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NPB quick update. This year no extra innings. All games to end after 9 innings. They are also going to finish all games before 9 pm. This is to comply with the current state of emergency in a few prefectures. (The state emergency is slated to end next week.) ~Manfred starts smiling and can't figure out why~
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ScottyJSno posted:NPB quick update. NPB already ended games in ties after 12, I think, so fans are used to it.
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Mar 20, 2021 14:45
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Here I am posting again that I think ties are OK and would be less offensive than whatever Manfred is cooking up.
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Mar 20, 2021 15:29
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Ties are fine, especially in a 162-game season where every team in a division plays each other 19 times, and plays every team in the other divisions in the league 7 times. It's not really going to result in more ties in the standings.
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Mar 20, 2021 15:34
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bees x1000 posted:Here I am posting again that I think ties are OK and would be less offensive than whatever Manfred is cooking up. Just change the rules so you can strike out on a foul. That’ll cut yankee / Red Sox game lengths in half and it’s no worse than the DH rule or starting a runner on second in extras or moving the mound.
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Mar 20, 2021 15:37
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Still pointless since there is no giant crowd of potential fans waiting to start going to games once the average length is down by nine minutes, but if they’re so fixated on game length there’s some low hanging fruit out there.
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Mar 20, 2021 15:38
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Just change the rules so you can strike out on a foul. eehhhhh I would be against this because 22 pitch battles are super neat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btS2gX0CAbE
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Mar 20, 2021 15:53
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those hats are from MLB's Frozen Ropes Collection
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Mar 20, 2021 15:56
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bees x1000 posted:eehhhhh I would be against this because 22 pitch battles are super neat Just saying, if they really want to shorten the games there are easy ways to do it. The length of game changes are about television and gambling, not the fans
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Mar 20, 2021 16:06
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https://twitter.com/9NEWSSports/status/1373093782988677123 21 pounds of meth 
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Mar 20, 2021 17:47
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Pay minor leaguers more so they don't become drug mules please.
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Mar 20, 2021 18:00
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Pay minor leaguers more so they don't become drug mules please. I can't hear you over the din of owner emails using this to justify cutting the minor leagues even further.
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Mar 20, 2021 18:02
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Pay minor leaguers more so they don't become drug mules please. They'd just use the money to buy even more drugs, clearly these kids needs to be paid even less until they mature a bit. 
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Mar 20, 2021 18:05
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forget the meth, it's the pain pills racket that are the thing no pro sports league wants to deal with, even after Tyler Skaggs etc.
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Mar 20, 2021 18:17
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bees x1000 posted:Here I am posting again that I think ties are OK and would be less offensive than whatever Manfred is cooking up. They are never going to do ties. I mostly agree with you but they will never do it in a million years.
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Mar 20, 2021 19:31
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Pay minor leaguers more so they don't become drug mules please. Look he just has a lot of study aid medicine and then painkillers for his hard workouts
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Mar 20, 2021 20:08
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I can't blame the guy for being on drugs if he's in that farm system.
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Mar 20, 2021 21:44
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Jesus Camargo moving weight while Atlanta utility piece Johan Camargo reportedly losing weight, regaining the range needed to secure a bench spot after underperforming at the plate and in the field for two seasons past an ephemeral breakout.
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Mar 21, 2021 02:23
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Pay minor leaguers more so they don't become drug mules please. Why do that when it will make them less likely to sign team friendly extensions? I’m just waiting for MLB to get into the payday loan business, you can’t tell me the Ricketts aren’t looking at the return on that half million Tatis Jr; loan and wanting their cut.
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Mar 21, 2021 18:07
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These ST pitching moves where they pull a pitcher in one inning and they come out to start the next inning will never got be hilarious. God the Blue Jays' defense is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Mar 21, 2021 |
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Mar 21, 2021 18:46
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mcmagic posted:These ST pitching moves where they pull a pitcher in one inning and they come out to start the next inning will never got be hilarious. Defense doesn't matter. Recruit thick boys. That seems to be the logic, anyway. Would be nice to have some more strikeout pitchers with that strategy.
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Mar 21, 2021 20:01
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Ehire Adrianza has been a golden god this spring training, and thank goodness since that lowers the chance of Sandoval or Kipnis getting any reps whatsoever in the field.
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Mar 21, 2021 20:11
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elentar posted:Ehire Adrianza has been a golden god this spring training, and thank goodness since that lowers the chance of Sandoval or Kipnis getting any reps whatsoever in the field. I never had a genuine complaint about him as a Twins fan. I think our biggest issue was our glut of "pretty okay" infielders.
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Mar 21, 2021 20:16
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4/82 extension for Sal Perez seems nuts but who else are the Royals spending that on I guess?
