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R.D. Mangles posted:no one actually thinks ohtani is coming to chicago Don’t you call me no one
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live with fruit posted:So the Mariners players complained that the team needs to spend more, then the front office told them to shut the gently caress up and salary dumped Suarez. Cal Raleigh being forced to apologize after saying that had some big Gulf War POW forced to denounce their country on video at gunpoint energy.
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Yamamoto is probably more likely to be a Cub than Ohtani, but por que no las dos?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:but por que no las dos?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Yamamoto is probably more likely to be a Cub than Ohtani, but por que no las dos? The Cubs have been much more heavily connected to Imanaga than Yamamoto, and while I definitely would prefer the latter if they ended up with the former instead I wouldn't hate it. Imanaga has been putting up sparkling ace results in Japan all the way back to 2019 - not as mind blowing as Yamamoto but still very good - and will likely be had for significantly less years/dollars due to being 30 instead of 25.
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Oh god it's only thanksgiving
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mdemone posted:Oh god it's only thanksgiving
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mdemone posted:Oh god it's only thanksgiving Bregor posted:Imagine the state of mdemone’s posting if we get to January and he still hasn’t signed anywhere 
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Man anyone but the Dodgers
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I’m starting to think the Mariners hate their fan base.
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I will gladly fly Ohtani to my house for a low key, no frills thanksgiving if he signs with the Cubs.
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not gonna lie ohtani to the cubs would be the best baseball thing that's happened to me in about seven years
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Kirios posted:I’m starting to think the Mariners hate their fan base. This has been evident for quite a while
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more falafel please posted:not gonna lie ohtani to the cubs would be the best baseball thing that's happened to me in about seven years I wouldn't make it til Opening Day because I'd jizz myself to death
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:I wouldn't make it til Opening Day because I'd jizz myself to death Show me your Ohtani face
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Consider the possiblity of MYSTERY TEAM swooping in at the last second with a better offer and signing him.
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Ohtani goes to the A's for a 3 year contract during the interim before the stadium in Vegas is built. Annual payroll for the team surges to $200M. They sell out every game and make the division playoffs. Oakland throws piles of money at the team to convince them to stay. The owners accept it graciously and string them along. They use it as leverage to siphon more public funds from Las Vegas to sweeten the deal. The owners make their billions and then continue to neglect the team and cash the checks.
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Gonz posted:Consider the possiblity of MYSTERY TEAM swooping in at the last second with a better offer and signing him. Rockies! Also I think next year Angels make the playoffs because poo poo is weird like that.
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bawfuls posted:as hard as it may be to believe, MLB has the most talented umpires in the world in addition to the most talented players Thinking about that Mexican league umpire who called a checked swing even though the batter swung all the way through including the follow through
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:I wouldn't make it til Opening Day because I'd jizz myself to death Kevlar v2.0 posted:Show me your Ohtani face 
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bawfuls posted:as hard as it may be to believe, MLB has the most talented umpires in the world in addition to the most talented players Thanks magic
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bawfuls posted:as hard as it may be to believe, MLB has the most talented umpires in the world in addition to the most talented players What a scathing indictment of umpires that is.
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live with fruit posted:Has increased pitcher nastiness made it harder to umpire? Almost assuredly. There's also a very, very clear aging curve for umpire quality behind the plate.
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Inspector_666 posted:Almost assuredly. The worst umpires tending to the older generation of umps means they have a lot of senority and get to call the most high profile games as a result.
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I don't know if it's as much an aging curve in the sense of regression? Younger umps have spent their careers in the age of umpires being electronically graded and with the current strike zone
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Just sit all rookie umps down in a darkened room, and show them a few hours of Angel Hernandez behind the plate, then tell them to do the exact opposite of that. Problem(s) solved.
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Expectations and visibility have also changed. The zone has always been ethereal, but broadcasts super-imposing a zone over the plate and stuff like instant video play back on MLB, social media, stuff like ump scorecard, etc make it very and immediately obvious to fans when bad calls are made.
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There is also an assumption that the overlayed strikezone is the correct one. I buy it's accurate inside/outside edges but up/down is still somewhat subjective. I genuinely think the solution to people getting mad about ump zones is to get rid of the strikezone overlays.
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Popete posted:There is also an assumption that the overlayed strikezone is the correct one. I buy it's accurate inside/outside edges but up/down is still somewhat subjective. Or just make it more accurate? Why would we scrap it altogether.
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Because top/bottom is subjective, what are you making accurate? I think people underestimate how much a difference a completely automated strike zone would make to the game. I don't think it's necessary but I understand that's probably a minority opinion. Really people would just not care as much if they weren't being shown how a pitch might be a millimeter off the plate every single pitch and thus get increasingly more mad every time an ump makes a bad call.
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