now the counterpoint: you can't CALL more strikes unless there ARE more strikes. It's not up to the umpire to define the strike zone.

It's like Whitey used to tell Harry: "If they want the strike zone to be wider, well then they have to make the plate wider"

Other than Yanks/BoSox games, is there really a game time problem? I feel like it's been about 3 hours for a long time.

Bucky wrote:now the counterpoint: you can't CALL more strikes unless there ARE more strikes. It's not up to the umpire to define the strike zone.

It's like Whitey used to tell Harry: "If they want the strike zone to be wider, well then they have to make the plate wider"

Bucky, you know as well as I do, that every umpire has their own strike zone. It may be less of a problem these days, with Questec or Pitch F/X or whatever they're using these days, but it's an issue that does still exist.

MLB will be testing out a potential future rule change in GCL and AZL this summer where each inning in extras will start with a runner at 2nd

yuck

no fucking way

BigEd76 wrote:MLB will be testing out a potential future rule change in GCL and AZL this summer where each inning in extras will start with a runner at 2nd

Fast pitch softball does this

Stripes wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:MLB will be testing out a potential future rule change in GCL and AZL this summer where each inning in extras will start with a runner at 2nd

Fast pitch softball does this

I could see doing that in the say 15th inning but not the 10th.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Stripes wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:MLB will be testing out a potential future rule change in GCL and AZL this summer where each inning in extras will start with a runner at 2nd

Fast pitch softball does this

I could see doing that in the say 15th inning but not the 10th.

I actually think I don't hate it but I think TV might be right. I think starting in like the 12th inning this makes more sense. It would be kinda like college football having to go for two in the third OT

What makes a game miserable isn't length due to offense or extras (well, not usually), but when it grinds to a halt because each manager is changing pitchers 5, 6, 7 times. I think the way to handle this without interfering with the game itself is to simply limit the number of pitchers who can be active for a single game. So, before the game, each team must designate a maximum number of available pitchers... say 5 (starter plus 4 relievers). One of those relievers would need to be a long reliever, so you'd be down to 3 "specialists" which could not be used frivolously over every goddamn lefty/righty matchup.

Forbes reports there may be a handshake agreement to sell the Marlins to a NYC real estate guy for $1.6B but MLB is hesitant to approve it since most of his money is tied up in real estate and he doesn't have the cash or a TV deal to fall back on

never forget how shitty Jeffrey Loria is, but is very smart in that he started off with a $50 million dollar minority stake in the Expos and now will have eventually flipped that for 1.6B

A sale of the Marlins would bring to a close one of the most controversial ownership tenures in recent history. Loria has been widely panned by both fans and the media for an unwillingness to spend on the on-field product, orchestrating multiple fire sales even after winning the World Series in 2003 and opening a new, taxpayer-funded stadium in 2012. As Vocativ’s Joe Lemire points out, if the sale of the team does ultimately go through, Loria will have paid just $15.5MM of the $325MM that is owed to star right fielder Giancarlo Stanton on his exceptionally backloaded 13-year contract.

he's sort of a genius

pacino wrote:never forget how shitty Jeffrey Loria is, but is very smart in that he started off with a $50 million dollar minority stake in the Expos and now will have eventually flipped that for 1.6B

A sale of the Marlins would bring to a close one of the most controversial ownership tenures in recent history. Loria has been widely panned by both fans and the media for an unwillingness to spend on the on-field product, orchestrating multiple fire sales even after winning the World Series in 2003 and opening a new, taxpayer-funded stadium in 2012. As Vocativ’s Joe Lemire points out, if the sale of the team does ultimately go through, Loria will have paid just $15.5MM of the $325MM that is owed to star right fielder Giancarlo Stanton on his exceptionally backloaded 13-year contract.

he's sort of a genius

Loria in 2024!

BigEd76 wrote:Forbes reports there may be a handshake agreement to sell the Marlins to a NYC real estate guy for $1.6B but MLB is hesitant to approve it since most of his money is tied up in real estate and he doesn't have the cash or a TV deal to fall back on

charles kushner lol

Miami Trumps

Florida Oranges

ReadingPhilly wrote:charles kushner lol

Since he is a convicted felon, can he own a team?

Tigers owner Mike Ilitch passed away today

rolex wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:charles kushner lol

Since he is a convicted felon, can he own a team?

allowed by Executive Order

rolex wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:charles kushner lol

Since he is a convicted felon, can he own a team?

He wouldn't be allowed to vote for baseball commissioner.