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Tom Gorman posted:That is so loving awful about Reyes. Do the Cardinals factor name in when they're scouting a player? "Ok, we have 2 potential players we could take with our next pick. Both are essentially the same player. Who should we take? Joe Williams, or Lipstock Garahannon?
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Kris Bryant got pranked. He thinks he's taking BP off a sound guy. Turns out the sound guy is Greg Maddux. http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/greg-maddux-pranks-kris-bryant/#xOCL4vWDL1YMc3Kx.97
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tadashi posted:It's not a balk because it is his "...natural motion associated with his delivery of the ball to the batter". Ok so under that rule he could theoretically hop a few more times and deliver the pitch from the grass and it would be ok.
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I still love Dex, but being a rational and decent human being is going to make his time in st Louis Hell. I hope he can get traded somewhere cool.
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Feb 22, 2017 00:04
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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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Feb 22, 2017 00:04
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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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Feb 22, 2017 03:31
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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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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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Feb 22, 2017 15:25
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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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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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TheChaosPath posted:That still sounds like a lot of days, man It is fewer days than before. Don't crap on it.
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Feb 22, 2017 18:18
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bawfuls posted:The least intrusive way to enforce pace of play rules is to do so very stringently at the minor league level and thus ingrain habits as players develop. That would probably be better long term. Set a date for a few years in the future for it to take place in the majors, but institute it in the minors immediately, and that would give players in the low minors years to acclimate before the rule takes place at the Majors level. Popete posted:Giving minor leaguers saltine crackers should be enough of an incentive. What the hell else to they want? I mean, they get a bus to their next city and don't have to walk. The greedy bastards....
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Feb 22, 2017 22:26
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The Pussy Boss posted:I think baseball's pretty good already. hell, I wish I could watch some right now I've been watching Cubs playoff victories since Xmas.....
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Feb 22, 2017 23:38
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YeahTubaMike posted:I like to think that there is beauty in everyone, but this picture makes me feel vaguely ill. Who will mow the lawns of the potential host families before the games???
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Feb 23, 2017 01:38
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Feb 23, 2017 20:16
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cebrail posted:I'm pretty sure it's proven that steroids help you grow muscles and that muscles help you hit dingers? They do, but people around here don't like to admit it.
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Sydin posted:N: Cubs sign Strop to an extension through 2018, with a team option for 2019. $5.85m in 2018, $6.25m if the option is picked up in 2019 with a $500k buyout. Hopefully Maddon can regain confidence in him and Rondon. We actually could have a top shelf bullpen this year. Maybe not top-to-bottom the best in the game, but certainly top 5.
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Poque posted:Grimm's still there, who was also pretty bad last season, but Duensing has potential and if Montgomery ends up in the pen he is an excellent option. Montgomery or Anderson (whichever doesn't make the rotation), Duensing, Strop, CJ, Davis, Rondon, Zastryzsny (sp?), Grimm.... Got some good options there.
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Sydin posted:Scenario 1: Davis remains healthy for the full season which gives the Cubs one of the most elite closers in the game. Strop and Rondon bounce back from their injuries and are an elite pair of setup men to put in front of Davis. Meanwhile Edwards continues to develop and be a high impact arm, Uehara posts yet another super low WHIP, and Anderson actually stays healthy for once which means Montgomery spends the bulk of the season in the pen. In this case the Cubs arguably have one of the best bullpens in baseball. I don't disagree, but I figured I'd try this "optimism" thing I've heard so much about.
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That's going to be kind of an awkward tat if Baez ever plays for another team.
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Feb 25, 2017 02:45
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Awww gently caress. My family was going to go to a game this year. 
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Feb 25, 2017 05:32
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Javy is cool and good and is only going to get cooler and gooder. 
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Geez and I thought *I* was a pessimist.....
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Feb 26, 2017 00:46
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Baez tried to squeeze bunt in the 9th inning of Game 7 and struck out on a foul bunt. He also made two errors in that game. But he is a goddamn demon defensively. To be fair he also homered in Game 7 so credit where it's due.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Jose Fernandez's daughter was born yesterday. Her name is Penelope. God drat.  I mean, congrats to his fiance and everything for the birth of a beautiful and healthy baby girl, but it's gotta be awful knowing she'll never meet her daddy.
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Tom Gorman posted:1) Definitely not Go with the Julio Franco or the Craig Counsell.
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God dammit have we had a Schwarbomb yet? We haven't had one since spring training of last year when he was breaking windshields. I feel like a junkie. I need some Beefy Lad homers.
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The Pussy Boss posted:Watching the Mets game yesterday, I was shocked to see that David Wright is still alive and playing baseball. There must have been a stiff breeze.
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Rand alPaul posted:A pool for the Dodgers to jump in when they clinch. How thoughtful. Am I the only one who wants a floating baseball so a game could be played in that?
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IcePhoenix posted:Baseballs float It would get waterlogged eventually.
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I knew Mike Trout has been good, but I didn't know he's been Mickey Mantle good over his first 6 years. Let's just hope he doesn't develop knee and drinking problems. https://twitter.com/zabate/status/836953950964355072/photo/1
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beejay posted:Maybe it's because I'm an NL/Cubs fan but it seems like people don't talk about Mike Trout enough. I suspect if he didn't play for the Angels and maybe had a cooler last name than "Trout" he would be more well-known. I mean right there, "Mickey Mantle" vs. "Mike Trout" c'mon. It's mainly because MLB is poo poo at promoting its stars.
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TMMadman posted:Rizzo is ridiculously adorable and his 'antics' in the dugout and games during the playoffs are why I ended up buying his jersey. Rizzo is also my wife's favorite player, but it's because she thinks he's "cute." For some reason she doesn't think Bryant is "all that handsome." Perhaps this is why she has seen me naked and not vomited violently??
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ONE MONTH TIL OPENING DAY!!!
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You don't see Dr. Andrews unless there's suspicion it's something bad.
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What does that "no markers on the field for reference to fielders" thing mean?
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Sydin posted:^ Well that, plus staying in the game after taking that liner off his pitching elbow, and the collision at 2b with Marcus Giles didn't help matters either.
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