Pretty sure you got over it in 1961 and 1962. And if you forgot, the 18 other WS titles before 1960.
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That depends on whether or not you hate losing more than you love winning.
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Iâm not sure I like the pace now. At least not yet. One of the nice things about baseball used to be that you could do something else while watching (whether on TV or in person) and your internal clock would pretty much tell you when you should look to expect a pitch. The pitches are too close together now to do much of anything else.
The radio crew on the White Sox game didnât seem to have the timing down, either. They kept having to interrupt themselves to cover what was happening.
Also, the White Sox looked far too close to last year today. They left 10 runners on base and didnât score in the first 7 innings.
Obscure baseball record tied yesterday:
Cards outfielder (and Vancouver native) Tyler OâNeill became only the fourth MLB player to hit a home run in four consecutive opening day games. The other three were Yogi Berra, Gary Carter and Todd Hundley.
What immediately struck me about the record, and I was surprised it was not commented upon, was that Berra, Carter and Hundley all played the same position: catcher. OâNeill broke the mould.
One final note on the Cardsâ game: 41 year old right-hander Adam Wainwright sang the US national anthem. Nice touch.
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Considering most of my baseball these days is watching the ESPN gamecast I certainly like the faster pace
I am 100% in on the pace. Itâs back to where it should be. The stepping out every pitch for tugging on gloves got out of hand. Funny how the SB is coming back.I think they projected it would double and on opening day it may have been up 4x. Small sample but stealing bases becoming valuable again is good.
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WRT to SB I heard last year 6 of 11 attempts on opening day were successful, but yesterday it was 21 of 23.
If that rate keeps up expect a ton of stolen bases this year as over 90% success rate is phenomenal.
They said at least one (and possibly more) were a direct result of the larger bases on a bang-bang play, but the biggest factor was the 2 throws only to first.
Speculation on MLB radio is we might start seeing the return of the pitch out and you may see 3rd throws over to first hoping to get guys leaning if they are just going to take 2nd anyway.
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Learn from the NFL and NBA.
More action and higher scoring equals better ratings and more money.
The purists who admire a 1-0 or 2-1 game are few and far between. They can go watch soccer.
Baseball is going to die if MLB doesnât improve the product for the masses.
Iâve watched baseball for a long time. I have no problem with any of the recent rules changes. But it is fun to analyze what kind of effect it has on the field.
Those are the objectives of the game? TIL
I wouldnât call them the objectives of the game. Iâd call them the objectives of the league if and only if MLB wants to be a major sport in 2050.
If you think that you can convince 30 billionaires that itâs ok for their multi-billion dollar franchises to depreciate to multi-million dollar assets over the next few decades, then we can still have plate appearances that take 7 minutes each, and 30 minute intervals between significant on-the-field plays.
I should call this the âMLB Baseball Owners Thread.â We are watching because we are so concerned about the owners.
As for the NFL adding action: itâs still 15 minutes or so, spread out over 3.5 hours. Yawn. And NBA? I much prefer seeing blocked shots and steals than a stoppage for a foul for someone touching an opponent. Yawn.
Iâm all for shortening the game with adding action, like more attempted (and successful) stolen bases. I donât think they needed to âban the shiftâ when there is only so much time for the players to get into their positions. BABIP is way up, and batters who cannot adjust their game are getting a helping hand, which goes against sport in general IMO.
Ban the walk-up music? Definitely.
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Iâll watch baseball under most of the changes. I think the changes they have made have reduced dead time an compressed action. Even if action changed not at all, getting the same game finished on average 26 minutes quicker seems like a win for everyone but beer vendors.
OK, only DeepPurple is concerned about the billionaires who own MLB Baseball.
The rest of us will watch when itâs possible. (To, me, itâs no longer real baseball â more like NASL or early yearsâ The MLS not being real soccer â so, wonât be watching much.)
They can cut 30 seconds between innings while they are at it
The organist where the Braves play often comes up with good walkup music for players (e.g., playing an Elvis tune for a player with that name).
The owners would prefer to ad more time between innings.
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No sure the Sox will help the league average for time. They lost 10-9, won 9-8 and won 9-5. They can hit but cannot pitch.
Continue to love the clock to move the game along. Not allowing the shift is not a good rule as it means hitters donât have to be as good. Good hitters have been able to go the other way and pretty much all eras.
the irony being that the typical american bemoans soccer as nothing happening. but the time between pitches in baseball was literally nothing happening. at least the nothing in soccer is possessions and passes and shots that didnât lead to goals.
SB will be up huge. the limited pickoff/stepoff rules combined with the bases being 4.5 inches closerâŚlots more chances.
I gotta admit it really ratcheted up my tension when a White Sox pitcher had already used his two moves to first yesterday.