MLB Off-Topic

[Caulfield]

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did baseball etiquette dictate he plunk him with a precise 84 mph circle changeup to the hip next time he was up?

no. Maddux didn't play for Ozzie Guillen.

[dubcity]

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Thank God for baseball writers and old school etiquette. Otherwise the sport might be in trouble or something.

[TripleCrown9]

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A visual of Camden Yards' new left field. Can't wait to see the chaos that corner by the bullpen causes.

[Blzer]

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Wow! That's all kinds of fun.

Just wait till they bring it back in, though. This is the first time in a long time that I remember a ballpark pushing fences back instead of in.

[reyes the roof]

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Wow! That's all kinds of fun.

Just wait till they bring it back in, though. This is the first time in a long time that I remember a ballpark pushing fences back instead of in.

A theory I’ve heard thrown around is they have a lot of left handed pitching in their farm so they’re anticipating facing a lot of righties and they pushed it out because of that.

[Majingir]

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A visual of Camden Yards' new left field. Can't wait to see the chaos that corner by the bullpen causes.

Soon every AL East ballpark will have it's own thing.

Fenway obviously with the green monster, triangle and short/deep RF.

Tropicana with whatever that catwalk rule is

Now Camden with that weird LF.

What's next? Jays having part of the outfield being underneath the entire OF section of seats so that if it's a flyball it's a home run, but a liner will just end up being hit under the seats likely for a double (or more, unless the guy can throw far without elevating his throw).

Actually, I shouldn't give them ideas.

[Majingir]

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A theory I’ve heard thrown around is they have a lot of left handed pitching in their farm so they’re anticipating facing a lot of righties and they pushed it out because of that.

I know baseball is different, and both teams have to hit and field just the same, but I've always found ballparks to often provide such crazy home field advantages. When you have things like a short OF porch, or a green monster, or some of the other things we see, especially in the world of analytics and launch angles and all that, you can definitely change the way your team is built to revolve around a ballpark.

For better or worse, you don't see that in basketball or hockey or football.

[TripleCrown9]

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The Astros AAA affiliate is changing their name from the Sugar Land Skeeters to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys.

[Speedy]

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Where will the other bullpen go?

[TripleCrown9]

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Where will the other bullpen go?

If you're referring to Baltimore, I assume they'll stay the same. They're stacked right now, and they still look stacked in the rendering. I don't see why that would have to be changed.

[Master Live 013]

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Deaths of woman, 2-year-old son in fall at San Diego Padres' Petco Park ruled suicide, homicide

Tragic.

[Blzer]

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I didn't know that had happened. What a selfish individual to end the life of her son. Give her up to somebody before doing something like that.

Just ruined my night. R.I.P. Denzel.

[zello144]

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I know baseball is different, and both teams have to hit and field just the same, but I've always found ballparks to often provide such crazy home field advantages. When you have things like a short OF porch, or a green monster, or some of the other things we see, especially in the world of analytics and launch angles and all that, you can definitely change the way your team is built to revolve around a ballpark.

For better or worse, you don't see that in basketball or hockey or football.

That's what I love about baseball. Your stadium impacts how your team plays and their numbers you don't see that in any other sport. I hope the A's get a new stadium and the front office has some input on the dimensions they'd be unstoppable.

[bhurst99]

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Apparently, MLB has killed the stupid plan to split Tampa Bay between Tampa and Montreal that Tampa kept pushing. I'm sure it had to have been discussed in contract negotiations with the MLBPA.

[kehlis]

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Apparently, MLB has killed the stupid plan to split Tampa Bay between Tampa and Montreal that Tampa kept pushing. I'm sure it had to have been discussed in contract negotiations with the MLBPA.

That would have been so awful for the players. Glad it’s nixed.