That is a very ambiguous statement!
Ok, some clarification. In one inning, the Rays’ shortstop misplayed a potential double play ball leaving everyone safe, the Rays’ reliever then walked two batters in a row with the bases loaded and their second baseman then permitted two more runs to score on an error that would have ended the inning. That is what I meant by the Rays beating themselves. Jays were handed the win.
Scherzer ejected for an illegal foreign substance on his glove
Anyone can definitively decode who is still throwing with spidertack or other stickness, just look at the spin rates. Once you know who is “tacking” then you just have to figure out how they are tacking and catch them tacking and eject, fine, and suspend.
Baseball needs more hits, more runs, more balls in play, fewer strikeouts, and more action.
Every time a pitcher stickies a ball, a billionaire owner loses $100k, and twelve kids permanently decide baseball is too boring to watch forever. That’s how we gotta look at this.
Well, if baseball is supposed to exist.
IFMQ
Guys doctoring the baseball and opponents/umps trying to catch them at it is as old as the game itself
Aw, baseball will always exist. Just not as important of an institution.
I mean, “We gotta change it for the worse, so more people will watch it,” sounds like a horrible idea. FoxNews-like, actually. Think about it: you want baseball to be like FoxNews.
No. More scoring and more action is a better game, not worse.
What’s bad about the current state of baseball includes (but not limited to) the following
- too many strikeouts
- batting averages too low
- low scoring games
- too much time when nothing is happening on the field (although this year this has improved)
- too many short HR fences
- Not enough baserunners or base running
- prices too high for tickets, hot dogs, and beverages
- no salary cap
- No salary minimums
- The CBA under pays new stars and over pays old, past their prime players
This year the same nothing is happening but it is taking less time to do it
Lots of people seem to like it and that’s fine. But the idea behind it has always been to keep and attract new fans and I’m gonna reserve my judgement on whether that part has been successful for a while.
It’s early, but have people here attended more games or watched more games on TV because of the speed?
Actually, it’s probably really too early, as I’d imagine you might watch now just to see how the speed is affecting the batters and pitchers.
Not getting me back, cuzz it got dum down.
Wife went to Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. They (she and two friends) left before the walk-off win. Still was a 2:45 game.
A Dodger tradition like no other
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I was wondering how she got home so early. I’m figuring X hours without traffic (leave early for this), X+1 maybe with traffic, X+1.5 if you wait around until the parking lot is about half-empty. New variable is that everyone uses Google or Waze to make a route, which then everyone takes the most efficient route, which then causes traffic for that route, ad nauseum. She’s home at 9PM when the game ends (according to internet 2:45 after start, which was supposed to be 6:15PM).
Yeah, not trusting Google in unusual traffic is a valuable lesson. I learned it when trying to get home from the center of a total eclipse.
maps does not work well in space
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Chicago sports radio: “We’d liked to say this is rock bottom for the White Sox, but there are still 138 games left.”
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Yeah the White Sox are struggling.
All five AL East teams are above .500. Really tough division.
My Jays certainly enjoyed the White Sox visit the last three days. No real drama in the three game sweep.