MLB Off-Topic

[Blzer]

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Man that is going to be a geographical nightmare if they go to 8 - 4 team divisions, although I’m sure it won’t be that much tougher than going from 4 to 6

The NFL seems to manage.

And I'm saying that sarcastically. The Kansas City Chiefs are in the AFC West, the Dallas Cowboys are in the NFC East (even while the Rams were in St. Louis and still an NFC West team), and the Indianapolis Colts are in the AFC South despite being further north than the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals (both in the AFC North).

Though if the MLB wants to truly do that, just get rid of "American" and "National." Hell, they already want everyone to have the DH, so why not??

Again, I say this sarcastically. **** that.

[TheMatrix31]

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The Wild Card was introduced and worked well to create a situation where we could avoid a problem of "well what if two great teams are in one division? Is it right one gets eliminated."

Three division winners. One wild card to fix that problem. And either way a series.

So what did they do? Expand playoffs, create two wild cards, give all the benefit to the second one who could be 10 games behind the other wild card *AND* make it a one game thing as if baseball is determined by one game like football?

And now people want even more teams and even more fake "contenders?"

Literally insane course of decision-making. But hey, if you wanna delegitimize the regular season even more than it ready has been.

[Blzer]

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The Wild Card was introduced and worked well to create a situation where we could avoid a problem of "well what if two great teams are in one division? Is it right one gets eliminated."

Three division winners. One wild card to fix that problem. And either way a series.

So what did they do? Expand playoffs, create two wild cards, give all the benefit to the second one who could be 10 games behind the other wild card *AND* make it a one game thing as if baseball is determined by one game like football?

And now people want even more teams and even more fake "contenders?"

Literally insane course of decision-making. But hey, if you wanna delegitimize the regular season even more than it ready has been.

Shh, it's okay... we're all hurting inside, I know. This may not seem like it helps, but it does. It does.

Spoiler

Yeah, three winners and a wild card, I agree. Perhaps consider the WC not automatically playing the 1-seed if they have a better record than either of the other first place teams, though.

[KSUowls]

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Shh, it's okay... we're all hurting inside, I know. This may not seem like it helps, but it does. It does.

This is photoshopped. Never happened.

[canes21]

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This is photoshopped. Never happened.

I wish this were the case. I was there(not throwing stuff on the field) and had to endure it in person. I won't say the umps didn't deserve some of the treatment they got that night.

[fugazi]

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yeah, it's definitely not because of where the Angels reside. Shohei doesn't have any problem getting the rockstar treatment. I haven't seen a player as vanilla as Trout since Pete Sampras retired. Trout would be a bigger presence on the Weather Channel than in baseball. he could be the Millville Meteorologist instead of the Millville Meteor lol

There was plenty of hype and press for Vlad JR, Ohtani, etc...and outside of playing, they didn't do much to promote themselves.

[Dead2009]

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Baltimore Orioles' Chris Davis retires, citing hip injury

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32008255/baltimore-orioles-chris-davis-retires-citing-hip-injury

FINALLY! I know it's not right to celebrate someone going out because of injury but this dude literally handcuffed the team for years. He got his big money contract and NEVER put up the type of numbers afterwards. Always struck out and was constantly injured.

[Jr.]

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Cubs released Jake Arrieta and DFA'd Kyle Ryan today

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[Majingir]

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Cubs released Jake Arrieta and DFA'd Kyle Ryan today

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Just watch the Yankees pick him up and suddenly he pitches like its 2015.

[DamnYanks2]

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Just watch the Yankees pick him up and suddenly he pitches like its 2015.

Couldn't be much worse then Andrew Heaney. Still don't understand that one.

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[Majingir]

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With the field of dreams game happening, they're bring up a small debate.

Do you say "have a catch" or "play catch".

I've always said the latter.

[IndianSummer]

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Play catch.
I am definitely looking forward to the Cornfield Classic tonight.

[Blzer]

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Why is it that every time I see a pitch called a strike that isn't between the knees (but is actually in the zone), the batter almost always seems to rubberneck it, even when it's not all that borderline?

Are they actually believing the location of the pitch based on where the catcher caught it, and they're not using their eyes for where it actually crossed the plate?

I'd understand if the crowd or the dugouts can't see the strike for what it is, but this is a 95% occurrence thing that I notice. They almost always seem to not know their own strike zone and just trust what the catcher does.

Strangely enough, when I play I never stare a ball all the way in as to watch the catcher actually catch the ball, so I really see this as a foreign concept which I'll never understand.

[TripleCrown9]

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Turns out last year, a different woman also had a temporary order of protection against Trevor Bauer.

[Rocket32]

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Turns out last year, a different woman also had a temporary order of protection against Trevor Bauer.

How is this getting even worse? The details on that are just as sickening as the first. This is going into ‘he’s a total psychopath’ territory quick.