February 25, 20223 yr Fangraphs top-100 prospect list is out. They have Pena at #30 overall. That’s encouraging. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2022-top-100-prospects/
March 3, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said: Love the pitch clock especially if it's 15 seconds. Everyone who saw that in the minor leagues say it was revolutionary and made the game more fun and exciting. A 2:30 or 2:45 minute baseball game with a box score like: Visitor 3 7 0 Home 5 11 0 is just about perfect. A 1-0 or 2-1 game that ends in 2:20 minutes gets me hard. If I have a 3 hour game that goes 11- 9 I'm pretty pumped about that too. I'm just sick of leaving the ball park with a score of 7-3 at the 7th inning stretch because it's already 9:45 and I've got to get home so I can go to work the next day. Bigger bases- why do we need this- is it a safety issue? Is it so we can see a few more infield hits or stolen bases? Some other reason I'm missing? I'm fine with banning the shift. It seems like it would make life more fair for LHH to get rid of the rover out there in short right. The details are important. I assume that this will mean everyone has to play on the dirt in the infield, and you can basically stand on top of 2B but you can't go to the left or right of it as you begin your positioning before contact is made? Or before the pitch is thrown? Seems to me like the union should ban the shift just fine. The hitters hate it. Quite a few pitchers still bitch about it. What do we need to ban the fucker simple majority of union vote? 2/3? 3/4?
March 3, 20223 yr I’ve slowly come around on implementing some restrictions on the shift. I used to think that hitters should just adjust to “hit ‘em where they ain’t”, but left handed hitters are forced to adjust more than right-handed hitters, which is inherently unfair. I’m now for implementing a rule that all infielders must be on the infield dirt when the pitch is thrown.
March 3, 20223 yr If you are banning the shift are you banning the infield ones too? So they have to be on position at the pitch?
March 3, 20223 yr 51 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: Bigger bases- why do we need this- is it a safety issue? Is it so we can see a few more infield hits or stolen bases? Some other reason I'm missing? Player safety. Reduces chances of collisions.
March 4, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Guadaloopy said: I’ve slowly come around on implementing some restrictions on the shift. I used to think that hitters should just adjust to “hit ‘em where they ain’t”, but left handed hitters are forced to adjust more than right-handed hitters, which is inherently unfair. I’m now for implementing a rule that all infielders must be on the infield dirt when the pitch is thrown. Yep. I think this is best. We already have rules for where guys need to be lined up (on field, in fair territory, not over the fence, etc., so this doesn’t seem unreasonable, doesn’t seem like a gimmick, and I think it would bring more action and maybe reduce time between hitters somewhat. Not a big deal but marginally better I think.
March 4, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said: I’m now for implementing a rule that all infielders must be on the infield dirt when the pitch is thrown. That would certainly diminish Correa’s effectiveness in the field.
March 4, 20223 yr @Scraps prepare yourself …. my dad just now … whitley will be coming off Timmy John, he’ll have a better fastball !! Edited March 4, 20223 yr by tx 3 putt
March 4, 20223 yr Just fist bumped Click and asked him how its going...He gave me the most miserable looking shoulder shrug ever lol
March 5, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: @Scraps prepare yourself …. my dad just now … whitley will be coming off Timmy John, he’ll have a better fastball !! your fastball is always best after your 6th tommy john surgery.
March 5, 20223 yr Don’t come to Minute Maid hungry or thirsty. The concessions are a complete joke. They can’t handle the crowd for this college tournament, lord help us on opening day
March 5, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: Don’t come to Minute Maid hungry or thirsty. The concessions are a complete joke. They can’t handle the crowd for this college tournament, lord help us on opening day Ha. Have you been to the Houston Rodeo? The cashless nonsense is a covid relic and needs to go. It’s not hard people. Cash line and a credit card line. it’s worked well for decades.
