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Post by WCHC Sports on Jul 27, 2020 9:36:14 GMT -5
Right... but DJ LeMahieu was totally fine and still had to sit a game. If you're 104.5 and think you're going to die, then you don't play. If you feel like it's a Tuesday afternoon, you should be able to play. The players are all in the same pool or pools of exposure.
I'll wager a side bet a player ventured outside of the bubble and met with some female friends or hit the bars and introduced the virus to the pool that way.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 27, 2020 10:39:38 GMT -5
14's too many. Have to wait a few days and make sure that the others don't have it. Not sure why they felt they had to extend that to the Phillies; not like football or basketball where there's a real good chance of transmission in a game.
Getting back to the rules, wonder if the DH will be permanent in the NL. In this situation, 100% for it. Why take risks with anyone's pitchers in this shortened season?
Don't like the "man on second" rule in extra innings. I don't have a problem with ties,12 inning ballgames are enough in the regular season; half a win, half a loss. Just look at the stands when the Sox play one of those marathons, after 11 or 12 they are EMPTY. The longer the games go, the worse the at bats get (lack of concentration) and the pitching staffs get depleted. Works in Japan.
My only complaint with hockey is I'd rather play another 5 minutes of 3 on 3, no goals scored, it's over. Hate the shootout. Penalty shots during a game used to be exciting, now they're passe.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 27, 2020 11:32:07 GMT -5
14's too many. Have to wait a few days and make sure that the others don't have it. Not sure why they felt they had to extend that to the Phillies; not like football or basketball where there's a real good chance of transmission in a game. Getting back to the rules, wonder if the DH will be permanent in the NL. In this situation, 100% for it. Why take risks with anyone's pitchers in this shortened season? Don't like the "man on second" rule in extra innings. I don't have a problem with ties,12 inning ballgames are enough in the regular season; half a win, half a loss. Just look at the stands when the Sox play one of those marathons, after 11 or 12 they are EMPTY. The longer the games go, the worse the at bats get (lack of concentration) and the pitching staffs get depleted. Works in Japan. My only complaint with hockey is I'd rather play another 5 minutes of 3 on 3, no goals scored, it's over. Hate the shootout. Penalty shots during a game used to be exciting, now they're passe.Nailed it with regards to hockey. Ties have been a part of hockey since the sport was founded. The shootout was added as a way to add excitement after the lockout -- enough is enough. I could see 5 minutes of 4 on 4 and then 5 minutes of 3 on 3 also being a good regular season option. With regards to baseball, let's see how the runner on 2nd rule goes this year. In my opinion, regular baseball should be played through at least the 11th inning -- if you want to get gimmicky after that in the regular season, FINE. What's going to end up happening with the current rule is you'll end up with a lot of runner on 3rd, 1 out situations which will lead to the bases getting walked loaded more often than not. Yawn. And the other problem with the rule is that I think it actually benefits the ROAD TEAM the most because the team in the field in the bottom half will have the lead more times than not and will have had the chance to strategize. Ahead by 3 -- bring in a middle of the road reliever and bring in your top glove guys available on the bench, ahead by 1 bring in your top strikeout guy left in the pen and leave your big bats in the game because its much more likely to continue with a small lead. Meanwhile, the home team would have had to burn its top K guy no matter what in the top half of the inning with a tie game and runner on 2nd. How many LONG (13+ innings) extra inning games does each team play every year anyway? If you're worried about burnout during these marathons, does a couple of games out of 162 really make a difference? It seems that the trend is that more managers are dumping position players into pitch during these types of games anyway, meaning less extra innings played overall in the long run. And with expanded playoffs, the value of every individual win goes down. This means that more and more of these really long extra inning games will become throwaways with managers bringing in utility guys in the 12th and 13th instead of calling on a starter on their throw day, which is what used to happen a lot.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 27, 2020 12:30:39 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Jul 27, 2020 13:38:53 GMT -5
The trouble is, I think the Blue Jays bubble is (or, should I say, would have been, because there's a chance this has blown up already) the only way this thing works.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 27, 2020 15:24:04 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. MLB is polling the residents of Mudville on this topic. As they go door to door they haven't found a happy face yet.
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