitchers do.

We're well aware.

The way the umps check things in between innings is a joke.  Why don't they look at the ball after it was pitched?  Every time a ball scuffs the ground they discard it, why not check to see if it's sticky or what not?

Because they know it is going on, of course, and have known all along.

Isn't it a cop out though?  An ump should be able to tell right off that the ball is doctored.

Gaylord Perry made a HOF career of doing it and hiding it very well.

Hell Joe Niekro used a damn nail file, lol.  Mike Scott thre the nastiest pitch I ever saw but never could prove that he used something.

F Me In The Brain said:

They play their role so that they get to do what they want, as well.
The fix / the nod, whatever you want to call it.....open secret and nobody cared.

Like steroids?  Like sign stealing?

Baseball has had players bending the rules since it's invention, lol.  I love reading old stories of John McGraw going from first to third, across the diamond, when the umpire had his back turned.  Ahhhh great stories.