MLB Off-Topic

[DieHardYankee26]

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That's a ridiculous suggestion.

[Blzer]

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I've heard suggestions that they may not be testing as aggressively for PEDs as they used to.

[Majingir]

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ESPN has no candidates to replace him as of now. If i'm ESPN I go big on this and try to land Matt Vasgersian.

I selfishly wouldn't want that. I like the Matt/Buck pairing on the international feed of FOX playoff games. That was way better than the one people in USA have to listen to.

[Master Live 013]

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So i'm a few days late on this but I don't think anyone's mentioned it here. I know there's a segment of people in this forum who aren't big fans of him so you should be happy. Dan Shulman will be leaving Sunday Night Baseball at the conclusion of this season. He's getting remarried and is re prioritizing his life and has reworked his contract with ESPN to the point that he will only work around 60 dates a year. (college BBall, a limited schedule of weekday MLB games) He will also continue his association with the Blue Jays locally as well.

ESPN has no candidates to replace him as of now. If i'm ESPN I go big on this and try to land Matt Vasgersian.

Bring Jon Miller back!

[SPTO]

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https://www.theringer.com/2017/6/14/...l-155cd21108bc

Good article from Ben Lindbergh on how the changed ball is [probably] the primary culprit for the home run explosion.

It's garnered a lot of talk here, some suggestions about what's going on:

1. The seams are lower and the balls are being wound a lot tighter than they used to be.

2. The actual cowhide/leather may not be the same as it used to be.

3. This one is intriguing, but it could be a byproduct of using a clean pristine ball in play all the time. Back in the day balls didn't get thrown out seemingly on every other pitch like they are today and thus the balls wouldn't have so much "jump" to them.

[Mabster]

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I thought the talk about the seams was that they were higher, causing the inordinate amount of blisters.

[Jr.]

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It's garnered a lot of talk here, some suggestions about what's going on:

1. The seams are lower and the balls are being wound a lot tighter than they used to be.

2. The actual cowhide/leather may not be the same as it used to be.

3. This one is intriguing, but it could be a byproduct of using a clean pristine ball in play all the time. Back in the day balls didn't get thrown out seemingly on every other pitch like they are today and thus the balls wouldn't have so much "jump" to them.

#3 isn't the issue for this year. They've been throwing out baseball like trash for 15+ years now.

[Speedy]

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ESPN has no candidates to replace him as of now. If i'm ESPN I go big on this and try to land Matt Vasgersian.

You take that back right now.

I do not want Matty V. going to ESPN...what else would I watch in the morning?

[TheMatrix31]

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I would give up (at least) 5 of the top 10 Braves prospects for Stanton and I wouldn't ****ing think twice about it.

[Chip Douglass]

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I would give up (at least) 5 of the top 10 Braves prospects for Stanton and I wouldn't ****ing think twice about it.

...so you'd mortgage the Braves' future for a guy who could opt-out after 3 years. Okay.

And didn't Stanton just clear waivers? He's amazing, obviously, but no team in baseball is taking on that contract without the Marlins paying down some of it.

[TheMatrix31]

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If the farm system is as deep as the fetishists claim, then it shouldn't be too bad.

Either way it's pointless to say, since the Braves are a cheap organization locked into a terrible TV deal for 10 more years and they would never go close to a guy with Stanton's contract.

[ShowTyme15]

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The Cubs recently gave Rick Renteria a World Series ring.

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/08/17/the-cubs-gave-rick-renteria-a-world-series-ring/

[countryboy]

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The Cubs recently gave Rick Renteria a World Series ring.



http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/08/17/...d-series-ring/

Cubs giving World Series rings to everybody


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[NDAlum]

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100% believe the baseball has been changed.

Pitcher velocities will also go up due to the lowered seams. Then the ball is coming off the bat faster.

Even players have discussed it

The ball is juiced

More K's, more HR's, bigger MPH, more excitement

[wco81]

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Can the juiced ball alone account for Justin Turner's last 3 years?

All this new found power late in his career?