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 Oct 22 2010, 08:41 PM
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 Rangerlands Eeyore!  Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season  |
So, wait, a ball that hits the ground and then bounces up and hits the batter is considered a HBP. I've never seen that before.
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Oct 22 2010, 08:43 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
Huh. Learn something new every day.
QUOTE A pitched ball that hits the batter after bouncing is not a dead ball. Some people believe that once a pitched ball has hit the dirt and then hits the batter, it is a dead ball and should be called a ball. This is incorrect and the batter should be awarded first base.
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Oct 22 2010, 08:44 PM
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 Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
You really didn't know that? Shit, I've seen Vlad Guerrero actually hit balls that had bounced in the dirt for base hits.
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Oct 22 2010, 08:45 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
I've never seen it before, and I've watched a lot of baseball.
I know that if you don't get out of the way you won't get first base, but not the part about a bounced ball. -------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Oct 22 2010, 08:47 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
See, I don't think it's a dead ball. I just thought to be hit by a pitch it has to hit you while it's being pitched. Not after it bounces on the ground. Hence why the ruling of it being a wild pitch seemed correct to me.
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Oct 22 2010, 09:36 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
YOU'RE a dead ball.
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Oct 22 2010, 10:10 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
Hey, Giants, you know what you need to do.
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Oct 22 2010, 10:19 PM
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 I stole Ron Duguay's hair! Posts: 10,606 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Texas, there be dragons here. I Like: ado I Don't Like: adieu |
LGR.
-------------------- Special thanks go to Rick91981 for assistance in making the Official Judas Crease Hair Flip avatar a reality!
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Oct 23 2010, 07:25 PM
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 Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
So now that it's a full day later and I've been getting my pumpkin ale on.....HEY-YOOOOO
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Oct 23 2010, 07:28 PM
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QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 24 2010, 12:25 AM)  So now that it's a full day later and I've been getting my pumpkin ale on.....HEY-YOOOOO Haters unite, wha what!!!!!!! Now I think I'm rooting for Texas regardless. I got a Smuttynose! What you got? -------------------- Home Plate Beer Kings Hockey Motto: "Win or lose we drink the booze!"
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Oct 23 2010, 07:46 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Paul Smachetti @ Oct 23 2010, 08:28 PM) I got a Smuttynose! What you got? shipyard |
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Oct 23 2010, 09:17 PM
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SWBAT: Posts: 7,238 Joined: 29-July 08 From: Dalton, Massachusetts I Like: Henrik Lundqvist I Don't Like: The Boston Red Sox |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 24 2010, 12:46 AM) shipyard Niceness! I'm on my 4th. I went w/the Smuttynose because I think it has a higher ABV! This post has been edited by Paul Smachetti: Oct 23 2010, 09:18 PM -------------------- Home Plate Beer Kings Hockey Motto: "Win or lose we drink the booze!"
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Oct 23 2010, 09:51 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
I can't believe how exciting this game is. Every time the little dot shows up and says OUT for the Phillies, I'm happy. FUCK YOU FOX. Assholes.
Go Giants. -------------------- They say 'eh' instead of 'what' or 'duh'. That's the mighty power of Canada.
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Oct 23 2010, 09:57 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
WOOOO!! The dots say home run Giants!! Six more outs! Fuck Philly!
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Oct 23 2010, 10:01 PM
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QUOTE(Bleedin-Blue @ Oct 23 2010, 10:51 PM) I can't believe how exciting this game is. Every time the little dot shows up and says OUT for the Phillies, I'm happy. FUCK YOU FOX. Assholes. Go Giants. New ad strategy: Without FOX, how will millions of House fans be reassured that they don't have lupus? And... and GLEE! Don't forget Glee! Call Cablevision now! -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2010, 10:05 PM
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I'm torn, because rooting for the Phillies means I get to annoy New York fans. But I just don't care that much.
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Oct 23 2010, 10:12 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
But how could you, in good conscience, cheer for a Philadelphia team?
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Oct 23 2010, 10:14 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,775 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Bleedin-Blue @ Oct 23 2010, 11:12 PM) But how could you, in good conscience, cheer for a Philadelphia team? They're not the Flyers, so I don't give a fuck. I've just never thought of the Braves as rivals to the Phillies, I'm a Ravens fan, and I don't really care much about basketball. So. Agitating Yankees/Mets fans > agitating Phillies fans. Plus I kinda like seeing my co-workers enjoy it. This post has been edited by Kusand: Oct 23 2010, 10:14 PM -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2010, 10:18 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
You're a Braves fan? Not to sound like a total dick but why? I'm curious.