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Mar 21, 2021 21:38
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:4/82 extension for Sal Perez seems nuts but who else are the Royals spending that on I guess? it is garbo wow
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Mar 22, 2021 00:03
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One time I went to a Springfield cardinals game at like noon or so, met some friends there and had probably four or five big beers in addition to four baby shooter bottles. Made it through the entire game then blacked out as we stood up to leave at the end. Came to outside the stadium barfing in front of a school bus that I later learned was dropping off children from the Boys and Girls Club for what turned out to be the second game of the day’s doubleheader. Normally I would be concerned about traumatizing children but I figure they probably had seen it before if they were at boys and girls club on Saturday. That’s my story
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Mar 22, 2021 00:17
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thrilla in vanilla posted:One time I went to a Springfield cardinals game at like noon or so, met some friends there and had probably four or five big beers in addition to four baby shooter bottles. Made it through the entire game then blacked out as we stood up to leave at the end. Came to outside the stadium barfing in front of a school bus that I later learned was dropping off children from the Boys and Girls Club for what turned out to be the second game of the day’s doubleheader. Normally I would be concerned about traumatizing children but I figure they probably had seen it before if they were at boys and girls club on Saturday. That’s my story I got thrown out of Great American Ballpark for yelling "let's go Bucs" too much The cops said it was for my own good since I'd probably be murdered trying to leave after the game ended
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Mar 22, 2021 00:24
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Another time at a different Springfield cardinals game we were already a bit drunk when we got there and sat behind the visiting teams dugout. A couple old guys were sitting in the front row directly in front of us and we’re having a conversation with the visiting teams manager, apparently they were old friends. Anyway the manager told them he promised they would have a good time and we just thought oh how cool. Top of the Fourth or fifth inning comes around and one of the visiting guys gets called out looking. Manager goes crazy screaming “you’re blind, horseshit zone”, etc. he gets into a dirt kicking match and gets thrown out. He starts walking back to the dugout and winks at his old guy buddies as he disappears. Incredible
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Mar 22, 2021 01:06
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:4/82 extension for Sal Perez seems nuts but who else are the Royals spending that on I guess? what do you think is a fair value? dude is an awesome player. also I think WAR undervalues catcher defense
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I don't think a .750 OPS catcher should be getting a deal through his mid-30s at 20 million per. He doesn't have old man hitting skills, so if his contact skill erodes he's gonna be pretty bad. No defensive specialist is worth that. I don't know how much he SHOULD make, but the third highest paid catcher in MLB seems like its too much in a vacuum. But like I wrote before, there's no-one else for them to have to pay right now really, so unless they plan to only be spending 100 million a year instead of 150ish like they were, its probably not a big deal and shouldn't really stop them from going out and signing a guy or two if they want.
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Mar 22, 2021 02:58
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I like KC rolling in with 'we will keep our beloved figure on the team and pay him well for it' when every other team will dump a player as soon as possible. Salvy is cool and he should get paid.
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Mar 22, 2021 03:12
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Ya I'm definitely for giving dudes legacy contracts especially when they did so much for the team when they were younger (and severely underpaid).
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Mar 22, 2021 03:14
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it is only a 4 year deal. normally the AAV would be lower and term higher, I assume that's how they worked this one out. salvy is a workhorse (minus the TJ) who hopefully will stay healthy, and a league average hitter and GG caliber catcher is a really valuable player. plus it'd be particularly awesome if his offense explosion last year took hold for a full season or two.
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Mar 22, 2021 03:18
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Yeah, I'm happy they are keeping Salvy around. I was happy they kept Gordon around too even when he was no longer 'worth it.' Also, he is hard to gauge offensively because he has been so abused behind the plate. He played too drat much every season so his back half of the year is always awful. 2020 was a short year so surprise surprise, he was great. Hopefully the Royals learned something from that and realize he is more valuable of you actually rest him some. Edit: and before anyone hops on this to note 2020 is a short sample, I called it before the season started. I said the best thing about 2020 will be that it means only first half Salvy and that is what we got. So it wasn't exactly an unforeseeable fluke.
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Mar 22, 2021 04:41
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As I expected German is going to be the Yankees' no 5 starter. Kinda lovely.
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Mar 22, 2021 14:38
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Another expose on the Rockies organizational dysfunction today, but this bit really jumped out:quote:The Rockies seem to live on an island of one, operating with different standards than other, more successful clubs, even internally. For instance, rather than bring back furloughed part-time clubhouse attendants for the shortened 60-game season in 2020, they assigned more than a half-dozen full-time front-office staffers to work the job of “clubbies,” including shining shoes, cleaning laundry and buying chewing tobacco for players, in both the home and visiting clubhouses at Coors Field.
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Mar 22, 2021 16:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpA0y36-j-w a cool game. watch till the end
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RIP https://twitter.com/mikecugnocbs4/status/1372588077634424837?s=21
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First the dinger machine and now this?
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https://twitter.com/Chandler_Rome/status/1373696599319310338 lmao
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