Rare footage from the 1924 World Series unearthed
Really, really cool.
Posted 02 October 2014 - 11:54 PM
Posted 13 October 2014 - 08:06 PM
The Hardball Times: The Strike Zone Expansion is Out of Control
http://www.hardballt...out-of-control/
Posted 15 October 2014 - 06:45 AM
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Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:06 AM
Agreed.
No clock needed. It should be up to the umpire to decide.
Except that this is the way it currently works, and the umpires have decided to...not decide. So if you believe that pitchers taking too much time is a problem, there needs to be a better manner of enforcement.
I've said all along what I know is the biggest problem, and how it's not changing, so this doesn't register for me as necessary.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:13 AM
Except that this is the way it currently works, and the umpires have decided to...not decide. So if you believe that pitchers taking too much time is a problem, there needs to be a better manner of enforcement.
I've said all along what I know is the biggest problem, and how it's not changing, so this doesn't register for me as necessary.
Because it's not an important issue.
I actually can't believe that MLB wants to shorten games. Less commercials, less vendor sales, etc.
Games are 3-3.5 hours. Deal with it.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:16 AM
Because it's not an important issue.
I actually can't believe that MLB wants to shorten games. Less commercials, less vendor sales, etc.
Games are 3-3.5 hours. Deal with it.
Commercials aren't going to change. It's less actual game time.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:18 AM
Commercials aren't going to change. It's less actual game time.
Good point. Duh.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:20 AM
I vote no. Do I get a vote?
If there is a pitch clock, can you still step off the rubber as often as you want? Will they limit the number of times you can throw over to first base?
How much time is supposed to be saved over the course of the game? A minute and thirty seconds?
Posted 15 October 2014 - 10:41 AM
I vote no. Do I get a vote?
If there is a pitch clock, can you still step off the rubber as often as you want? Will they limit the number of times you can throw over to first base?
How much time is supposed to be saved over the course of the game? A minute and thirty seconds?
Posted 15 October 2014 - 02:22 PM
No: Pitch clock
Yes: Better velcro for batting gloves. We lose 20 minutes per game to the dang batting glove adjustments.
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
Posted 15 October 2014 - 02:29 PM
No: Pitch clock
Yes: Better velcro for batting gloves. We lose 20 minutes per game to the dang batting glove adjustments.
Even better: No batting gloves. No elbow pads. No body armor. Just hands on wood, like that first pee in the morning.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 03:37 PM
Was just timing Vargas here. His time from receiving the ball to throwing the next pitch was between 9 and 12 seconds from the wind up. Around 13 to 15 seconds from the stretch. Not sure if he's considered a fast worker, but if that is average, a 20 second clock won't be speeding games up.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 03:46 PM
Gonzalez was a little slower to the plate. A couple times he was around 12-14 seconds, but hung around 18 seconds usually. Still. 20 seconds isn't going to make the game faster. It's just to add an annoying element. A clock where you really don't need one, and fans counting down like they're at a basketball game.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 06:51 PM
Even better: No batting gloves. No elbow pads. No body armor. Just hands on wood, like that first pee in the morning.
Moises Alou approves.
Posted 15 October 2014 - 07:06 PM
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Posted 25 October 2014 - 09:39 PM
One night at an Orioles game, my brother-in-law and I were talking and we ended up on the subject of World Series winners, and I blew his mind when I named every one going back to 1903.
I don't know what will happen when he sees Mark Simon of ESPN describe the last out of every World Series going back to 1954.
http://espn.go.com/v...d=espn:11755483
Posted 26 October 2014 - 07:26 PM
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