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Postby heyeaglefn » Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:51:36

Bill McNeal wrote:It's a stupid change, I don't get how it will speed up the game, intentional walks take what a minute? And most games don't even have one of them.

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Intentional walks took an estimated 1410 minutes in 2016.
That is 35 seconds per game. Is the automatic IBB really gonna fix pace of play?

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Postby swishnicholson » Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:53:58

Bill McNeal wrote:It's a stupid change, I don't get how it will speed up the game, intentional walks take what a minute? And most games don't even have one of them.


So dumb. Will save, at best, on-and-a-half pitches per game Not worth losing contemplating the unlikely event that a ball will get thrown away or wander into hittable territory (or that a runner will advance). Wonder how it will be indicated. Can imagine having a sip of beer and wondering how the hell someone ended up on first base.

Still have to watch someone take thirty seconds to shed all their equipment and saunter on down.
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Postby stevelxa476 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 13:06:22

I have a feeling it is going to take just as long, or longer, for the manager to signal from the dugout, the umpire to notice and acknowledge the signal, confirm that is what they want, and inform the batter to head down to first.
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Postby Wolfgang622 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 13:22:00

stevelxa476 wrote:I have a feeling it is going to take just as long, or longer, for the manager to signal from the dugout, the umpire to notice and acknowledge the signal, confirm that is what they want, and inform the batter to head down to first.


Gotta check with New York too.
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Postby Wheels Tupay » Wed Feb 22, 2017 13:46:56

stevelxa476 wrote:I have a feeling it is going to take just as long, or longer, for the manager to signal from the dugout, the umpire to notice and acknowledge the signal, confirm that is what they want, and inform the batter to head down to first.
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Postby heyeaglefn » Wed Feb 22, 2017 13:50:40

stevelxa476 wrote:I have a feeling it is going to take just as long, or longer, for the manager to signal from the dugout, the umpire to notice and acknowledge the signal, confirm that is what they want, and inform the batter to head down to first.

Well when they go back to it next year they can use the excuse of speeding up the game again.

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Postby WhiteyFan » Wed Feb 22, 2017 13:50:55

To be fair, he wanted to implement several changes for this season and this was the only one the players union would agree to. Next year there will be more (limits to mound visits, more time limits, etc) since they apparently dont need player approval.
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Postby BigEd76 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 17:30:49

Hartford spent all of 2016 on the road because of multiple contractor issues involving their new stadium. Another contractor picked up the project in October and the stadium is pretty much ready to go for April......and now the FBI is investigating how funds were spent after vendors claimed they weren't paid and there could be $8M-$12M of public funds missing. FFS

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Postby BigEd76 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 19:18:22

What's Jim Bowden's Insider list of top 20 free agents next offseason?

#20 = Eduardo Nunez
#19 = Alcides Escobar
#18 = Bruce
#17 = Pineda
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(Arrieta, Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain are somewhere on the list. Probably JD Martinez and CarGo too)

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Postby PTOITWCFTPP » Sun Feb 26, 2017 20:06:22

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Postby BigEd76 » Mon Feb 27, 2017 22:49:48

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Postby CalvinBall » Mon Feb 27, 2017 22:52:57

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Postby Houshphandzadeh » Mon Feb 27, 2017 23:02:31

I gotta start watching the news

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Postby swishnicholson » Mon Feb 27, 2017 23:16:36

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I gotta start watching the news


It's not that big of a deal. They don't have to use the park until April.
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Postby WheelsFellOff » Tue Feb 28, 2017 00:32:42

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Postby 1 » Tue Feb 28, 2017 07:59:05

...still HUGE
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Postby my cousin mose » Tue Feb 28, 2017 08:19:59

swishnicholson wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:I gotta start watching the news


It's not that big of a deal. They don't have to use the park until April.

I just read that theyre hosting part of the WBC in a few weeks, so yeah. Talk about timing
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Postby BigEd76 » Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:09:30

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Postby Wheels Tupay » Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:12:45

1 wrote:...still HUGE


plenty of room for outfielders to use canoes.
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Postby BigEd76 » Wed Mar 01, 2017 13:18:00

In the Phils ST topic, we debated whether or not the Phils farm system should be ranked top-10 ahead of Cincinnati and Tampa Bay. MLB's countdown continues today with #7 and #8.

#8 is Colorado, whose top 5 is Rodgers/Hoffman/Pint/G.Marquez/R.Tapia (all in the top 90 overall)

#7 is Pittsburgh, whose top 5 is Glasnow/Meadows/Bell/M.Keller/K.Newman (all in the top 60 overall)

Remaining: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers, Padres, White Sox, Yankees

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