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| #62907 | 02/05/2019 10:53:14 pm | Jul 14th, 2039 | |
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator 
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Wow... Steve Updated Tuesday, February 5 2019 @ 10:53:54 pm PST |
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| #62908 | 02/06/2019 12:24:24 am | Jul 14th, 2039 | |
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive 
| Get the DH thing done. I love old-time baseball, am nostalgic, yadda yadda yadda...but the DH is good for baseball. Expand to 26. That completely makes sense. Do it. 20 second pitch clock? On the fence with that one. 3-batter minimum. I'm not a fan, but it isn't a huge deal. I wonder if the Union would go for that. It would really hurt the value and possible existence of specialists. Speaking of hurting, you know there will be fake "injuries" to get around this, so why bother? |
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| #62934 | 02/07/2019 5:02:10 pm | Jul 20th, 2039 | |
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends 
| I was surprised by the 3 batter minimum suggestion. I suspected they wanted to do something along those lines, but thought they'd change how options work. Think the pitch him till he's tired then send him to AAA for 10 days thing is pretty silly. |
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| #63372 | 02/27/2019 1:22:49 pm | Sep 30th, 2039 | |
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator
| A lot of LH specialist will be out of the game if they pass the 3 batter minimum. I realize that it will speed up the game some, but honest it's taking out some of the game tactics. Also, I don't think all of baseballs problems are game duration. Let's face it -- baseball will never have as much action as basketball or football. The need to find their niche...not try to become like other sports (that have changed all their rules to get more and more scoring). Steve |
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| #63377 | 02/27/2019 2:46:37 pm | Sep 30th, 2039 | |
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I agree completely. I hope they don't screw up the greatest game there is. | ||
| #63783 | 03/16/2019 8:31:11 am | Mar 2nd, 2040 | |
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1 
| End of the day they will probably end up alienating the true baseball fans while failing to pick up any new fans. Maybe the next professional baseball league will do better  Half the problem is that they still conceive of themselves as an elite product. If they really wanted to draw fans, they cut player salaries in half, and reduce concession and ticket prices. Make it affordable and you will get more fans. Make it a family outing instead of just an event for rich white guys with season tickets. |
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| #63787 | 03/16/2019 11:37:08 am | Mar 2nd, 2040 | |
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AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1130 Deerfield Beach Rats V.7 
| I’m not sold on the draft rule changes mentioned. I’m all in favor of taking away excuses to tank, but I’m not sure the answer to that is a setup that could lead to a rich-get-richer scenarios. Incentivizing winning is a good thing, but doing so in a way that may require a team to increase spending to get players who can win — and right now as opposed to a few seasons down the road — might not be the best way to go about it, particularly for smaller market teams. I’m not sure on the roster expansion, either, but I’ll hold judgement on that one. As for the three-batter-minimum and pitch clock… Okay, boys and girls, it’s time for a rant. Feel free to skip the rest of this if you don’t want to read it. ——————————————— I hate most of the new rules that have been implemented going back as far as when I first started watching baseball (further, if the designated hitter counts), including: » Redefining the strike zone. Every umpire is going to have his own interpretation, and specifically changing what constitutes a strike just made everyone have to relearn exactly where the corners were. » The “Buster Posey rule.” No, I’m not advocating letting players get injured, but collisions at the plate have been an occupational hazard for catchers for somewhere around a century. There are ways to minimize the injuries that are bound to happen without trying to completely remove collisions from the game. If you really don’t want to get run over, then don’t be a catcher. » The designated hitter. Going by the very first rule in the book, any team that utilizes the designated hitter is not playing baseball. Most DHs can’t field worth a damn. So the obvious solution is to… rewrite the rule book? No. Put a glove on and hope there’s a team out there that’s willing to overlook the defensive liability at first base or in left field. Don’t like standing in the sun/cold/weather for half-an-inning? Go retire or find a different job. As for pitchers who don’t like figuring out which end of the bat to hold, either take a few extra swings in the cage, deal with looking bad at the plate, or convince the manager to pull you for a pinch hitter. But neither of you deserve special consideration just because you’re only capable of doing half the job you signed up for. (One of these days, a commissioner is going to suggest “designated fielders,” and I fully expect for there to be a mob with torches and pitchforks for me to join when it happens.) » Instant replay. They’ve gotten better on how that’s handled, I’ll give them that, but there’s still room for improvement and I’m still not a fan. I like for the umps to get the call right as much as anyone else, but I’d much rather see said umpires get punished/retrained/replaced for repeated instances of flagrantly blown calls. Better umpiring trumps instant replay all day every day. How’s that for a pace-of-game idea. » Pace-of-game rules in general. They’re particularly ridiculous because baseball has never been (and never will be) a quick thrill-a-minute sport. If you need something where you’re jumping out of your seat every other play, go watch basketball/football/hockey. Pacing does not attract new fans, it just alienates existing fans. The only rule in recent memory I agree on pretty much unconditionally is cracking down on takeout slides past or nowhere near the bag. There’s a big difference between hard-nosed baseball and playing dirty. |
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| #64486 | 04/07/2019 11:43:41 am | May 10th, 2040 | |
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends
| Enjoyed the rant AP.  I'm closing in on 50, consider myself a little old school. I'm completely on board with all the rule changes. My fear is that the current trajectory of baseball is going to lead to a sport dominated by the three true outcomes. That kind of baseball just isn't as entertaining. (Blue Jay fans are having to watch it now with all our young players). |
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| #64487 | 04/07/2019 12:10:02 pm | May 10th, 2040 | |
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wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1 
| I’m on the wrong side of 40, and also fear they are going to ruin the game trying to appeal to kids with no attention spans. Also, I feel like the game is already too damn close to being all about the 3 true outcomes, and I agree that is not an appealing, interesting game. The pendulum of change needs to stop swinging in its current direction and start swinging correctively back in the other direction. | ||
| #64492 | 04/07/2019 10:40:16 pm | May 14th, 2040 | |
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator
| They are doing all these things to speed up the game...but I was watching this weekend and the manager/pitching coach walks as slow as possible to visit the mound. It wouldn't hurt the coach/manager to at least trot out there? Steve |
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