Doug Feustel
803 posts
Umpire incompetence or a Rulebook/ABS Mismatch issue? 🤔 This pitch may have been both: -a Strike according the rulebook strike zone (3 dimensional/starting at the front of the plate), and -a Ball, according to ABS (2 dimensional/measured at the middle of the plate).
OTD 1989: #Reds OF Kal Daniels and owner Marge Schott settle a $25,000 difference in salary negotiations with a coin flip. Daniels wanted $325,00 in salary, while the club was offering $300,000. Schott proposed the coin flip, and Daniels and his agent agreed. The coin flip took place in the parking lot at the Reds spring training complex in Plant City, Florida. It was carried live by @WLWT during their 5:30 newscast. Using a 50-cent piece, Schott called heads and it came up tails, earning Daniels $25,000. MLB commissioner Peter Ueberroth, in the middle of investigating Pete Rose, was not amused. He warned Schott that settling future contract matters in that manner would result in disciplinary action.
NFL suspended Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase for spitting at Steelers DB Jalen Ramsey. Chase denied spitting at Ramsey, but the league determined the video evidence was sufficient to warrant a suspension.
MLB free agency begins tomorrow. Next team odds: Kyle Schwarber per @BetOnline_ag #Reds 5/2 (+250) Mets 3/1 Cubs 4/1 Yankees 5/1 Rangers 6/1 Padres 8/1 Red Sox 10/1 Blue Jays 14/1 Braves 18/1 Mariners 20/1 Astros 22/1 Tigers 25/1 Giants 28/1 Diamondbacks 33/1 Angels 40/1 Orioles 50/1
460 feet 112.4 off the bat Gulp
It's probably time the correlations list got updated, so here we go! 10 years of MLB seasons (300 team-seasons of data), spanning 22,763 games and over 6.7 million pitches. This shows the relative impact that various stats have on a team's ability to score runs.
