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  • Report: MLB nearing changes to strike zone and intentional walks

    05/22/2016 11:56:31 AM PDT · by Mariner · 74 replies
    Yahoo via Big League Stew ^ | May 22nd, 2016 | Mark Townsend
    According to ESPN's Jayson Stark, Major League Baseball is on the verge of making two rules changes that could only be described as ground-breaking. In a report filed on Friday, Stark says that the league's competition committee reportedly agreed to alter the strike zone and eliminate the four-pitch intentional walk during their meetings with owners this week. Those two changes could be implemented as early as the 2017 season. The strike zone is currently defined as the volume of space above home plate and between the batter's knees and the midpoint of their torso. Of course, if you asked most...
  • 2009 World Series: Game 6 (NYY 3 PHI 2) *corrected thread*

    11/04/2009 3:18:18 PM PST · by se_ohio_young_conservative · 100 replies · 2,692+ views
    Pedro vs Andy
  • Don't Call It A Curveball (Japanese Create the "Gyroball, could revolutionize MLB baseball)

    10/23/2006 2:59:06 AM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 10 replies · 727+ views
    CBS News story ^ | Sunday October 22nd, 2006 | Anthony Mason
    A town baseball field in Farmington, Connecticut may seem about as far away from the major leagues as you can get. But it's been witness to baseball history recently, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason. The key to throwing a gyroball, says sportswriter Will Carroll, is a football-like spiral spin that's easy to learn but hard to master. Minor league pitcher Steve Palazzolo is learning to throw what some claim is the first new pitch in a generation. It's called the "gyroball." True believers claim it's almost un-hittable. "We know that a curveball curves and a slider slides and a...