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I don't think Votto is that good of a comp. for Tony Gwynn and it has nothing to do with batting average or strikeouts. It has more to do with Gwynn being reluctant to take BBs and Votto being plenty willing to never take the bat off its moorings. Gwynn walked in 7.7% of his career plate appearances, which is quite mediocre for an elite hitter in this day and age. Votto is at 16.2 BB%, or more than double Gwynn. To me, this makes Tony Gwynn that much more ridiculous of a comparison because he was up there to get hits and swing the bat. Pitchers weren't trying to avoid him like they do with major power hitters. It played into Tony's hands for sure.Chicago Cubs | Chicago Bulls | Green Bay Packers | Michigan WolverinesComment
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I was simply listing guys that are more concerned with contact over powerComment
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There's a chance we could see bullpen carts returning as early as this year. I hope it happens.
As Major League Baseball and the Players Association try to reach a new deal on pace-of-play rules ahead of the 2018 season, one specific part of the proposal should intrigue pitchers and fans alike across the game.MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is considering the union's request to reintroduce bullpen carts as early as this season, according to multiple reports.Bullpen carts were officially introduced in a game in 1951 by former Chicago White Sox reliever Marv Rotblatt. While a few teams followed in the team`s footsteps, fans and media initially disapproved of the use of carts during games. Still, it took off, and by 1970 carts were all the rage. The bullpen buggy: a 1970s staple. #TBT A post shared by Kansas City Royals (@kcroyals) on Oct 20, 2016 at 9:18am PDT This Astros bullpen car is basically the greatest thing in the history of ever. I'm going to need a moment. pic.twitter.com/PlcOikCyJ8— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) October 16, 2016 1982: The Mariners introduce a nautically themed bullpen conveyance called the Tugboat. #mlb #Mariners pic.twitter.com/FmQG6FDbdK— Baseball (@baseballminutia) August 14, 2016 By 1980, teams got so wildly creative with the design of their carts that certain pitchers refused to use them to enter games. The trend eventually died down, and was removed from baseball altogether.On Thursday, Manfred told reporters the league is willing to avoid implementing a pitch clock in 2018 if the length of games lowers to 2:55 or shorter. However, if the MLBPA and Manfred fail to come to an agreement, the commissioner could unilaterally make the pitch clock mandatory this season.Comment
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There's a chance we could see bullpen carts returning as early as this year. I hope it happens.
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1478564I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
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There's a chance we could see bullpen carts returning as early as this year. I hope it happens.
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1478564
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk"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
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Baseball players lack personality!
Let's take away one of the few things that show their personality!
....imagine Enter Sandman hitting and instead of Mariano Rivera coming out like the ****in' GOAT, he's in one of those stupid ****ing carts instead.Comment
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But they could have a cam set up in the cart, and they could film an instagram story of the reliever getting himself all pumped up in the cart. All sorts of quirky stickers and bobbleheads in the cart to show team personality. Sponsored by Snickers. #TheRideComment
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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers HornsbyComment
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I don't think I know what song any reliever on my team runs out to. Makes no difference. The jog doesn't add any personality except maybe for a Heath Bell who sprinted to the mound. The cart might be a dumb idea but it has nothing to do with personality.Originally posted by G PericoIf I ain't got it, then I gotta take it
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no one hates their sport more than Baseball.Wolverines Packers Cubs Celtics
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I was so pissed when I finally got to visit Yankee Stadium and saw that Mariano wasn't available to pitch that day. I was dying to see him come into a game live in person.
I saw Trevor Hoffman enter in person in San Diego. God that was incredibly bad ***.
We talk about the fans "being bored" and making the game fun for fans, well few things are guaranteed to pump up the crowd more than their team's closer coming in to shut the door on the game with their trademark music playing. Driving in on a cartoon cart? Eh, not so much.
I don't know, I think it's "little" production things like this that come together to make a full package. I hate that wrestling, for example, has absolutely lost sight of "the little things." I don't want that to happen here too, but it's happening with this and all the other **** that gets floated around by the tyrant in charge and the baseball media behind him.Last edited by TheMatrix31; 02-03-2018, 08:39 PM.Comment
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