Re: MLB 2019: Every Year at Playoff Time, The Dodgers Find A Way to Choke.
Whew....A's win a tight one and take 3 of 4 in Houston after getting clobbered 15-0 in the first game. on paper, should be smooth sailing to the end, none of our remaining schedule is over .500.
But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
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Re: MLB 2019: Every Year at Playoff Time, The Dodgers Find A Way to Choke.
Eliminating HR like that would alter the game too much IMO.
Has any rule change altered the fundamental nature of a sport to this degree (eliminating 40-60% of scoring opportunity in this case)? Only thing I can equate is the shot clock in basketball, but that didn't alter how teams were putting the ball in the hoop per se, just how often that needed to happen...
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So you also want to ban shifts. As this is essentially the same type of rules interference.
I understand that rules by definition interfere with games. But this is an extreme case of it.
I think shifts are hilarious. I'd never ban them.
Obviously I think this as a rule change would create a new sport -- it wouldn't be baseball anymore. The DH meant the AL no longer plays baseball. So I am not a serious advocate. But I love it as a thought exercise.
One tweak: inside-the-park homeruns permit the inning to continue.
Guy charging $50K to speak says others are selfish. Though once that haircut goes full Richard Spencer, I imagine he can get more money in the right (pun intended) circles.
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Guy charging $50K to speak says others are selfish. Though once that haircut goes full Richard Spencer, I imagine he can get more money in the right (pun intended) circles.
Re: MLB 2019: Every Year at Playoff Time, The Dodgers Find A Way to Choke.
Ummm, a HR ends the inning, or the half inning? If the former the visiting team could homer every inning and the home team would never get an at bat. I bet that would be good for attendance.
Ummm, a HR ends the inning, or the half inning? If the former the visiting team could homer every inning and the home team would never get an at bat. I bet that would be good for attendance.
Half innings, obvs.
Imagine instructing guys on launch angle and bat speed to maximize gappers, doubles, low liners. But homeruns would also become more attractive late in close games, and of course in extra innings. I love the strategic element of this. A pitcher with a big lead can also just toss a lollipop in there -- very hard to place it for a double (it will hang up) and if it leaves the park big deal.
As big swings are less incentified, walks and strike outs decrease. Small ball and speed make a comeback, since that's what gives you big innings with crooked numbers.
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