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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Grotewold » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:52:22

ReadingPhilly wrote:this guy i follow on twitter for minor league hockey is also the beat writer for somerset. he posted some article yesterday on atlantic league rule changes to speed the game up. 6 warm up pitches between innings instead of 8. 3 mound visits per game excluding changes. holding up 4 fingers instead of throwing 4 balls for an int walk. ok. but my favorite is if the catcher gets a base hit he MUST leave the game for a courtesy runner so he can put his gear back on.


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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Bill McNeal » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:53:39

Wow, that is something. Next up they'll shorten the line up to 6 guys and use ghost runners as necessary
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby slugsrbad » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:57:48

Perhaps implement "Pitcher's Paradise"
Quick Google shows that GoGo is wrong with regards to the Kiwi and the Banana.

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby ReadingPhilly » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:01:31

speaking of independent ball, if you're down on the waterfront today...

The Camden Riversharks and audience volunteers will take part in a home run derby on the waterfront. Fans can register for five swings as they hit off of the battleship’s deck

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Bill McNeal » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:19:34

That is pretty cool.

I had a lot of fun following the patriots back in the day, I worked for commerce bank and we sponsored the stadium they played in and our branch was next to the ballpark. We had their accounts and all that and opened accounts for players if they wanted, since most weren't local. I got to know a bunch of the players, we were all mostly in our early 20's and we'd go out drinking after games. It was a lot of fun, they won the championship that year too.
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Swiggers » Fri Jul 18, 2014 15:34:52

Heh. I lived about a mile from the park between 2002 and 2007 and went to that Commerce branch often. Only went to a Patriots game once, though.
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby drsmooth » Fri Jul 18, 2014 17:39:55

ReadingPhilly wrote:speaking of independent ball, if you're down on the waterfront today...

The Camden Riversharks and audience volunteers will take part in a home run derby on the waterfront. Fans can register for five swings as they hit off of the battleship’s deck


Speaking of independent ball AND the Patriots, the roster of the local indy team here - Bridgeport Bluefish - features an Abreu (Winston?), Tomo Ohka, and a journeyman hurler by the name of Dontrelle Willis.

Haven't been to a game this year, but they're playing a double-dip tomorrow vs the Patriots. Hope they let Willis bat
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Bucky » Fri Jul 18, 2014 17:56:56

ooooohhhhh it was THAT Tracy McGrady

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Bill McNeal » Fri Jul 18, 2014 19:33:09

Swiggers wrote:Heh. I lived about a mile from the park between 2002 and 2007 and went to that Commerce branch often. Only went to a Patriots game once, though.


And our paths cross yet again swiggers, I worked in that branch from 2000-2002.
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby bleh » Fri Jul 18, 2014 23:48:13

Ollie Perez has a 2.83 ERA in 133 games since leaving the Mets. Thought that guy was finished.

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Bill McNeal » Mon Jul 21, 2014 01:16:07

@DAVIDprice14: haha why do people not like the wave?! Im confused...we did it in the dugout in Detroit and had a good time...please fill me in on this


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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby dajafi » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:48:16

A-Roderation

Pretty sure this is NSFW

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby swishnicholson » Tue Jul 22, 2014 15:09:40

We have lots of people on the board who like to write about baseball for free, right?

SABR Games Project

The SABR Baseball Games Project is a new initiative to research and write articles on major-league and Negro League regular, postseason, and All-Star Games. These game accounts will complement Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference box scores as well as BioProject essays on the players involved.

The articles are not intended to be mere play-by-play summaries, nor should they be first-person narratives. Rather the goal is to put each game in historical context — whether that history is of a particular player, team, season, or something even broader.

Articles should be concise, ranging from 500 words to a top end of 1,500 words. All guidelines currently in use for processing BioProject essays will apply to this initiative. The project is run by SABR's BioProject Committee.
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Ace Rothstein » Thu Jul 24, 2014 05:10:53

The Works Network (Comcast 278) shows replays of the old Home Run Derby from the late 50s - early 60s on Saturday and Sunday Nights between 9-10. I DVRed the last couple weeks and getting caught up now, it's pretty neat to see these legends talk baseball

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Grotewold » Thu Jul 24, 2014 15:30:57

Jerry Crasnick wrote:#Twins announce they've canceled Chuck Knoblauch HOF ceremony Aug. 23 after his arrest Wednesday.


Appears Chuck has thrown it away

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby slugsrbad » Thu Jul 24, 2014 15:45:47

Grotewold wrote:
Jerry Crasnick wrote:#Twins announce they've canceled Chuck Knoblauch HOF ceremony Aug. 23 after his arrest Wednesday.


Appears Chuck has thrown it away


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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Trent Steele » Thu Jul 24, 2014 15:59:08

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby Ace Rothstein » Thu Jul 24, 2014 16:00:45

looks like Shawn's dad from Boy Meets World

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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby drsmooth » Fri Jul 25, 2014 20:15:26

An exhibit in 538's case for Billy Beane as the Babe Ruth of GMs, in a graph:

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The article it accompanies may be more (or less) persuasive
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Re: 2014 Thread for Random Stuff About Baseball

Postby philliesphhan » Sat Jul 26, 2014 01:50:00

Forgot how good Knoblauch was before going to the Yankees
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