Wolfgang622 wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:first game with"robot umps" generally goes without a hitch

I hate this so, so much.

I tend to fall on the same traditionalist side as you, but i think this is the way it has to go. With every fan in the stands and at home thinking they can see a ball or strike on their phones, it harms the appearance of integrity of the game for the only person without that information to be teh one making the decision. Baseball already has enough problems in that area-if you can tamp down one of them I think you have to.
And having a consistent strike zone should eventually be a big plus. I think more for hitters, but we'll see.

The change of moving the pitching rubber discussed is just goofy. I do the like the checked swing rule. A swing is defined as an attempt to make contact with the ball, If you changed your mind before the ball reached the plate and didn't do that, i don't care if you broke your wrists or the bat head crossed the plate or whatever, it shouldn't be called a swing.

re the checked swing: the distinction has always seemed obvious to me: what would happen if the bat contacted the ball? These can't be ruled balls- even the ones out of the strike zone. that's where the bat crossing the plate should be the obvious demarcation point. (If you don't want to watch the whole video at least go to 2:35!)

Bucky wrote:re the checked swing: the distinction has always seemed obvious to me: what would happen if the bat contacted the ball? These can't be ruled balls- even the ones out of the strike zone. that's where the bat crossing the plate should be the obvious demarcation point. (If you don't want to watch the whole video at least go to 2:35!)

You didn’t point out Utley right before just get me to the plate boys!

Utley’s check swing hit was game 3, the game before the “get me to the plate boys”, that check swing single happened around 1:40 am on a Sunday night/Monday morning. Howard followed that check swing single with a fly ball to pretty deep center for the GW rbi on a sac fly

i thought he was already dead

That is way better than watching little kids get hit that might end up dying. He should've caught it.

Bob Gibson is battling pancreatic cancer and has been in the hospital for a few weeks

Reality show idea... Professional ballplayers competing against random dudes off the street. A week of dedicated coaching. Live in a giant house, random dudes and the athletes. High stakes competition at end of the week. Free throw competition for the basketball players. Bunting competition for the baseball players. Training camp agility exercises for football. Giant competition at end of week, where football player can enter free throw competition, for example.

Rotating set of big personality guests to give daily pep talks and coaching... Pete Rose, Terrell Owens, Shaq, Bob Knight, etc.

DELETE UR ACCOUNT

@Ken_Rosenthal: #Athletics get Homer Bailey, source tells The Athletic.

Happy birthday Torii Hunter

Also I just learned this is where the excited birthday kid GIF came from

White Sox became the first team to extend their netting all the way to the foul poles

that dude got KO'd by a homer run ball last week, they need to go 360

If they have netting around the whole park, they can keep all their baseballs. Profit!

"Pays for itself"

Buerhle's perfect game was 10 years ago today. One of the best catches in the history of baseball, under the circumstances, in the 9th inning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9M6JN3azw

I miss how fast Buerhle worked.