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thank the maker Manferd wasn't commish back in '86; he'd have thought that game 7 needed shortened. it was, at 3:11 minutes, 6 minutes longer than games today. and game 6 was an hour longer albeit also an inning longer

The game getting stopped in the 9th inning because someone threw a smoke bomb in the outfield probably didn’t help the pace of play

[Majingir]

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I watched game 7 of the 86 World Series last night. It was 35 years ago and we all know the game has changed but wow it is so much different watching a full game. No graphics on the screen showing the score or inning and there wasn’t really anyone in the crowd wearing fan gear except hats. Leading off the bottom of the second inning Gary Carter, the cleanup hitter drops down a bunt. No overshift, he just tries to drop one down because the 3b was playing back. I know the batters stepping out and pitchers taking forever is currently an issue but I couldn’t believe how fast they were playing. No pitchers constantly shaking off the catcher, it moved at a pace like when I play the show and skip all the cut scenes. It’s a shame than Vin Scully didn’t continue calling the World Series until he retired. That guy is a treasure

Watching past games, the hardest part for me is watching without a score bug.

Cant believe it took so long before they became the norm.

And I wonder what the backlash might have been like when it first was introduced. Were people complaining that they had some graphic popping up on their screen and blocking the camera shot? Because for years, networks did have scorebugs that would only show up during a break in play or before/after commercials.

[Jr.]

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Just read on The Athletic's website that former #1 overall pick Mark Appel is attempting a comeback with the Phillies. He's reporting to Phillies minor league camp

[LowerWolf]

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The Braves announced their opening day roster and it has 14 pitchers. With the 26-man roster, I thought pitchers were capped at 13 per team?

[The Kid 24]

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The Braves announced their opening day roster and it has 14 pitchers. With the 26-man roster, I thought pitchers were capped at 13 per team?

That was only last year.


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Just read on The Athletic's website that former #1 overall pick Mark Appel is attempting a comeback with the Phillies. He's reporting to Phillies minor league camp

Baseball is the worst sport for drafts. At least in basketball, hockey and at times football the guy going #1 is a franchise changing player.

Despite that, I'm surprised the MLB hasn't implemented a rule where you cant have a top pick in consecutive years or a 3 year span. Since 07, we've had 3 instances of teams getting back to back 1st picks (Astros with three years of a top pick, thankfully only 1 panned out), and in Tigers case, 2 in a 3 year span.

In MLB, no guarantee that guy ends up on your roster, even like in Appels case, he went #1 overall and was considered a top 20-30 prospect in baseball. He was even drafted 8th overall the year prior and didnt sign, so he was a multi time top 10 pick.

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Baseball is the worst sport for drafts. At least in basketball, hockey and at times football the guy going #1 is a franchise changing player.

Despite that, I'm surprised the MLB hasn't implemented a rule where you cant have a top pick in consecutive years or a 3 year span. Since 07, we've had 3 instances of teams getting back to back 1st picks (Astros with three years of a top pick, thankfully only 1 panned out), and in Tigers case, 2 in a 3 year span.

In MLB, no guarantee that guy ends up on your roster, even like in Appels case, he went #1 overall and was considered a top 20-30 prospect in baseball. He was even drafted 8th overall the year prior and didnt sign, so he was a multi time top 10 pick.

Franchise changing players don’t really exist in baseball. Trout is the best position player and the Angels haven’t finished over .500 in five years and he’s only been to the playoffs once. Pitchers should be able to have more of an impact but the Mets routinely lose games deGrom starts

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Baseball is the worst sport for drafts. At least in basketball, hockey and at times football the guy going #1 is a franchise changing player.

Despite that, I'm surprised the MLB hasn't implemented a rule where you cant have a top pick in consecutive years or a 3 year span. Since 07, we've had 3 instances of teams getting back to back 1st picks (Astros with three years of a top pick, thankfully only 1 panned out), and in Tigers case, 2 in a 3 year span.

In MLB, no guarantee that guy ends up on your roster, even like in Appels case, he went #1 overall and was considered a top 20-30 prospect in baseball. He was even drafted 8th overall the year prior and didnt sign, so he was a multi time top 10 pick.

I'd like to see MLB reduce the draft to 10 rounds, force teams to really tighten up the way their draft strategy. then after 300 players are drafted, it's a anything goes free-for-all free agent bonanza

MLB is already on the right track by cutting this years draft in half down to 20 rounds but I'm hoping they pare it down even further.

IMO in this case (MLB's draft), less is more

[Majingir]

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I'd like to see MLB reduce the draft to 10 rounds, force teams to really tighten up the way their draft strategy. then after 300 players are drafted, it's a anything goes free-for-all free agent bonanza

MLB is already on the right track by cutting this years draft in half down to 20 rounds but I'm hoping they pare it down even further.

