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Post by rgs318 on Jul 24, 2020 9:32:20 GMT -5
I can't say strongly enough how important it was to watch the Yankees last night. Having sports (almost any sport) back feels great! Yankees looked OK, as did the Dodgers. Mets and Sox play today. Here we go!
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jul 24, 2020 10:00:56 GMT -5
Completely agree Rob.
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Post by HC92 on Jul 24, 2020 11:10:42 GMT -5
Amen. Definitely great to sit down and watch a Major League game. Hoping some of my Little Leaguers did the same as it appears many of them have never seen a game before.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 24, 2020 11:12:16 GMT -5
The Yankees look largely unstoppable, at least on paper. They proved it in exhibition, and proved it last night against the NL's best pitcher. Game one, he looked rusty, but they punished mistakes and were patient with pitches out of the zone. Skinny Giancarlo may be scary this year.
Angel Hernandez was in mid-season form too. He should stop complaining about chances for promotion when the public record of his performance is pretty easy to obtain, and rather damning of his abilities.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 24, 2020 11:44:31 GMT -5
I agree. Giancarlo and his swing may both be a "whole new game" this year...now that he appears more flexible and less "muscle bound."
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Post by hchoops on Jul 24, 2020 11:59:17 GMT -5
The Yankees look largely unstoppable, at least on paper. They proved it in exhibition, and proved it last night against the NL's best pitcher. I believe that the Cy Young winner the past two years is considered by most as the best in the NL
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 24, 2020 13:18:55 GMT -5
The deGrominator? Obviously good, but Scherzer has been one of the best, if not the best, nearly without interruption for about eight years.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 24, 2020 13:32:24 GMT -5
Not the best the last two. Hard to say he is the best currently.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 24, 2020 14:19:51 GMT -5
I did say it lol. He's reining world series champ. I get the recent history and the hardware, but his team doesn't even win when he pitches. I get that it's a team sport but.... ya gotta win.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 24, 2020 15:21:01 GMT -5
ERA is weighed heavily by the Cy Young voters Max was third In the Cy last season, second in 2018. He is a Hall of Fame pitcher with 3 Cys, non consecutively, but currently not the best.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jul 25, 2020 10:16:39 GMT -5
Tried to watch a little of the Sox last night, but it felt too much like a scrimmage/exhibition game to me. I also discovered that I've experienced a real disconnect from the sport; I had to look up who won the series last year. Wondering if I'm going to feel the same when other sports start up.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 25, 2020 10:21:13 GMT -5
Tried to watch a little of the Sox last night, but it felt too much like a scrimmage/exhibition game to me. I also discovered that I've experienced a real disconnect from the sport; I had to look up who won the series last year. Wondering if I'm going to feel the same when other sports start up. Baseball interest in New England is down...I think the Red Sox winning their last two titles have lessen interest especially with the high ticket prices.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jul 25, 2020 10:58:27 GMT -5
Interest in any club ebbs and flows with performance, and it's not exclusive to BoSox fans in New England. Radio and TV ratings were excellent in 2018, but when you finish 19 games out and are toast by the all star break, people stop watching. It's that simple.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 26, 2020 16:24:29 GMT -5
With ERod out indefinitely, the Sox don't have a post season caliber pitching staff. And that's with 16 teams making the post season!
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Post by hchoops on Jul 26, 2020 16:45:23 GMT -5
Marlins currently alone in first
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jul 27, 2020 5:54:20 GMT -5
With ERod out indefinitely, the Sox don't have a post season caliber pitching staff. And that's with 16 teams making the post season! At this point, I'd settle for Spahn and Sain and.......But there's no Sain in the immediate future.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 27, 2020 6:47:38 GMT -5
...one of the great baseball pitching evaluations of all time.
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Post by hc6774 on Jul 27, 2020 6:50:39 GMT -5
As someone once said the MLB season doesn't really start until the 4th of July '... except in Boston'.
Baseball is the pro sport without a clock, that used to be a badge of honor, I like the extra inning rule. It makes a lot of sense for fans attending the game as well the quality of play.
