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As a guy who watched Barry Bonds get intentionally walked one million times, I have to say, this rule change blows.
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Your Taint posted: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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Feb 22, 2017 04:24
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bawfuls posted:on the other hand, they already start at 4 or 5pm for those of us on the west coast The real problem with playoffs is that to keep them close to a month you have to watch 4 games a day and then 2 games a day for the first couple weeks. It's too much.
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Feb 22, 2017 04:46
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Your Taint posted: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. They're already starting games at like noon central time...
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Feb 22, 2017 04:57
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the sign is that your cowardly IBB manager has to walk out of the dugout and do arrested development chicken impressions
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Feb 22, 2017 04:58
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:They're already starting games at like noon central time... They could have the games overlap. Sure, it would take away from the "10 hours of baseball omg fapfapfapfap" excitement that we all have had (myself included), but it would assure that fans of each team would be able to watch the entire game and be able to go to work or school and be able to function the next morning. I'm mainly talking the LCS and World Series games. Not much you can do in the divisional round.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:01
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The sign to IBB somebody should be something innocuous and easy to do by accident, and make sure there are no take-backsies. I want an endless parade of walks because managers keep loving up the sign.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:09
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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. 5.05(b) of the rules of baseball: The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when: (1) Four “balls” have been called by the umpire; There is no "intentional walk" in the rules, except for scoring purposes. You have to throw 4 balls before a batter is entitled to first base. To do otherwise would be a fundamental change to the rules of the game for no reason.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:09
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Sydin posted:The sign to IBB somebody should be something innocuous and easy to do by accident, and make sure there are no take-backsies. I want an endless parade of walks because managers keep loving up the sign. That would explain why Francona decided to walk Rizzo to get to Zobrist 
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Feb 22, 2017 05:14
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:5.05(b) of the rules of baseball: The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when: (1) Four “balls” have been called by the umpire; Yeah, they need to go back to the 9 ball base on balls. Can't be changing or adding rules.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:19
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:5.05(b) of the rules of baseball: The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when: (1) Four “balls” have been called by the umpire; Pitchers get charged a ball for touching their mouth while on the rubber, right? Just have them do that four times.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:24
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Rob Manfred sucks and seeing pitchers throw wild pitches and being completely out of sync after throwing them is awesome. poo poo some of the Tigers best bullpen meltdowns came from Leyland forcing guys to come in out of the pen and intentionally walking a guy and then not being able to find the strike zone again.
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Feb 22, 2017 05:45
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huge fan of the new OFFICIAL IBB gesture
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Feb 22, 2017 05:49
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2016 Games played: 2,427 Avg Game Time: 3:05 Total Time Played: 448,995 minutes Intentional Walks: 932 Intentional Walk Time: 30 seconds, if being generous Total Time Spent IBBing: 466 minutes Congratulations are in order for Rob Manfred for his brilliant pace of play initiative reducing playing time by 0.1%
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Feb 22, 2017 06:03
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An IBB is just enough time to take a piss.
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Feb 22, 2017 06:17
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Rand alPaul posted:Rob Manfred sucks and seeing pitchers throw wild pitches and being completely out of sync after throwing them is awesome. poo poo some of the Tigers best bullpen meltdowns came from Leyland forcing guys to come in out of the pen and intentionally walking a guy and then not being able to find the strike zone again.
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Feb 22, 2017 06:39
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MLB was so embarrassed by Ehire Adrianza doing this that they decided to make sure it would never happen again.
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Feb 22, 2017 06:46
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The Simpsons episode Homer At The Bat will be 25 years old in May. The HOF is recognizing it https://www.facebook.com/baseballhall/photos/a.392432467203.180493.58620617203/10154173468182204/?type=3&theater
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Feb 22, 2017 07:00
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Banished to the Pen, a http://www.banishedtothepen.com/springfield-17-a-modern-day-homer-at-the-bat-lineup/
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Feb 22, 2017 07:07
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They should replace Griffey's plaque with a post-nerve-tonic one.
