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  • ac11367
    I love meaty chics
    • Mar 2005
    • 853

    #1

    A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

    Baseballs should be manufactured with their leather skins turned inside out. Since the balls' surface will be scruffy, there's no need to use foreign substances or nail filers. This will leads to the following hypothetical events:

    -The game of baseball will be dominated by pitching.
    -For those fastball/changeup types of pitchers, they may have to develop a breaking pitch in order to be on par with the rest of the pack.
    -Hitters who hit .265 25HR 90 RBI will command more than $10mil/per yr salary.
    -Offensive emphasis will mostly be placed on bunting and making contact to advance runners. Even Jim Thome will have to learn how to bunt. A lot more emphasis will be placed on speed in the line-up. Managers will have to really earn their keeps with ingenuity.
    -With much less emphasis on the long ball, steroid could become a non-issue for hitters (or the problem could become worse because of the perceived HR drought).
    -With less homeruns being hit, casual fans may find the game unappealing. The league may be forced to bring in the outfield fences. Average park's dimension: LF: 288' CF: 390' RF: 288' .


    Please feel free to add your predictions.
  • CMH
    Making you famous
    • Oct 2002
    • 26203

    #2
    Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

    Who made this list?

    I don't get it. It's not a huge issue so why make a dramatic change to the game to solve something so small?
    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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    • shugknight
      MVP
      • Oct 2004
      • 4585

      #3
      Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

      Originally posted by ac11367
      Baseballs should be manufactured with their leather skins turned inside out. Since the balls' surface will be scruffy, there's no need to use foreign substances or nail filers. This will leads to the following hypothetical events:

      -The game of baseball will be dominated by pitching.
      -For those fastball/changeup types of pitchers, they may have to develop a breaking pitch in order to be on par with the rest of the pack.
      -Hitters who hit .265 25HR 90 RBI will command more than $10mil/per yr salary.
      -Offensive emphasis will mostly be placed on bunting and making contact to advance runners. Even Jim Thome will have to learn how to bunt. A lot more emphasis will be placed on speed in the line-up. Managers will have to really earn their keeps with ingenuity.
      -With much less emphasis on the long ball, steroid could become a non-issue for hitters (or the problem could become worse because of the perceived HR drought).
      -With less homeruns being hit, casual fans may find the game unappealing. The league may be forced to bring in the outfield fences. Average park's dimension: LF: 288' CF: 390' RF: 288' .


      Please feel free to add your predictions.
      Its only a speculation that Rogers was cheating.. For all we know it REALLY was just dirt.

      And these situatinos you named are pretty farfetched.

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      • IlliniM1ke
        Heroes Never Die
        • Feb 2003
        • 8082

        #4
        Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

        Originally posted by shugknight
        Its only a speculation that Rogers was cheating.. For all we know it REALLY was just dirt.

        And these situatinos you named are pretty farfetched.

        Even if Rogers wasn't cheating its still known that many pitchers do cheat in that way.

        But I agree these sound pretty farfetched.
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        • ac11367
          I love meaty chics
          • Mar 2005
          • 853

          #5
          Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

          You're right, they are very far-fetched. It's only for fun.
          Anyways, with the scruffy baseballs, any balls not hit to the stands can be re-used. There's no need to put a new ball in play whenever there's a pitch in the dirt or if the ball gets scuffed up from grounders....they are already scuffed up. Heck, the ball can be used until the seams start to break.

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          • shugknight
            MVP
            • Oct 2004
            • 4585

            #6
            Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

            Originally posted by ac11367
            You're right, they are very far-fetched. It's only for fun.
            Anyways, with the scruffy baseballs, any balls not hit to the stands can be re-used. There's no need to put a new ball in play whenever there's a pitch in the dirt or if the ball gets scuffed up from grounders....they are already scuffed up. Heck, the ball can be used until the seams start to break.
            I really dont think these new balls would go well with the managers. I think this would on result in more accusations of cheating pitchers.

            Anyways, I think cheating (not steroids or hgh) has always been a part of baseball. Spit-balls, pine-tar, stealing signs, they're all part of the game. It has made players evolve to become even better than the players of the past. Its all part of the game, without it, it wouldn't be the same.

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            • Misfit
              All Star
              • Mar 2003
              • 5766

              #7
              Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

              Originally posted by shugknight
              Its only a speculation that Rogers was cheating.. For all we know it REALLY was just dirt.

              And these situatinos you named are pretty farfetched.

              You're kidding, right?!

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              • ac11367
                I love meaty chics
                • Mar 2005
                • 853

                #8
                Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                I don't know about others, but if I have a glob of dirt sticking to my hand, it would annoy me to no ends and it would be wiped off as soon as possible.
                Last edited by ac11367; 10-26-2006, 07:01 AM. Reason: missing word

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                • GBrushTWood
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 1624

                  #9
                  Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                  Originally posted by shugknight
                  Its only a speculation that Rogers was cheating.. For all we know it REALLY was just dirt.

                  If it looks like a dog, walks like a dog, acts like a dog, then maybe, just maybe, it's a dog. To me, it's clear as day that he was cheating with an illegal substance, not simply dirt.

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                  • skitch
                    Fear Ameer
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 12349

                    #10
                    Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                    I think you guys are missing the humor in the original post...

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                    • ac11367
                      I love meaty chics
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 853

                      #11
                      Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                      Originally posted by Kredit
                      I think you guys are missing the humor in the original post...
                      Thank you, Kredit. The title clearly stated "Light-Hearted".
                      That said, ball players will not have to be hassled with these annoying little kids asking them to sign the baseballs for them. The surface will be so rough, it'll ruin any felt-tipped magic markers.

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                      • nyisles16
                        All Star
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 8317

                        #12
                        Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                        i say they need to go back to the "old days", & have players leave their mitts on the field for the other team to use...

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                        • ac11367
                          I love meaty chics
                          • Mar 2005
                          • 853

                          #13
                          Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                          Originally posted by nyisles16
                          i say they need to go back to the "old days", & have players leave their mitts on the field for the other team to use...
                          We used to do that while playing softball in the playgrounds. We were so poor not all of us had gloves. And lefties were forced to wear gloves made for righties.

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                          • SportsTop
                            The Few. The Proud.
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 6716

                            #14
                            Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                            I say they make the balls completely slick and without stitching. Shiny new leather. That way only fastballs and change-ups could be thrown.







                            .....and yes, I'm kidding.
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                            • CMH
                              Making you famous
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 26203

                              #15
                              Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

                              How about we just let these guys play baseball and let the umpires make the calls?
                              "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                              "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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