Chuck
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@JonathanBaumst4 @JordanLeandre55 I remember seeing a triple or maybe it was an inside the park home run when I was a kid on a hard hit ball that rolled through the outfielders legs. No error because it was so bad he didn't touch the ball. It's a wonky rule
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Why should contacting the ball be the determining factor? If he can’t see it, he can’t see it.
I personally don’t understand why losing the ball in the sun is NOT an error in today’s day and age. I understand why that was the case decades ago, but players should be more prepared for it now.
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The sun creates a level of difficulty that I think shouldn't penalize the player unless he contacts the ball. I wouldn't call it ridiculous to just label it an error I just think the only person who *definitely* shouldn't get punished for that run scoring is the pitcher.
Chuck@Cwebb3455
@JordanLeandre55 If the outfielder allows A guy to score in what should be a routine play why don't you want it to be an error? I've always thought the scoring of outfield errors was dumb but making it so it's no one's fault seems worse
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@JordanLeandre55 I mean someone is at fault at the end of the day. I don't want a new stat for divine runs due to acts of God
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@JordanLeandre55 If the outfielder allows A guy to score in what should be a routine play why don't you want it to be an error? I've always thought the scoring of outfield errors was dumb but making it so it's no one's fault seems worse
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I think there needs to be a bit more discretion in how that impacts ERA. I don’t think it has to be an error but it shouldn’t be an earned run either if that guy scores on what would’ve otherwise been a routine play
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@JordanLeandre55 Official scorers make me cringe. If an outfielder can't catch an easy fly ball because of the sun, he deserves an error.
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I'm not arguing this season. I'll get roped into a few, I'm sure. But I'm going back to my positive roots (this is null and void if someone's a raging bigoted asshole in my mentions)
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I’ll be going live at 1:40 PM EST for the Red Sox home opener against the San Diego Padres!
The season starts today fellas everything that happened before was merely a nightmare that we collectively hallucinated. see y’all then!
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There will truly never be another Bob Nightengale
Bob Nightengale@BNightengale
Pittsburgh Pirates officially promote Connor Griffin and designate IF Emmanuel Valdez for assignment. Griffin, who will wear No. 6, becomes the first teenager to make his debut with the Pirates since Aramis Ramirez on May 26, 1998. His new contract becomes official this weekend.
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@SmallCapVal @bilbroswaggins3 @_DockEllis @IndyBallNation You sure? You do keep coming back to bring it up again
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I’ll be honest, in Lexington we had a serious conversation about signing Trevor Bauer. We had connections to him and not much was 100% known about his legal situation, so we decided to give it a look. Then we talked to about 8 former teammates. That was all we needed to know.
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@OleTimeHardball I feel like the bottom row is most well rounded. However Bonds is famously prickly with teammates and Speaker was in the KKK so that might not be the best pairing chemistry wise. Give me the middle I Guess
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One row of Outfielders for the entirety of the careers
Top, middle, or bottom row?
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@_DockEllis @SmallCapVal @IndyBallNation How do you know Bauer might. This guy might love getting choked and punched while taking it up the ass too. I don't think you have enough information to state This as a fact
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@SmallCapVal @IndyBallNation He's not gonna fuck you dude
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@TwistedFocus99 @BaseballBros one out of 30 is 5 wins over a full season so I don't necessarily disagree with your premise. The Bananas have a better chance if it's played early spring training like WBC and college is exhibitions though. The numbers we are using are before pitchers are fully stretched out too
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@Cwebb3455 @BaseballBros I defer to WBC where a teams without a single MLB player beat a teams with all-star MLB rosters. Baseball is a funny game... 30 in a row is so hard.
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@TwistedFocus99 @BaseballBros I think in games a major league team actually cares about that number is probably closer to 1 out of 50. I was surprised MLB teams had actually lost to college since I knew the Sox hadn't. I can't even fathom the reaction if they actually lost one of those
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@Cwebb3455 @BaseballBros I agree it may have been 2-1, a one score game. And that a ST game won't be a full MLB roster. A college team has likely no MLB or MiLB player. SB are better than that. I'm not calling them completive. Simply that they wouldn't lose 30 straight.
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@TwistedFocus99 @BaseballBros I remember the Sox winning 2 1 not 1 0 but I'll take your word for it. Looking for others I see 3 examples. In one example the college team used some of the Orioles pitchers. Fangraphs says college teams have lost 94% and that is with mostly minor league players playing
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@Cwebb3455 @BaseballBros 1-0 not long ago. Teams have lost...
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@HunterD_20 You give the 162 chances they might get lucky once or twice
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@TwistedFocus99 @BaseballBros Do they often lose? I've been watching the Redsox do this every year and they have never lost. A couple have been close though
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@BaseballBros MLB teams play College Teams and even High School teams, in Spring Training and often lose. I think if they played 30x, the Rockies would win some games by 30.. but they'd lose 2 or 3 time too. The Dodgers would likely lose 1 too.. that's how baseball goes.
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@emptyideas I think they wanted to stop giving guys like Glavine 2 inches off the edge and wanted to call the high strike if I remember correctly
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@emptyideas I do remember that. They were bitching about the strike zone during that too if I remember right
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I hate them all so much. Entitled jackssses
Sam Blum@SamBlum3
"They feel the strike zone has changed.” I talked with 5 prominent/recently retired MLB umpires about ABS. They have some thoughts, criticisms, and relayed the thoughts of the current umps they speak with to this day. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/71634…
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