March 6, 20223 yr 23 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said: Ha. Have you been to the Houston Rodeo? The cashless nonsense is a covid relic and needs to go. It’s not hard people. Cash line and a credit card line. it’s worked well for decades. what they had open was over whelmed. They need more bathrooms. Get rid of refills on popcorn and soda, clogs up lines. More walk Up and self serve stations
March 6, 20223 yr [mention=228]Scraps[/mention] prepare yourself …. my dad just now … whitley will be coming off Timmy John, he’ll have a better fastball !!That's Timmy chan's
March 6, 20223 yr On 3/3/2022 at 5:26 PM, petscii said: If you are banning the shift are you banning the infield ones too? So they have to be on position at the pitch? Pitchers can only throw fast balls. Other pitches are just too damned deceptive. JC on a Christmas cracker, the banning of the shift pisses me off. End the hack a (Shaq) in hoops to close games and the trap block play in football while we're at it. If such an extreme strategy is employed against an individual, it' up to them to make the opponent pay. Let's just stop keeping score. It's an unfair advantage to the stronger hitting team.
March 6, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, slorch said: Pitchers can only throw fast balls. Other pitches are just too damned deceptive. JC on a Christmas cracker, the banning of the shift pisses me off. End the hack a (Shaq) in hoops to close games and the trap block play in football while we're at it. If such an extreme strategy is employed against an individual, it' up to them to make the opponent pay. Let's just stop keeping score. It's an unfair advantage to the stronger hitting team. I used to agree with this, but then thought about why you never hear Robert Ford say “three players in a triangle on the left side.” It’s because of the unique nature of the 1B position. He has to stay close enough to get back to the bag for putouts. No one else has that restriction. Because of this restriction, teams can shift to the right side with less penalty than shifting to the left side. This creates an unfair disadvantage to left handed hitters, and that doesn’t sit well with me. Keep the infielders on the infield grass and remove the rover that takes away line drive hits to the OF. Except against Joey Gallo, because fuck Joey Gallo.
March 6, 20223 yr bat right handed then... i don't want to hear it. Play better. Make the opponent pay. That's been what competition is about. If you're truly worried about 'fairness" then put a gotdam tee on home plate. Edited March 6, 20223 yr by slorch
March 6, 20223 yr Putting on the shift against left handed batters is like an intentional walk. Just lay down a bunt toward third base, and it's an easy single. Every time.
March 7, 20223 yr 16 hours ago, Guadaloopy said: I used to agree with this, but then thought about why you never hear Robert Ford say “three players in a triangle on the left side.” It’s because of the unique nature of the 1B position. He has to stay close enough to get back to the bag for putouts. No one else has that restriction. Because of this restriction, teams can shift to the right side with less penalty than shifting to the left side. This creates an unfair disadvantage to left handed hitters, and that doesn’t sit well with me. Keep the infielders on the infield grass and remove the rover that takes away line drive hits to the OF. Except against Joey Gallo, because fuck Joey Gallo. Hey, man, they're two steps closer to first
March 9, 20223 yr Slightly humorous Forrest working out with former bullpen catcher who was fired for not being a good follower. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
March 9, 20223 yr I’ve bought up all the forest Whitley stock from the OTC penny stock market. I expect I will sell them back to some of y’all at a large profit.
March 9, 20223 yr I still don't get the bigger bases. Does Manfred's BIL have a patent on them or something?
March 9, 20223 yr Dont get bases deal either. Hadnt seen much talk about safety or anything. Can always go back to home plate size of the 90s braves. 21" Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
March 9, 20223 yr The only place it might make sense is first base. The only one that regularly has 2 guys running at it, at full speed, wearing metal cleats. Might eliminate a few people getting stepped on. Other than that, I got nothing.
March 9, 20223 yr @shadow_operative will be happy about the bigger bases. He used to complain about how unfair it was when Javier Baez would slide though the base and get tagged out. Edited March 9, 20223 yr by TonyTexas
March 10, 20223 yr What are the odds Correa comes back? Sorry haven't been keeping up since the end of the season.
March 10, 20223 yr 31 minutes ago, henrygandorf said: gross. The team vote must have had something to do with the unanimous no vote from the 8 player MLBPA executive committee. It included 2 Yankees, 2 Mets and Castro from the Astros. I don’t have a clue why STL joined in
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