IMO in this case (MLB's draft), less is more

10 rounds and then everyone beyond there is capped at a specific salary so teams dont just offer a ridiculous amount to get everyone left.


Especially with the changes in the minor leagues, do they really need so many rounds when many guys taken later don't even sign?

[Majingir]

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Jays announce they're staying in Dunedin for all of May, weekday games will start at 7:07 (originally scheduled for 6:37pm) and Saturday games will all be night games (originally scheduled as 3pm starts).

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This link contains a list of Opening Day capacity crowds for each team's home ballpark. The fan numbers are essentially estimates for all but Coors Field.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31009930/mlb-season-2021-which-teams-fans-stands-opening-day

I consolidated the list below, but you might want to read up on some of the information they have on each team's. For example, we know that the Rangers will limit capacity after Opening Day, and in Pittsburgh the 20% also includes employees.


Arizona Diamondbacks: 12,000 (25%)
Atlanta Braves: 13,500 (33%)
Baltimore Orioles: 11,000 (25%)
Boston Red Sox: 4,500 (12%)
Chicago Cubs: 8,300 (20%)
Chicago White Sox: 8,100 (20%)
Cincinnati Reds: 12,700 (30%)
Cleveland Indians: 10,500 (30%)
Colorado Rockies: 21,363 (42.6%)
Detroit Tigers: 8,200 (20%)
Houston Astros: 20,500 (50%)
Kansas City Royals: 10,000 (30%)
Los Angeles Angels: 8,650 (20%)
Los Angeles Dodgers: 11,200 (20%)
Miami Marlins: 9,200 (25%)
Milwaukee Brewers: 10,475 (25%)
Minnesota Twins: 10,000 (25%)
New York Mets: 8,400 (20%)
New York Yankees: 10,850 (20%)
Oakland Athletics: 9,400 (20%)
Philadelphia Phillies: 8,600 (20%)
Pittsburgh Pirates: 7,600 (20%)
San Diego Padres: 8,000 (20%)
San Francisco Giants: 8,250 (20%)
Seattle Mariners: 9,000 (20%)
St. Louis Cardinals: 14,600 (32%)
Tampa Bay Rays: 9,000 (20%)
Texas Rangers: 40,518 (100%)
Toronto Blue Jays: 1,275 (15%)
Washington Nationals: 5,000 (12%)


Anyone know if any teams are still leaving cutouts in between real fans?

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Pittsburgh Pirates: 7,600 (20%)

This is about the same as the Buccos would've brought in this year without COVID

Anyone know if any teams are still leaving cutouts in between real fans?

God I hope not. Those things are creepy and actually draw more attention to the weird emptiness than the empty stands themselves would, IMO.

[Majingir]

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This link contains a list of Opening Day capacity crowds for each team's home ballpark. The fan numbers are essentially estimates for all but Coors Field.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31009930/mlb-season-2021-which-teams-fans-stands-opening-day

I consolidated the list below, but you might want to read up on some of the information they have on each team's. For example, we know that the Rangers will limit capacity after Opening Day, and in Pittsburgh the 20% also includes employees.


Arizona Diamondbacks: 12,000 (25%)
Atlanta Braves: 13,500 (33%)
Baltimore Orioles: 11,000 (25%)
Boston Red Sox: 4,500 (12%)
Chicago Cubs: 8,300 (20%)
Chicago White Sox: 8,100 (20%)
Cincinnati Reds: 12,700 (30%)
Cleveland Indians: 10,500 (30%)
Colorado Rockies: 21,363 (42.6%)
Detroit Tigers: 8,200 (20%)
Houston Astros: 20,500 (50%)
Kansas City Royals: 10,000 (30%)
Los Angeles Angels: 8,650 (20%)
Los Angeles Dodgers: 11,200 (20%)
Miami Marlins: 9,200 (25%)
Milwaukee Brewers: 10,475 (25%)
Minnesota Twins: 10,000 (25%)
New York Mets: 8,400 (20%)
New York Yankees: 10,850 (20%)
Oakland Athletics: 9,400 (20%)
Philadelphia Phillies: 8,600 (20%)
Pittsburgh Pirates: 7,600 (20%)
San Diego Padres: 8,000 (20%)
San Francisco Giants: 8,250 (20%)
Seattle Mariners: 9,000 (20%)
St. Louis Cardinals: 14,600 (32%)
Tampa Bay Rays: 9,000 (20%)
Texas Rangers: 40,518 (100%)
Toronto Blue Jays: 1,275 (15%)
Washington Nationals: 5,000 (12%)


Anyone know if any teams are still leaving cutouts in between real fans?

Jays are doing cutouts for theirs. Although diff circumstances obviously.

But I'm surprised they have the lowest percentage of all teams. Given they're in Florida, thought they would've had a higher number, like 25% or more.