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Re: Baseball

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:23 pm
by RainbowsandUnicorns

Re: Baseball

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:16 am
by Sparko
The length of games was never an issue. Maybe having four teams with all the good players was a bigger problem?

Re: Baseball

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:05 pm
by defixione

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:27 am
by jfish26
Sparko wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:16 am The length of games was never an issue. Maybe having four teams with all the good players was a bigger problem?
Length of games wasn't an issue, but pace certainly was. As is (was?) the all-three-true-outcomes-all-the-time style of play.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 12:26 pm
by Sparko
The replay rule an the timeouts could have been reined in a bit. I like that some of the exotic pitching motions are balks too.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:48 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns
Diaz. Not funny. Although, when I think of the Mets it's sort of less not funny.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:59 pm
by jhawks99
Some 20 year old Japanese pitcher just struck out Mike Trout.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:25 pm
by NewtonHawk11
Japan makes baseball fun

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:49 pm
by NewtonHawk11
That was fucking incredible.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:00 am
by jhawks99
Was it wrong of me to be pulling for Japan last night? It was fun.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:01 am
by Sparko
jhawks99 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:59 pm Some 20 year old Japanese pitcher just struck out Mike Trout.
Sounds familiar though. See 2014.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:46 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns

Re: Baseball

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:32 pm
by RainbowsandUnicorns

Re: Baseball

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:13 pm
by Shirley

Re: Baseball

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:32 pm
by Back2Lawrence
If innings are shorter, shouldn’t they actual take it to the sixth inning? I mean, in the spirit of why the sales stop in the first place.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:34 pm
by Shirley
Back2Lawrence wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:32 pm
If innings are shorter, shouldn’t they actual take it to the sixth inning? I mean, in the spirit of why the sales stop in the first place.
Fans are going to be forced to drink faster!

Re: Baseball

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 9:29 am
by Back2Lawrence
Feral wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:34 pm
Back2Lawrence wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:32 pm
If innings are shorter, shouldn’t they actual take it to the sixth inning? I mean, in the spirit of why the sales stop in the first place.
Fans are going to be forced to drink faster!
There is no fast enough watching today’s baseball.

-sincerely curmudgeon who once liked baseball

Re: Baseball

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:14 pm
by KUTradition
Dodgers resign player diagnosed with schizophrenia just so he can access their healthcare services (no plans for him to play)

good on them

Re: Baseball

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:59 pm
by jfish26
KUTradition wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:14 pm Dodgers resign player diagnosed with schizophrenia just so he can access their healthcare services (no plans for him to play)

good on them
It's been going on for a while now. Yes, good on them.

Re: Baseball

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:56 am
by KUTradition
jfish26 wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:59 pm
KUTradition wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:14 pm Dodgers resign player diagnosed with schizophrenia just so he can access their healthcare services (no plans for him to play)

good on them
It's been going on for a while now. Yes, good on them.
i know he’s been “with” the team since 2018 - are there similar instances prior to this?