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More Strikeouts Than Hits? Welcome to Baseball’s Latest Crisis
New York Times ^
| 08/16/2018
| Tyler Kepner
Posted on 08/16/2018 8:46:22 AM PDT by DFG
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To: vette6387
no, they hire guys from where it’s warm all year ...
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:26:51 AM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
To: vette6387
Obviously you didn’t care enough to post something factually true in your last post about “a bunch of mostly Black criminals and their White team owners.”
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:27:31 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: DFG
In terms of purely watching a baseball game, seeing a few hundred pitches a night that arent put in play, theres not a lot about that thats entertainment. People dont come to see the umpire call a ball or a strike or a foul ball. I think its something we have to be mindful of, because this is an entertainment business, and we are here for the fans. If you dumb it down trying to attract fans, you will drive away those who love the game.
I love watching the umpire call strikes, when my pitcher is on the mound. I love watching my team's batters trying to solve the puzzle when their pitcher is on a roll.
A no-hitter is the most exciting thing in baseball.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:27:46 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: glennaro
My brother would agree.
He was ten times the ballplayer anyone else in our family was. Captain of the baseball team at our high-school. After graduation he played two seasons of semi-pro ball.
After that experience he told me “there were two guys on that team who washed out of organized baseball at the Class A level. And they were SOOOOOO much better than any of the rest of us, I knew my thoughts of making the majors were just a pipe dream.”
To: butlerweave
The Global Warming Effect on the Balls makes them avoid Bats
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:28:19 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: karnage
I haven't watched much baseball these days, but from the limited exposure I've had it seems like every team -- at least in the American League -- is putting a lineup on the field comprised of at least 3-4 players whose best position is designated hitter.
And why not? If batters don't put the ball in play very much anymore, then who cares how well the players in the field can actually play their positions?
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:29:25 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: DFG
I listen to the Giants and as on the radio 📻 They dont count us
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:29:29 AM PDT
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: DFG
Limit the number of relief pitchers per game. And eliminate the designated hitter.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:29:37 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: oh8eleven
They are stripping sports of all the humanity. I’d rather risk the occasional missed call by a referee/umpire.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:29:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: P-Marlowe
Limit the number of relief pitchers per game. And eliminate the designated hitter. With the Union, those ideas are DOA.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:30:24 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DFG
Joey Gallo (Rangers) struck out 196 times out of 532 plate appearances and had 41 HRs, 80 RBIs, 75 walks, .209 batting average in 2017.As a Rangers fan, I've been rooting for Joey to "figure it out." Sadly, I think he's reached his upper limit, because he keeps swinging for the fences with two strikes. He also has as many home runs as he has singles.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:30:47 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: Alberta's Child
at least in the American League -- is putting a lineup on the field comprised of at least 3-4 players whose best position is designated hitter.Nothing new...
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:31:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: cuban leaf
True. I seem to see more balls called as strikes than the other way around. Umpires calling strikes barely on the corners. I say have the umpire calling them from the booth watching the image until you have a robot doing it. IOWs the umpires are making it harder for hitters.
To: BookmanTheJanitor
When bats were thick, long and heavy, choking up made sense. It’s less useful now because the bats are slim and light, and usually made of maple instead of ash, with some even made of birch.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:31:50 AM PDT
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: Alberta's Child
Bunting and stolen bases have become archaic ...
Unfortunately true. The game is fast becoming little more than an extension of home run derby ... and ... will be losing more and more fans as they become bored with the whole thing.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:31:57 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: DFG
My criticism is how we now see 9th inning closers, relief pitchers whose only role is to pitch one inning.
The best of them are successful over 90% of the time.
Back the old days, relievers came in with men on base, in tough situations.
These 9th inning closers are so efficient that it can make the game an 8 inning game, in effect.
It takes away potential for the losing team to rally and come back, which is a bad trend, in my opinion.
To: DFG
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:32:33 AM PDT
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:33:15 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: DFG
A well pitched 2-1 ballgame with 20+ strikeouts is the very height of drama in professional sports.
If you don’t like it, you don’t like baseball.
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:33:57 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
08/16/2018 9:35:21 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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