The NL DH can be viewed as a cost saving measure by owners as well putting more O in the game... but good pitching should beat good hitting. de Grom should benefit.
As a Yankee fan as long as Sanchez is behind the plate, anything can happen & a lot of it is bad.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 27, 2020 7:31:01 GMT -5
Not sure yet about the extra inning change but it is certainly worth a shot. National League DH will give more punch to the offense and that can be a good thing. I hear some people starting to say that perhaps baseball should accept tie games. I am not sure I would ever be able to support that.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 27, 2020 7:44:54 GMT -5
The extra inning rule is horrible. It basically changes the nature of the game. Why not give each team 4 or 5 outs in extras ? Why not flip a coin ? I understand that in a 60 games in 66 days Season MLB Does not want marathon games. But just because this was done in the minors does not mean it should be done in the majors. It is a very bad rule.
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Post by purplehaze on Jul 27, 2020 8:20:59 GMT -5
Watch out baseball! Marlins now report 14 positive cases among the players and coaches - their home opener tonight has been cancelled - this is scary
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Post by purplehaze on Jul 27, 2020 8:27:53 GMT -5
That number includes 12 players
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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 27, 2020 9:03:42 GMT -5
Musings:
- Adding DH to NL will not be cost-savings for owners. Offensive players need to be signed to fill those slots-- the stronger teams have a dedicated DH or two rather than random rotating in of players. Will also allow sluggers to hang on for longer without having to play in the field, and get FA deals (Nelson Cruz, example 1A).
- I hate the extra inning rule for the same reason that I hate 3 on 3 in hockey. It's exciting, no doubt, but it fundamentally changes the game. It does not encourage "small ball" as A-rod has been proclaiming; a runner on second base is already in scoring position. The odds say that three chances at a base hit to bring him in is better than a bunt for an out to advance him (if it is even successful), and then two chances at an appropriate hit/out to score the runner.
- If you're worried about pace of play, MANDATE the pitcher cannot leave the rubber or at least the mound, and the batter CANNOT leave the batter's box. If the batter steps out it's an automatic strike. If the pitcher steps off, it's an automatic ball + balk. Make serious consequences and the pace will pick up. This board is riddled with (beloved, for certain!) old-timers that speak about the game in the 50s and 60s in different sports. Watch a baseball game from back then. The at-bats keep humming along! Even the best pitchers to watch today attack hitters and don't leave the mound (Severino comes to mind).
- Time should never be "OUT" unless a ball is fouled away or a player is hurt. Saturday, Gio Urshela reached on an error, then scooted to second when the throw back to the pitcher was botched. Baseball has become a hit, and then the defense putzes around while the batter removes their gloves and armor and hands them off to the coach. The base path should be a place of excitement and danger. Remember playing Run The Bases as a kid? It's station to station now with time always being "OUT."
- The Marlins just cancelled their next game due to COVID positive tests. If the players are only subject to being in contact with themselves and close support staff, and they are asymptomatic, what's the issue? There's solid chances for nearly anybody leaving the house regularly that they're going to come in contact with this disease. It's what makes the sister coronavirus illness the Common Cold so "common." So if everyone is just sitting there "positive" but not ill, why not just play anyway? The country is very quick to report positive tests, and it's important, but I am more interested in the results. If everyone has the Zacklies Disesase but nobody is really impacted, then what's the big deal? If all these Marlins players go to the ICU, of course, different story.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 27, 2020 9:30:10 GMT -5
The extra inning rule is horrible. It basically changes the nature of the game. Why not give each team 4 or 5 outs in extras ? Why not flip a coin ? I understand that in a 60 games in 66 days Season MLB Does not want marathon games. But just because this was done in the minors does not mean it should be done in the majors. It is a very bad rule. Amen, brother-I agree 100%! The extra inning rule is absolute insanity., an extremely bad idea. Baseball is basically copying from some of the ludicrous overtime innovations from football
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Post by hchoops on Jul 27, 2020 9:30:58 GMT -5
WCHC, The “different story” is the key. Players like Freddie Freeman had 104.5 temperature and thought he was going to die. As in the general population, some are asymptomatic, others are not. Hence, ICU
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