MLB Off-Topic

[l3ulvl]

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I got the division right but had the wrong pair of teammates.

My guess.

Spoiler

Derek Jeter and Alfonso Soriano.

How could I forget Bill Mueller?

I'm embarrassed to admit I thought Darin Erstad was involved somehow. My brain fails really hard sometimes. I didn't even think of a second player

[Blzer]

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I'm embarrassed to admit I thought Darin Erstad was involved somehow. My brain fails really hard sometimes. I didn't even think of a second player

The thought never crossed my mind that he was ever a .300 hitter. I thought he was more relevant in the 90s than the 2000s anyway.

EDIT: Suspicion confirmed, highest BA was .299 haha. I had no idea he played till 2009 though. I thought he retired early-mid 2000s for some reason. I don't even remember him on the White Sox or Astros. I don't even know if I remember him in a red Angels jersey, just the blue pinstriped one (my personal favorite of theirs).

[CMH]

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Baseball needs to figure out a time when they can move the HOF commencement and speeches to when baseball isn't happening or the trade deadline is not approaching.

I think baseball should do it the week of the All-Star game. Perhaps not play any games on Sunday and have the HOF speech that nite so fans can make a weekend out of it. Perhaps make it the Wednesday or Thursday after the ASG so that could be a talking point for the players.

Either way, it's a disservice to such a great night. I heard on the Braves telecast that they told the HOFers to limit their speech to 10 minutes...last year they got 15, before it used to be 20? Getting inducted into the HOF ought to be a huge day and telling them to shut up so the trade deadline deals get more press is just wrong.

The Hall doesn't really care.

Does it give them some press? Sure. But they know the real action is the talk about who will make the Hall. Once it's announced, the Hall could give zero ****s.

The players don't really matter to them.

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[Majingir]

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Nope, the earliest I expect him is mid-late May next year.

Part of me wouldn't be surprised if he's on the big league roster to start the season.


But on the note of Vlad Jr, he's being promoted to AAA on Sunday. Funny how Cooperstown is almost right in the middle of New Hampshire(AA team) and Buffalo(AAA team). So instead of a 4 hour drive east back to New Hampshire, he's going 4 hours west to Buffalo.

[TheMatrix31]

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Baseball needs to figure out a time when they can move the HOF commencement and speeches to when baseball isn't happening or the trade deadline is not approaching.

I think baseball should do it the week of the All-Star game. Perhaps not play any games on Sunday and have the HOF speech that nite so fans can make a weekend out of it. Perhaps make it the Wednesday or Thursday after the ASG so that could be a talking point for the players.

Either way, it's a disservice to such a great night. I heard on the Braves telecast that they told the HOFers to limit their speech to 10 minutes...last year they got 15, before it used to be 20? Getting inducted into the HOF ought to be a huge day and telling them to shut up so the trade deadline deals get more press is just wrong.

They should have HOF Saturday across baseball with viewing parties at the stadiums that have games that day.

The HOF ceremony itself starts at, say, 10am Pacific Time.

Then a full slate of baseball starting at, say, 2:30pm Pacific Time.


As for the Trade Deadline, they should have all day games on July 31 all finishing up and dedicate the entire evening to the trade deadline and broadcast it, with the deadline itself happening at some time during the evening.

There. Two "eventizations" of regular yearly baseball calendar items.

[kehlis]

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They should have HOF Saturday across baseball with viewing parties at the stadiums that have games that day.

The HOF ceremony itself starts at, say, 10am Pacific Time.

Then a full slate of baseball starting at, say, 2:30pm Pacific Time.


As for the Trade Deadline, they should have all day games on July 31 all finishing up and dedicate the entire evening to the trade deadline and broadcast it, with the deadline itself happening at some time during the evening.

There. Two "eventizations" of regular yearly baseball calendar items.

I like the idea above for the Hall of Fame, it makes all the sense in the world to me.

The idea regarding the trading deadline wouldn't work unless they moved the deadline day around year to year.

You can't ask a team who may have played a night game in the west the night before and then traveled to the East to play a day game (among other potential issues since the 31st could potentially be any day of the week).

If they made the deadline something like the last Sunday of July then it could potentially work though I don't really think it's necessary.

[TheMatrix31]

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I like the idea above for the Hall of Fame, it makes all the sense in the world to me.

The idea regarding the trading deadline wouldn't work unless they moved the deadline day around year to year.

You can't ask a team who may have played a night game in the west the night before and then traveled to the East to play a day game (among other potential issues since the 31st could potentially be any day of the week).

If they made the deadline something like the last Sunday of July then it could potentially work though I don't really think it's necessary.

Yeah, just ideas of course. I think it would be fun. Make the trade deadline something. Of course baseball trade deadline means jack **** with the waiver deadline a month later.

[ShowTyme15]

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Braves announcer Joe Simpson goes on a weird rant about the Dodgers batting practice attire.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/29/braves-announcer-goes-on-ridiculous-rant-about-dodgers-batting-practice-attire/

[Sportsforever]

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Braves announcer Joe Simpson goes on a weird rant about the Dodgers batting practice attire.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/29...actice-attire/

I'm not necessarily agreeing with Simpson (he is a true "old man" when it comes to stuff), but I don't think that means he doesn't have some kind of point. I played baseball through college and there was a uniform for warm up, for BP, etc, If I was to coach a team now, I'd require everyone to look the same in BP/warm ups. That's the point of being a team...you look like it. I think he's going overboard with his point, but at the same time it doesn't look professional (I wonder how other teams do it...I haven't watched MLB BP in years).

BTW - I wish he'd stop worrying about how unprofessional the Dodgers look in BP and instead worry about how unprofessional the Braves look on the field right now. I'd say that's a heck of a lot more important.

[canes21]

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Everyone should wear the same uniform. It isn't about the message on the shirt, but the media loves making it a big part of the story.

[ShowTyme15]

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I'm not necessarily agreeing with Simpson (he is a true "old man" when it comes to stuff), but I don't think that means he doesn't have some kind of point. I played baseball through college and there was a uniform for warm up, for BP, etc, If I was to coach a team now, I'd require everyone to look the same in BP/warm ups. That's the point of being a team...you look like it. I think he's going overboard with his point, but at the same time it doesn't look professional (I wonder how other teams do it...I haven't watched MLB BP in years).

BTW - I wish he'd stop worrying about how unprofessional the Dodgers look in BP and instead worry about how unprofessional the Braves look on the field right now. I'd say that's a heck of a lot more important.

There are other teams that do the same thing. I've personally seen Dbacks players do it at games I've gone to at Chase Field. I've seen a few teams do it during spring training as well.

I wasn't disagreeing with him either, but I agree he went overboard on it. Almost like the "get off of my lawn" guy.

[CBoller1331]

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Braves announcer Joe Simpson goes on a weird rant about the Dodgers batting practice attire.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/29...actice-attire/

lol....Kike's response

[TripleCrown9]

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I couldn't care less what the players wear during BP or practice.

[Speedy]

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Braves announcer Joe Simpson goes on a weird rant about the Dodgers batting practice attire.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/07/29...actice-attire/

Joe hates analytics, always harping how bad the game is relative to today...there is good with Joe when he provides insights on gameplay, the bad is just about everything else. I think last year he talked about annoying the organ player was in losses. When Jon Sciambi was the lead play-by-play guy and tried to talk about WAR or other sabermetrics, Joe would immediately dismiss it by saying there were made up stats made up by a guy in his mom's basement.

There's good with Joe, there's bad with Joe.

[SPTO]

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Eh, I can see Simpson's point but to call it an embarrassment is overdoing it.