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  • jb12780
    Hall of Fame
    • Oct 2008
    • 10665
    #3781
    Re: MLB Off-Topic

    He'll be fine until he has to run to 1st.

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      • SPTO
        binging
        • Feb 2003
        • 68046
        #3782
        Re: MLB Off-Topic

        Originally posted by jb12780
        He'll be fine until he has to run to 1st.

        Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk
        Do the Red Sox play at Coors this year? He'd be wheezing his way to 1st and need oxygen in the dugout.

        I kid, I kid.....or not.
        Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club

        "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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          • dubcity
            Hall Of Fame
            • May 2012
            • 17872
            #3783
            Re: MLB Off-Topic

            Originally posted by SPTO
            Do the Red Sox play at Coors this year? He'd be wheezing his way to 1st and need oxygen in the dugout.





            I kid, I kid.....or not.

            Just tell him the 1st base coach has a doughnut in his pocket. And not the ones they out on baseball bats.

            And no, fat jokes about professional athletes are not tasteless, lol. Especially when they have that much dough.

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              • Speedy
                #Ace
                • Apr 2008
                • 16143
                #3784
                Re: MLB Off-Topic

                Originally posted by CMH
                I won't disagree that it's annoying but maybe the issue isn't how often there are pitching changes but how long it takes to make them.

                You're right, 15-20 minutes for an inning is ridiculous. The walk to the mound is too long. The amount of warm up pitches is too much. The need to talk to the pitcher AGAIN after those warm up pitches is unnecessary. Either talk in the beginning or after.

                It can all be packaged so much better.

                First step I would make mandatory: the new pitcher must come in as the manager steps onto the field. No need to signal anyone. You call it in and the change begins.

                If this doesn't happen, the change is disallowed (exception being injury) and the pitcher on the mound must face the hitter.

                There are phones, the catcher is in constant communication with the manager. Most already know what's happening next. Lefty is coming in to face the Lefty. Let's stop with the show. Call it in. Tell the catcher to call timeout. New pitcher comes in from Centerfield or wherever as the manager grabs the ball from the mound.

                Next, as soon as the pitcher takes the ball, he starts warming up. If the manager says anything to him, it's considered a mound visit. Move it along. Warm up.

                Third, 5 warm up pitches. They don't need 8. They've been warming up in the pen.

                Lastly, if the first conversation didn't happen, only now can one occur between catcher and pitcher. And it's 30 seconds long, max AND considered a visit.

                Play ball.
                I like it, YP...we're in the 21st century so let's stop with the hand signals.

                I do like your tidbit about the mound visit and the MGR talking to him. That definitely would speed things up.
                Originally posted by Gibson88
                Anyone who asked for an ETA is not being Master of their Domain.
                It's hard though...especially when I got my neighbor playing their franchise across the street...maybe I will occupy myself with Glamore Magazine.

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                  • slickdtc
                    Grayscale
                    • Aug 2004
                    • 17125
                    #3785
                    MLB Off-Topic

                    I like how you reference him as YP.

                    Your name may have changed, but we know where your allegiance lies Mr. Pride!
                    NHL - Philadelphia Flyers
                    NFL - Buffalo Bills
                    MLB - Cincinnati Reds

                    Originally posted by Money99
                    And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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                      • CMH
                        Making you famous
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 26203
                        #3786
                        Re: MLB Off-Topic

                        Haha. I'm a fan of the team most responsible for this nonsense.
                        "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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                          • Knight165
                            *ll St*r
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 24964
                            #3787
                            Re: MLB Off-Topic

                            Should be mandatory!





                            M.K.
                            Knight165
                            All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                              • Master Live 013
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Oct 2013
                                • 12327
                                #3788
                                Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                Last year MLB said they were going to dispense with the whole designated person in the clubhouse giving the ok to the manager before he formally asked for a replay. That didn't happened. So I'll believe it when I see it.
                                OSHA Inspector for the NBA.

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                                  • Majingir
                                    Moderator
                                    • Apr 2005
                                    • 47473
                                    #3789
                                    Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                    Originally posted by Master Live 013
                                    Last year MLB said they were going to dispense with the whole designated person in the clubhouse giving the ok to the manager before he formally asked for a replay. That didn't happened. So I'll believe it when I see it.
                                    And who could forget the whole stepping out of the batters box rule implementation. The rule dropped the second the season started.

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                                      • BleacherBum2310
                                        All Star
                                        • Aug 2010
                                        • 7107
                                        #3790
                                        Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                        Originally posted by jb12780
                                        http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...165116380.html

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                                        *whisper i still don't think pace of play is a problem.
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                                          • kehlis
                                            Moderator
                                            • Jul 2008
                                            • 27738
                                            #3791
                                            Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                            Originally posted by BleacherBum2310
                                            *whisper i still don't think pace of play is a problem.
                                            I wish more people would shout it.

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                                              • BunnyHardaway
                                                Banned
                                                • Nov 2004
                                                • 15195
                                                #3792
                                                Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                                I actually like longer games, especially ones I go to. Just something about being able to sit there for a few hours and take it in is really relaxing.

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                                                  • Majingir
                                                    Moderator
                                                    • Apr 2005
                                                    • 47473
                                                    #3793
                                                    Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                                    When you're at a game live, it does seem like time flies quickly. But watching it on tv, feels like it lasts much longer, not so much in a good way.

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                                                      • kehlis
                                                        Moderator
                                                        • Jul 2008
                                                        • 27738
                                                        #3794
                                                        Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                                        *in your opinion

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                                                          • 19
                                                            Chaos Theory
                                                            • Aug 2008
                                                            • 8859
                                                            #3795
                                                            Re: MLB Off-Topic

                                                            Abraham Almonte suspended 80 games for PEDs. Can't believe guys are still getting popped for this stuff. SMH.

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