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Feb 22, 2017 07:08
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i don't really understand the purpose of this rule, aside from being a massive benefit to the pitcher for not jacking their rhythm after intentional walks. you have the negative of a man on base, but without the pitcher actually working to get him there. kind of silly.
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Feb 22, 2017 12:53
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Poque posted:2016 Someone should make a youtube compilation of this
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Feb 22, 2017 14:30
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corn on the cop posted:i don't really understand the purpose of this rule, aside from being a massive benefit to the pitcher for not jacking their rhythm after intentional walks. Does it really throw a pitcher's rhythm off that much? It's a small change, but is there really any benefit to the viewer to watch the pitcher and catcher play catch for 4 pitches?
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Feb 22, 2017 14:33
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Your Taint posted:Does it really throw a pitcher's rhythm off that much? It's a small change, but is there really any benefit to the viewer to watch the pitcher and catcher play catch for 4 pitches? There was the two times in thirty years that something funny happened.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:02
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 39 DAYS TIL OPENING DAY!!!
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Feb 22, 2017 15:25
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Your Taint posted:Does it really throw a pitcher's rhythm off that much? It's a small change, but is there really any benefit to the viewer to watch the pitcher and catcher play catch for 4 pitches? Jon Lester doesn't do an IBB in the standard way. The catcher has to setup like usual, just way outside. So the king of yips says it does matter.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:28
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i'm sorry, but speeding up ibb, even if inconsequential, is good. give me more guys dingering. also, can't wait until an ump misinterprets a manager.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:31
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The IBB change is dumb because it doesn't help anything. It's a change for the sake of making one.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:32
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Plus, it robs us of the occasional hilarious wild pitch on IBB.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:34
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 bah god back in my day I wasted 30 seconds of my life watching 4 meaningless pitches and I liked it!
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Feb 22, 2017 15:44
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Inspector_666 posted:The IBB change is dumb because it doesn't help anything. It's a change for the sake of making one. Agreed. I don't care that once every 10 years something mildly interesting happens during an IBB attempt, but it also doesn't do anything to speed up the game. It's nothing. Nothing has happened. There are no changes.
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Feb 22, 2017 15:45
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ego symphonic posted:Agreed. I don't care that once every 10 years something mildly interesting happens during an IBB attempt, but it also doesn't do anything to speed up the game. It's nothing. Nothing has happened. There are no changes. Agreed. It will have zero effect on pace of play. They just removed a minor annoyance. I'd be completely in favor of a pitch clock and only limiting one time stepping out of the box or off the mound per AB, because that poo poo's annoying. I loved me some Nomar, but the batting glove thing he did between every single pitch drove me batty.
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Feb 22, 2017 16:15
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:The Simpsons episode Homer At The Bat will be 25 years old in May. The HOF is recognizing it That episode always reminds me that Steve Sax used to be a thing.
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Feb 22, 2017 16:20
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:That would explain why Francona decided to walk Rizzo to get to Zobrist haha but seriously, without the benefit of hindsight, I'd have done the same thing if I were Francona. Zobrist was only hitting .1something during the WS compared to Rizzo's hot stick. Not that Zob is by any measure a bad hitter but he was the lesser of evils.
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Feb 22, 2017 16:23
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:That episode always reminds me that Steve Sax used to be a thing. It's a good thing his murdering rear end is locked up. The monster.
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Feb 22, 2017 16:23
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A coworker's friend is starting a vintage baseball team (apparently Wisconsin has a pretty active vintage league) and I'm thinking of joining. It sounds pretty fun. Have any of you done something like that? They play with late-1800s period equipment and uniforms so I'm guessing I'll have to bat Brooks Conrad style to keep my hands from getting torn up.
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Feb 22, 2017 16:45
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DrPossum posted:
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Feb 22, 2017 16:49
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Your Taint posted:
That still sounds like a lot of days, man
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:That episode always reminds me that Steve Sax used to be a thing. For real though. I guess watching Homer at the Bat during my formative years glitched my brain into assuming he and Scioscia were elite players like all the others, but neither had a career OPS over .700!
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