MLB Off-Topic

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by DieHardYankee26

https://twitter.com/jmeans25/status/1220045493960613892?s=21 Glad we have players coming out and basically saying cheating is worth it with these penalties. Good job Manfred. Cliff Corcoran in the Athletic on the new 3 batter rule: Spoiler However, while there were 2,162 pitching appearances that lasted fewer than three batters in 2019, 1,471 of them concluded with the end of an inning or the end of the game. That leaves just 691 appearances that the three-batter minimum would have extended, and that’s before searching that sample for outings that ended in injury and thus also would have been exempt from the rule. Over the course of the 2,429 major-league games played in 2019, those 691 pitching appearances work out to just one every 3 1/2 games. If, in every case, the new rule eliminated the mid-inning pitching change entirely, it would have made the average time of a major-league game in 2019 (drumroll, please) … 34 seconds shorter. Thirty. Four. Seconds. After rounding, the rule would have reduced the average time of game from a record of 3:10 to a record of 3:09.

I've said it before but if people just dont like baseball it wont matter if a game last 3 hours or 1 hour, they are not gonna watch. Joe Maddon got it right, it's more about the pace of play than the length of the actual game.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Jeter and Larry Walker whatever. Both are fine.

What concerns me is that Raul Ibanez only got one vote.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

I've said it before but if people just dont like baseball it wont matter if a game last 3 hours or 1 hour, they are not gonna watch. Joe Maddon got it right, it's more about the pace of play than the length of the actual game.

I think the only people that talk about the length of games anymore are talking heads. Manfred started focusing on the lack of action a couple of years ago when they got rid of throwing intentional walk pitches.

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[TheMatrix31]

It's not about game length or pace of play.

It's about people in charge of determining what's cool determining baseball is not. Period.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

It's not about game length or pace of play. It's about people in charge of determining what's cool determining baseball is not. Period.

Thanks, once again, for telling all of us what's right and what's wrong. I don't know what this site would do without your infinite wisdom

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[Speedy]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

What concerns me is that Raul Ibanez only got one vote.

I trust this is sarcasm.

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[ImTellinTim]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

Saw earlier that with Pat Mahomes making the Super Bowl, the Detroit Tigers have drafted more Super Bowl QBs than the Detroit Lions.

Well technically Charlie Batch has 2 rings!

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by Speedy

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But of course.

My favorite part of the HoF ballots is those 2-3 guys who are career journeymen that somehow receive a vote or two from their hometown beat writers or whomever. I almost wonder if someone is out there just not wanting guys to get zero votes.