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Sydin posted:Also apparently the CBA has language in it that lets the owners implement rule changes without MLBPA approval or input from the second year onward. If you can't stop it from happening anyway, might as well... stall it for now I guess? idk. This is the mound they wanna die on.
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90% of the rule changes Manfred has proposed are terrible or accomplish nothing so I can't wait for his dictatorial reign to begin
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Ice To Meet You posted:90% of the rule changes Manfred has proposed are terrible or accomplish nothing so I can't wait for his dictatorial reign to begin https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/834148876445687808
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New Concept Hole posted:That's it! Slippery Mounds!
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What could the PA possibly have gotten in return for giving the owners and commissioner unilateral control over rule changes?
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I swear to fuckin God if Manfred implements that stupid loving runner on second rule imma lose my poo poo
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smaller strike zone is poo poo, but I'd be ok with the rest.
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Spoeank posted:I swear to fuckin God if Manfred implements that stupid loving runner on second rule imma lose my poo poo This should only be implemented after the 15th inning or something, not right away in the 10th.
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Is pace of play really an issue for so many fans that we need a play clock, and substitution limits, and college football style overtime rules, and no more September callups, and all these radical rule changes? Are there that many people who would watch baseball, if only the games were ten minutes shorter?
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The higher strike zone should have been approved, imo. Would have given offense a nice jolt
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https://twitter.com/MarkZuckerman/status/834176313917308932 Balkin' Bob is no more
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Ammat The Ankh posted:https://twitter.com/MarkZuckerman/status/834176313917308932 Gonna miss Jim Joyce's strike calls.
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Your Taint posted:This should only be implemented after the 15th inning or something, not right away in the 10th. 15th inning is fine because weird baseball shenanigans aside you're starting to tax pitchers and potentially hurt people and you're getting into 5th outfielders and backup catchers and it's bad baseball (right up until the utility infielder starts warming up) 10th is stuuuuuuupid. "I don't want more fun high leverage situations with good players" said nobody ever
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The Pussy Boss posted:Is pace of play really an issue for so many fans that we need a play clock, and substitution limits, and college football style overtime rules, and no more September callups, and all these radical rule changes? Are there that many people who would watch baseball, if only the games were ten minutes shorter? This is the disconnect between the discussion and what they're thinking. They don't care about the fans they have now, we're stuck and probably going to stay around anyway. They're spitballing ideas to try to get new fans. Whether these ideas will do anything about that is pretty damned arguable, but that's the aim. Something about millennials goes here.
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Teaser is out for Prince Fielders new cooking show titled "Fielders Choice". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl56-99Kweo It appears to just be Prince Fielder eating food on camera.
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The Pussy Boss posted:Is pace of play really an issue for so many fans that we need a play clock, and substitution limits, and college football style overtime rules, and no more September callups, and all these radical rule changes? Are there that many people who would watch baseball, if only the games were ten minutes shorter? Speaking for my own self, I don't mind a 4 hour game that is exciting as gently caress. What I strongly dislike is when in the 7th inning managers get all into Playing The Percentages and start visiting the mound every 4 pitches and swapping out pitchers every 10 pitches and the game grinds to a suicidal halt and we have to watch a bunch of truck and beer commercials. It reminds me of the NFL...after a touchdown....score TD (commercial) extra point (commercial) kickoff (commercial) or god forbid the last 2 minutes of a sort-of-close basketball game and it just kinda sucks. This might make me a bad fan but I'm ok with that label.
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Yeah I think you could do some interesting game and strategy changes to bullpen management that would help pace of play. Relievers must face a minimum of three, ect. If baseball wants new fans it needs to make itself more accessible. MLB.tv is a start, kill the blackout rule, lower the price, and work on more social media/interaction
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I think the reality is that no one gives a crap about long games if there's poo poo happening, people care about it when a game ends 3-2 or 4-3 and it took over 3 hours to do it.
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Judges, do we have an official BSOHL for Matt Kemp? They're signaling "no", but it's close:quote:"He looks great," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "When I saw him, I said, 'You look like you did when you played center field for the Dodgers. He's in great shape."
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Popete posted:It appears to just be Prince Fielder eating food on camera. Give him every Emmy.
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Jeff Passan did some good reporting on Garrett Richards' recovery from a partial tear using stem cells and avoiding TJS: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-baseball-players-are-trying-stem-cells-to-avoid-tommy-john-162916970.html Still in progress, but Richards recovered in a few months as opposed to being out for 14 months with TJS, so uh... cool.
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Popete posted:Teaser is out for Prince Fielders new cooking show titled "Fielders Choice". Is this even on a network or is Prince just going to webcast "now watch me eat 40 pizza rolls"?
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Is this even on a network or is Prince just going to webcast "now watch me eat 40 pizza rolls"? quote:PF: I have a food show that's going to be streaming on Netflix and Hulu.
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seiferguy posted:Jeff Passan did some good reporting on Garrett Richards' recovery from a partial tear using stem cells and avoiding TJS: Garrett Richards posted:“Science, bro,” Richards said. “I’m a believer now.” 
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Is this even on a network or is Prince just going to webcast "now watch me eat 40 pizza rolls"? It's on Netflix
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Next article on Brietbart: CURT SCHILLING - Aborted Fetuses Have No Place in the Locker Room
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seiferguy posted:Next article on Brietbart: CURT SCHILLING - Aborted Fetuses Have No Place in the Locker Room Is that why Chris Sale just ripped up a bunch of maternity gowns
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https://twitter.com/hbryant42/status/834202359374884864 I don't hate it but it seems so drat silly a thing to legislate
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doing away with the 4 pitch intentional walk does diddly-poo poo about any real pace of play issues.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Judges, do we have an official BSOHL for Matt Kemp? They're signaling "no", but it's close: He does look like he's dropped a few pounds. Let's just hope they don't find him and Bartolo Colon passed out in a Waffle House covered in syrup and hash browns.
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will_colorado posted:doing away with the 4 pitch intentional walk does diddly-poo poo about any real pace of play issues. You're getting 10's of seconds of your life back each year! Yeah I agree some of this stuff is just dumb and changing poo poo just for the sake of changing poo poo.
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But I like wild pitches on IBB attempts  also someone mentioned it can mess with the rhythm of the pitcher having to lob 4 balls and then go back to trying to throw as hard as they can . i dunno how true that is but it seems like a silly part of the game to remove
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Grittybeard posted:This is the disconnect between the discussion and what they're thinking. They don't care about the fans they have now, we're stuck and probably going to stay around anyway. They're spitballing ideas to try to get new fans. The thing that would help them the most is starting postseason games an hour or so earlier so the people who have to go to work the next morning can stay up and watch the whole thing live.
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I honestly don't even know what an argument against a non-instant intentional walk is, other than that cool thing Miggy did once.
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It was a key component in 2014 EYBS against the Nats too
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Paul Zuvella posted:I honestly don't even know what an argument against a non-instant intentional walk is, other than that cool thing Miggy did once. Pitchers get the yips sometimes throwing at a catchers glove held out to the side and it's hilarious when it happens every few years. More to your point an intentional walk doesn't really slow the game down much so, sure, whatever. Change it. It just isn't the problem.
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When the opposing team IBBs one of your guys, it's fun to hoot and holler at him and call him a big scaredy wuss, so this rule change sucks because it takes away one of my hooting and hollering opportunities.
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