RIPPA Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Gavin Lux torched either his ankle or knee today running the bases Don't watch the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Unless i'm at the game and it's a hot day game, the length of the game doesn't really matter to me. Although if the team sucks, faster games is probably a plus. Most people tolerate that every College Football game will go 3 1/2 hours. Baseball, for whatever reason (possibly to unsuccessfully try to hold salaries in check), has a way of undercutting their current product. I'm pretty confident that Bob Costas will still have plenty to complain about in the upcoming seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 All I'll say is that I think it's extremely funny that Sawamura went back to Japan rather than deal with having to actually play baseball in a reasonable amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 The Padres Joe Musgrove fractured his left big toe after dropping a kettlebell on it While no official time table has been given - manager Bob Melvin says he won't be able to throw for a minimum of two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, RIPPA said: The Padres Joe Musgrove fractured his left big toe after dropping a kettlebell on it While no official time table has been given - manager Bob Melvin says he won't be able to throw for a minimum of two weeks I'll give that a 2.5 on the dumb baseball injury scale.(out of 10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 17 hours ago, RIPPA said: Gavin Lux torched either his ankle or knee today running the bases Don't watch the video Per Dave Roberts - Lux tore his ACL and is out for the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 15 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: Unless i'm at the game and it's a hot day game, the length of the game doesn't really matter to me. Although if the team sucks, faster games is probably a plus. Most people tolerate that every College Football game will go 3 1/2 hours. Baseball, for whatever reason (possibly to unsuccessfully try to hold salaries in check), has a way of undercutting their current product. I'm pretty confident that Bob Costas will still have plenty to complain about in the upcoming seasons. College football is a 15-game season. Baseball is over 200 with spring training and playoffs. And has a clock to ensure some action happens every so often. With baseball, so often the "action" is a taken pitch followed by 30 or more seconds of everyone involved actively trying to make sure the next pitch doesn't happen. I've been to several hundred minor league games over the last two decades. The games being so long wears on me after awhile. Going to a game last year with the pitch clock was a BIG difference. The game itself wasn't different. The play wasn't different. It just gets rid of the farting around. I don't see how anybody can have a gripe with that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Notable, we had our first double pitch clock violation yesterday. Both the batter & pitcher weren't set at 8 seconds, and the count automatically went to 1-1. cool cool cool.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Also, Trea Turner has been wearing special protective gloves ("oven mitts") so he doesn't mess up his hands on the bases -- like when he jammed his finger in the World Series last year. Spoiler Apparently the pitch clock is too fast for the bat boy to bring him the gloves, so he has to run with them in his pockets. Also, he despises wearing them, but you know, his hands make him his money, so... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 34 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Notable, we had our first double pitch clock violation yesterday. Both the batter & pitcher weren't set at 8 seconds, and the count automatically went to 1-1. cool cool cool.... FFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Patrick Corbin gave up back to back HRs in the first inning today Seems like nothing has changed with baseball to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 anyways, the double-penalty on a 2-2 count would not be as even as double penalties on 0-0 or other non-2 strike/3 ball counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Have to wonder what happens on a 3-2 count when they're both not ready. I think the Phillie Phanatic comes out and kills one random player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Aroldis Chapman had a scoreless inning in his spring debut. He also had a pitch clock violation for working too slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35755087/no-umps-orioles-pirates-play-unneeded-bottom-9th Quote There was no umpire behind the plate calling balls and strikes, or even one of those so-called robo umps that could become part of the game in the future, when the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates kept playing Tuesday. Umpires left the field after Baltimore's Josh Lester grounded out to end the top of the ninth inning with the Orioles trailing 7-4, officially ending the spring training contest. But the teams went ahead and played the bottom of the ninth inning after Pirates manager Derek Shelton and Baltimore skipper Brandon Hyde had a quick discussion. The Orioles wanted to get some work on the mound for right-hander Ofreidy Gómez. Teams occasionally agree to shorten or lengthen spring training games depending on needs. With the umpires gone, the balls and strikes were called by the catcher, just like is done in so many backyard games. Maverick Handley, a non-roster invitee who has never played about the Double-A level, was behind the plate for the Orioles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 The Royals have the most random of random dudes playing in the back half of games this Spring. Overall they don't really have any acclaimed prospects aside from a guy or two, so the later parts of the games are like "dudes who could start in Double A that can say that people don't believe in them" going up against the other teams equivalents of that. The Royals are 4-1 so far. They've done this before in Arizona before not having good regular seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 category: things that happen when multiple outfielders get injured in the last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 SD Jones would be proud: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: SD Jones would be proud: That's such a horrible corruption of the timeless pastoral joy that is baseball. Slow down! WHY ARE YOU RUSHING??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cobra Commander Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 i'm calling on one of the major wrestling promotions to institute a Moves Clock gimmick where the wrestlers have to do or receive a move every 20 seconds or else they lose a point and they get disqualified for violating the clock five times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Get ready for another rule change: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/joey-gallo-cant-escape-the-shift-even-after-mlbs-ban-220946949.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 32 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: i'm calling on one of the major wrestling promotions to institute a Moves Clock gimmick where the wrestlers have to do or receive a move every 20 seconds or else they lose a point and they get disqualified for violating the clock five times If Jarrett was still running TNA no doubt this would happen. C'mon Jarrett do it on Dark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Limit on Leg Slaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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