R.D. Mangles posted:what kind of monster takes travis wood out of the NL He's gonna be the starting DH.
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R.D. Mangles posted:Travis Wood to KC? KC is utilizing the Dallas Stars method of acquiring championship Chicago players.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 00:52 |
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Grittybeard posted:Unless you just love baseball that much I'm going to tell you it isn't going to be worth it. At the least do yourself a favor and watch the away broadcasts if possible. Actually, Rex Hudler and Sal Perez are really the only reasons for a neutral fan to watch a Royals game.
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I've played enough MLB the Show to never, ever want to hear Rex Hudler's voice ever again.
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Grittybeard posted:Unless you just love baseball that much I'm going to tell you it isn't going to be worth it. At the least do yourself a favor and watch the away broadcasts if possible. Pretty much all my relatives outside of my immediate family are White Sox fans and I spent the better part of my childhood forced to watch their home feed. I have stared into the heart of true broadcaster hell, nothing could be worse.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 00:59 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:what kind of monster takes travis wood out of the NL loving Missouri!
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But what is Joe going to do without a lefty to grind down with 60+ bullpen innings of arm strain Somewhere Rob Zastryzny is waking up with a start
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Julio Cruz posted:I've played enough MLB the Show to never, ever want to hear Rex Hudler's voice ever again. And just like that the side is retired. I had it in 07, 08, and then I bought it last season. I swear they haven't rerecorded any of the voice lines in over a decade. Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Rex Hudler has won me over with his indomitable bro enthusiasm and constant self effacing commentary. That said if possible always listen to Royals games on the radio
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 01:46 |
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I like Brian Anderson and Dewayne Staats looks and sounds like he stepped out of 1978. He's had a horrible perm for as long as I've been watching. The Marlins announcers are entertaining but I never remember their names.
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Rand alPaul posted:Facebook just showed me that I shared this three years ago: Big fan of the middle infield
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 01:54 |
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I'm like actually shocked that Jeter didn't date one of the Williams sisters at some point.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 03:08 |
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CubsWoo posted:Best hand-eye coordination of their lives Pictured: The all-time leader for consecutive errorless games in center field in the National League. Inspector_666 posted:gently caress, I'm shocked he hasn't been offered a cabinet position yet. There's already one person in the administration with a history of failed real estate ventures who likely has brain damage.
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Pancakes posted:Pictured: The all-time leader for consecutive errorless games in center field in the National League. also pictured, the Cubs franchise leader in postseason homers
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Poque posted:also pictured, the Cubs franchise leader in postseason homers That just seems weird, given how young he is. Jay at least had a long time in center with a ground ball-oriented staff to help out his streak, even if he looks awkward in the drill. I was curious so I checked and yes, Albert is ours. 18 while playing for St. Louis.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 04:11 |
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Grittybeard posted:I still think there should be a rule where once you've made contact with a base you're considered to be 'on' the base as long as your foot/hand whatever made contact is above said base. Why above? What of someone slides a quarter inch past the base, or to the right of it? You either are ok with grey areas or not, and I'm not sure how well some sort of subjective distance or he's on and only slightly off or whatever sort of rule would have to be implemented that would work. Actually it wouldn't work. Giving umpires the ability to arbitrarily decide what is close enough is a terrible idea.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Why above? What of someone slides a quarter inch past the base, or to the right of it? You either are ok with grey areas or not, and I'm not sure how well some sort of subjective distance or he's on and only slightly off or whatever sort of rule would have to be implemented that would work. My main complaint is someone sliding into a base feet first and popping up on the base but his foot comes 1/16th inch off of the bag. That player has been safe for basically the entire time the game has been played until the last few years, and I don't think it makes the game better to check whether he came ever so slightly off the bag after beating the throw and the tag. quote:Actually it wouldn't work. Giving umpires the ability to arbitrarily decide what is close enough is a terrible idea. It's true, the neighborhood play absolutely wrecked the game. The game was unwatchable while it was around.
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Pancakes posted:Pictured: The all-time leader for consecutive errorless games in center field in the National League. Who also has a negative dWAR, because errors are and always have been a trash stat.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 05:00 |
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Capacitive touch bases that light up red when touched by skin or special gloves. Boom problem solved make me Commish Actually this doesn't solve anything but it would look cool
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Grittybeard posted:My main complaint is someone sliding into a base feet first and popping up on the base but his foot comes 1/16th inch off of the bag. That player has been safe for basically the entire time the game has been played until the last few years, and I don't think it makes the game better to check whether he came ever so slightly off the bag after beating the throw and the tag. Those two things are not the same and you know that. So what is the distance that someone popping off the bag should be still considered safe and how do you actually measure that?
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Pancakes posted:That just seems weird, given how young he is. Number of Cubs postseason games from 1946 to 2014: 31 Number of Cubs postseason games from 2015 to 2016: 26
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New Concept Hole posted:Seeing as he's on the Mets his arm will probably just fly off at some point during the season. He'll Dravecky himself.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Those two things are not the same and you know that. If you want to get litigious about things directly above the bag full stop. If someone wants to jump 100 feet in the air straight up off the bag after beating a throw while someone's glove is on him he's safe. Yes it would be ridiculous, I find it not particularly more ridiculous than calling someone out for the pop up slide. Call everyone out if there's any question at all that they aren't above the bag, I'm fine with that too.
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There isn't a camera angle that exists that will be able to tell you that someone is directly above the bag though. You're simply trading one set of problems for another. As soon as someone comes 2 feet off the bag straight up and is called safe, it'll be the exact same issue. IMO its better to have an absolute that is actually measurable (on the bag or not) then some sort of grey area where its basically educated guesswork to decide if someone is safe or not.
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Since my only issue is guys that quite obviously come slightly off the bag directly above it I don't find that particularly bothersome. Like I said Grittybeard posted:Call everyone out if there's any question at all that they aren't above the bag, I'm fine with that too. Pop up slides are cool and good, and they shouldn't be discouraged.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 06:58 |
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Arguing that some people should be safe and others out based on the direction they come off the bag is a really bad idea!
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Arguing that some people should be safe and others out based on the direction they come off the bag is a really bad idea! I disagree with you!
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Today, February 14th, the weather is warming, irises are poking up from the ground, and the Seattle Mariners pitchers and catchers are reporting to spring training. It's a good day, folks.
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# ? Feb 14, 2017 12:33 |
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Don't leave the bag and you won't get called out. I don't really see the issue with enforcing one of the most basic tenets of the game Maybe you should only pop-up slide in situations where you won't get tootblan for it? idk I'm no joe maddon
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3809956
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