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You could move the mound back too. The last thing you want to do is incentivize more walks.
This White Sox season is going well. I’m going to be their next outfielder at this rate.
I too, often find myself thinking "how could the game do more to injure pitchers???"
Lol. Offered without proof of course...
Do you seriously not think its more likely? Guys traun their entire lives to throw multiple pitches from one distance to perfect it. Then some moron arbitrarily moves that distance back 10 feet? You don't think that'll make a difference? You also said you didn't want to incentivize walks correct? What do you think moving the origin point of the pitch back 10 feet will do for command and control? Seems like it would make it harder to throw strikes to me. Especially for breaking and offspeed pitches.Seems like a terrible idea in every way. But hey, maybe everything is a strike, or there can be 2 catchers? Or hitters can use a flat bat? Or maybe no breaking pitches allowed? Or just go full softball and start with 1-1 and all foul balls are strikes. Maybe play on ice and skates?
Who said anything about ten feet? Stop making things up.
You're not helping me out here, Buck. We are talking 12-18 inches.
hy·per·bo·le/hīˈpərbəlē/Learn to pronouncenounexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally."he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"Seriously? For a guy that really puts on airs about being the smartest guy in the room, you really miss a lot. In a post filled with flagrant exaggerations, you grab one and decide to take it literally? Guess what, I also don't think anyone is suggesting playing on ice. Or using multiple catchers. The point is, moving the mound back, by a foot, foot and a half or 2 feet, is likely to put more strain on pitchers. Moving the mound back is also likely to result in more balls being thrown outside of the strike zone. Thereby, increasing walks, and pitch counts, relief pitchers and game times. None of those really seem to be good.EDIT: Just in case, I was also not being completely serious when I suggested Yermin Mercedes could win the NL Cy Young.
Thanks for a 3rd grade level insult with no real reply. And the whole statement was hyperbole. Not my fault you're too dense to notice.And in terms of trying to accurately throw a curve or slider, the point was 1 foot-18 inches - 2 feet is a huge difference. And again, do you think it will put more strain on pitchers? Do you think it will increase or decrease the command/control of pitchers?
If your whole point was that 1, 2 or 10 feet was the same, there was no need for hyperbole. That is simply a bullsh** excuse for you getting called out on your goalpost shifting.They are trying out moving the mound back in the minors. Let's see how that goes before we claim that there are going to be a bunch of injuries. I mean, were there a bunch when they lowered the mound a few decades ago? Or did pitchers simply adjust?
Why would there be more injuries if they lower the mound? When a pitcher is coming back from injury the process involves throwing from flat ground at distances that increase before moving to the mound.
Hyperbole, meet hyperbole.
Very good. Only I am intentionally doing so. Buck only claimed to do after he got called out on his bullsh**.
I didn't shift goalposts at all bro. I said I thought moving the mound back would lead to more injuries for pitchers. I gave an exaggerated dimension in a post, which truly doesn't matter for the point. I was trying to make a point. Maybe I should have said if they move the mound to 2nd base? Would you have gotten that? To CF? The warning track? Maybe I'll go bigger next time in order to not confuse you. You missed it, and you like to feel so superior, so you lashed out. I'm sorry your wittle feewings are hurt. I get how you think people could post about things which they are completely ignorant, I mean, you do it all freaking day long. I post basically about baseball. The first websites I check every morning are baseball site. If you want to believe that I think moving the mound back was your idea or something, fine. If you want to think I had no idea it was being discussed, fine. Believe what ever you want. I can't change your mind. But I'm a person that is pretty well informed about what is going on in the baseball realm. But again, my post was really nothing but exaggerations. Sorry I didn't "claim" that or whatever earlier. Next time I'll put asterisk all around it and say ***HYERBOLE DISCLOSED FOR FLUFFYS SAKE****. That way you'll be sure to get it. And I'll ask again, do you think it is likely that moving the mound back is likely to put more strain on pitchers? And do you think that moving the mound back will improve pitchers ability to throw strikes?
Isn't it kind of early to be changing the rules of the game to encourage more offense? We are just a couple years removed from changes to the ball creating an outcry that there was too much offense. If there were any changes, they should be to facilitate enforcement of the existing rules, imo. MLB should end the unspoken rules on foreign substances, and just issue a standard stickum, with harsh penalties for using anything else. Standardizing the strike zone with electronic balls/strikes would be another huge change in standardizing enforcement. But I have trouble getting behind rule changes like changing the strikezone, extending the distance to the mound, or limiting the shift.
To answer your questions...I don't know. I have never claimed to know. You are the ones making the claim that more pitchers would be injured - as I said without proof.