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I’m going for the Dodgers but was in Toronto earlier this year, walked the Skydome neighborhood, and found this awesomeness at the fan shop.

 

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6 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Agreed.  Never liked the fact that they changed that rule.  It significantly impacts strategy and the game in general. 

Back in the days of having to throw the pitches, it wasn't unusual that the pitcher would intentionally walk someone and then have a hard time finding the strike zone against the next hitter.   In what was one of the dumber decisions I've ever seen a manager make, I saw a manager bring in a reliever when the starter was clearly done.  So what does the manager do?  He has the reliever issue an intentional walk to the first batter he faces.  And then the reliever couldn't find the strike zone against the next two hitters -- gave up two unintentional walks, one of which walked in a run.  If you were gonna intentionally walk the next hitter, why not just have the starter finish out his game by throwing four soft-tosses three feet off the plate, and *then* bring in the reliever?  Maybe the reliever would have been wild anyway, but having to throw his first four pitches way off the plate certainly didn't help him.  

I've also seen a pitch intended to be part of an intentional walk mistakenly thrown too close to the plate and hammered for a hit similar to what Atwood did for the Lady Horns in the last WCWS. 

 

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2 hours ago, F250 said:

Don't really give a shit if it isn't the Astros playing, but I am going to tune in for the Ohtani show. 

You and half of Japan. I had the day off and the Japanese tourist contingent is full up on LA hats here. Incredible to see how a country gets behind one athlete like this. I am sure there are Yamamoto and Sasaki fans as well, but this one guy added a country to the fanbase. 

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5 hours ago, 'stache said:

I’m going for the Dodgers but was in Toronto earlier this year, walked the Skydome neighborhood, and found this awesomeness at the fan shop.

 

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That was one of the coolest moments I can remember watching in my childhood. Just pure unadulterated joy from Joe. 

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6 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

You and half of Japan. I had the day off and the Japanese tourist contingent is full up on LA hats here. Incredible to see how a country gets behind one athlete like this. I am sure there are Yamamoto and Sasaki fans as well, but this one guy added a country to the fanbase. 

I can’t wait to see the Japanese ratings in game 4, or whenever Shohei starts, especially if the dodgers run out to 3-0 lead 

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47 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

can’t wait to see the Japanese ratings in game 4, or whenever Shohei starts, especially if the dodgers run out to 3-0 lead 

It's going to be absolutely bananas. 

The Jays have some great storylines on their side, too. Gibson finally making it to a WS. The Yesavage kid, who started the year in single-A ball, making the Game1 start. First WS for the club since Joe Fuckin' Carter. The only MLB team from Canada, energizing yet another entire country.

This WS could be really, really fun. I'll have it on tonight.

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14 hours ago, Derka said:

damn, sounds like alex vesia’s wife might have had a miscarriage.

 

I can’t imagine how terrible something would need to be to miss the World Series but that’s one for sure, been through it more than once.

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9 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

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That's great.

I forgot that I've also seen a wild pitch or two on occasions when pitchers were attempting to intentionally walk a batter.

There are all sorts of ways that making 'em actually throw the pitches can affect the game.  I realize they changed the rule to speed up the game, but the old IBBs didn't take that much time.  They should go back to the way it used to be done.

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