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wadesworld

#450
July 16, 2025, 04:01:02 PM
Quote from: muwarrior69 on July 16, 2025, 03:52:06 PMSo each batter get 3 swings. So how many pitches does the pitcher have to throw? If I was a pitcher every pitch would be out of the strike zone.

It wasn't opposing pitchers throwing from the mound.  It was BP pitchers.

But even if it was opposing pitchers, that'd be a perfect strategy.  Blow out your arm throwing a bunch of balls trying to get a guy who doesn't have to swing at pitches to swing at pitches in the dirt so you can win a meaningless exhibition game with a bunch of guys you don't play with.

Uncle Rico

#451
July 16, 2025, 04:09:44 PM
Quote from: wadesworld on July 16, 2025, 04:01:02 PMIt wasn't opposing pitchers throwing from the mound.  It was BP pitchers.

But even if it was opposing pitchers, that'd be a perfect strategy.  Blow out your arm throwing a bunch of balls trying to get a guy who doesn't have to swing at pitches to swing at pitches in the dirt so you can win a meaningless exhibition game with a bunch of guys you don't play with.

Sandy Koufax would have struck them out for free
"Well, we're all going to die."

MUBurrow

#452
July 16, 2025, 04:22:29 PM
Quote from: Uncle Rico on July 16, 2025, 04:09:44 PMSandy Koufax would have struck them out for free

If you were a real evangelical Christian, you would know that Sandy Koufax, in particular, would have charged double. 

Pakuni

#453
July 16, 2025, 05:25:45 PM
Quote from: The Sultan on July 16, 2025, 03:28:44 PMAnd shoot out is a terrible way for hockey games to end as well. Maybe its because I have watched more soccer in the last couple of years, but I don't understand what is so bad about a tie - after the 5:00 OT of course.

Ties suck. Shootouts are fun.

TallTitan34

#454
July 16, 2025, 06:43:58 PM
Quote from: muwarrior69 on July 16, 2025, 03:52:06 PMSo each batter get 3 swings. So how many pitches does the pitcher have to throw? If I was a pitcher every pitch would be out of the strike zone.

Can't tell if you are serious or joking.

MU82

#455
July 16, 2025, 07:16:35 PM
Quote from: TAMU, Knower of Ball on July 16, 2025, 02:23:51 PMHR derby is an awesome tiebreaker for an All Star game.

It would be terrible for games that matter.

Yessir.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

JWags85

#456
July 16, 2025, 09:36:28 PM
This was good stuff from last night.  Simple, thoughtful, and sincere.

https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1945548144047263905

Even if Tucker leaves in free agency, as I think he will, the Cubs have their next superstar, both as a player and personality.  I've yet to hear anything bad about him and have heard some really great anecdotes about him off the field.  Really easy guy to root for.

Dish

#457
July 16, 2025, 11:04:15 PM
The ghost runner at 2nd has already bastardized extra innings. Might as well just go to California rules already.



tower912

#458
July 16, 2025, 11:09:25 PM
Love it.  Moves the game along, saves the bullpen.   Can never do it during the playoffs.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

tower912

#459
July 16, 2025, 11:12:01 PM
Quote from: MU82 on July 16, 2025, 07:16:35 PMYessir.

Guess who's back
Back again...
Eighty's back
Tell a friend...
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

18thandWells

#460
Today at 08:04:51 AM
Quote from: JWags85 on July 16, 2025, 09:36:28 PMthe Cubs have their next superstar, both as a player and personality.  I've yet to hear anything bad about him and have heard some really great anecdotes about him off the field.  Really easy guy to root for.
The Cubs backup catcher was arrested for beating off in a Dollar General parking lot. Do you root for him?

The Sultan

#461
Today at 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: 18thandWells on Today at 08:04:51 AMThe Cubs backup catcher was arrested for beating off in a Dollar General parking lot. Do you root for him?

Really odd question not even related to what he is talking about.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

Hards Alumni

#462
Today at 10:02:22 AM
Quote from: 18thandWells on Today at 08:04:51 AMThe Cubs backup catcher was arrested for beating off in a Dollar General parking lot. Do you root for him?

Not until just now

GB Warrior

#463
Today at 12:28:52 PM
Quote from: 18thandWells on Today at 08:04:51 AMThe Cubs backup catcher was arrested for beating off in a Dollar General parking lot. Do you root for him?

Hard to get in a rhythm when you don't have many opportunities to swing the bat

Vander Blue Man Group

#464
Today at 01:21:42 PM
Big NO to any kind of HR derby deciding the outcome of an actual game. 

As for the ghost runner, I've never liked it.  I understand the need and desire to avoid extra inning marathons but I feel like a compromise could have worked better.

For example, play the 10th and 11th innings normally.  If still tied, move to the ghost runner in the 12th.  And maybe if the game isn't decided by the 14th it just ends in a tie. 

Jockey

#465
Today at 01:34:49 PM
Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 08:13:08 AMReally odd question not even related to what he is talking about.

Thank you for keeping the discussion on track, junior moderator.

The Sultan

#466
Today at 01:45:14 PM
Quote from: Jockey on Today at 01:34:49 PMThank you for keeping the discussion on track, junior moderator.

Sorry. I should have known you like to talk about guys who beat off in Dollar General parking lots.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

TallTitan34

#467
Today at 02:40:18 PM
Quote from: Dish on July 16, 2025, 11:04:15 PMThe ghost runner at 2nd has already bastardized extra innings. Might as well just go to California rules already.

I hate the extra inning rules.  At least play an inning or two of real baseball.

The Cubs won a game a few weeks ago with a ground out and a fly out (sac fly).  That's stupid.  And I'm a Cubs fan.

TallTitan34

#468
Today at 02:44:02 PM
MLBPA is telling major league and minor league players to keep necessary legal documents with them at all times in case of encounters with ICE.

Uncle Rico

#469
Today at 02:49:52 PM
Quote from: TallTitan34 on Today at 02:44:02 PMMLBPA is telling major league and minor league players to keep necessary legal documents with them at all times in case of encounters with ICE.

Why?  Legalities no matta anymore
"Well, we're all going to die."

GB Warrior

#470
Today at 03:59:19 PM
Quote from: TallTitan34 on Today at 02:44:02 PMMLBPA is telling major league and minor league players to keep necessary legal documents with them at all times in case of encounters with ICE.

Jockey

#471
Today at 04:14:42 PM
Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 01:45:14 PMSorry. I should have known you like to talk about guys who beat off in Dollar General parking lots.

Except I wasn't involved in the discussion.

YOU were.

Shaka Shart

#472
Today at 04:17:48 PM
Quote from: The Sultan on Today at 01:45:14 PMSorry. I should have known you like to talk about guys who beat off in Dollar General parking lots.

I thought we had a dental crime thread for that
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