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Oct 23 2010, 10:24 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,775 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Bleedin-Blue @ Oct 23 2010, 11:18 PM) You're a Braves fan? Not to sound like a total dick but why? I'm curious. (This is all around when I'm 9 or 10) I really disliked the Mets and Yankees fans I knew. I didn't really have a team and both sides' fans nagged me about how awesome their team was, and mostly I wished they all would die. I didn't want to be a fan of their teams. They all seemed really slobbery. The Braves were kind of fun to follow being "West" at the time, and they had a guy named Ryan Klesko. I just REALLY liked that name. Easily my favorite Brave as a kid. I've picked a decent number of teams to be a fan of over names. I actually was an Islanders fan til I was 5, when they traded Hrudey, who was my favorite player with his awesome name. The Rangers had dynamo names like Sandstrom and Granato so they were pretty easy for me to like, and I just never looked back. Seriously, the trading of Hrudey when I was little is the reason you're talking to a Rangers fan today. This post has been edited by Kusand: Oct 23 2010, 10:42 PM -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2010, 10:40 PM
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Death from adjacent Posts: 14,907 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Jerktown - Population you. Also, me. I Like: bring my shuttle. I Don't Like: alert my Star Destroyer to--blah blah blah. |
Fuck yeah.
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Oct 23 2010, 11:25 PM
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SWBAT: Posts: 7,238 Joined: 29-July 08 From: Dalton, Massachusetts I Like: Henrik Lundqvist I Don't Like: The Boston Red Sox |
GO GIGANTES!
Why would they put Orlando Hudson on the MLB Network studio crew? God! is he annoying! Sounds like Shannon Sharpe at 78 rpm! Hey O Dog STFU! -------------------- Home Plate Beer Kings Hockey Motto: "Win or lose we drink the booze!"
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Oct 24 2010, 12:02 AM
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 LIKE AMARE Posts: 25,293 Joined: 29-July 08 From: New Providence, NJ I Like: The Knicks! I Don't Like: Lebronakkah |
DIE {PHILADELPHIA DIE
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Oct 24 2010, 12:22 AM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Oct 24 2010, 06:26 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,251 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
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Oct 24 2010, 06:29 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Oct 25 2010, 11:31 AM
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 Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
I guess I'll root for the Rangers, this being their first WS appearance and all. Pretty nifty.
-------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Oct 25 2010, 11:46 AM
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Giants in 6.
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Oct 25 2010, 11:49 AM
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I stole Ron Duguay's hair! Posts: 10,606 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Texas, there be dragons here. I Like: ado I Don't Like: adieu |
QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 25 2010, 11:31 AM) I guess I'll root for the Rangers, this being their first WS appearance and all. Pretty nifty. and hey, You already know the cheer! LGR
-------------------- Special thanks go to Rick91981 for assistance in making the Official Judas Crease Hair Flip avatar a reality!
Thanks to The Hockey Rodent for a working button! |
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Oct 25 2010, 02:26 PM
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I won't watch much, but I'm rooting for the Giants. I always go for the old school teams...except for the Red Sox. Those guys can suck it.
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Oct 25 2010, 03:54 PM
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Either the Rangers or Giants win, I'm fine with both of those names. That said I like Texas in 6 because I don't think SF will hit enough.
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Oct 26 2010, 11:51 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
This is horseshit.
QUOTE Baseball's playoffs could be expanding in two years. The new head of the players' union says his members are open to adding more wild-card teams for 2012 and possibly extending the division series to a best-of-seven. What, is everyone going to get a participation ribbon now? Oh, and yes, let's extend the playoffs to 7 games for the LDS, you jackoffs. Baseball in December! http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5728656 -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Oct 26 2010, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 12:51 PM) This is horseshit. What, is everyone going to get a participation ribbon now? Oh, and yes, let's extend the playoffs to 7 games for the LDS, you jackoffs. Baseball in December! http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5728656 Insert snide remark about video replay ruining baseball but changing playoffs not. -------------------- |
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Oct 26 2010, 11:57 AM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 12:51 PM) This is horseshit. What, is everyone going to get a participation ribbon now? Oh, and yes, let's extend the playoffs to 7 games for the LDS, you jackoffs. Baseball in December! http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5728656 I don't know if this article goes into this or not, but one of the caveats of the extended series and playoff teams is supposed to be a shorter season so it doesn't go into november. Frankly I'm all for shortening the season, seeing more playoff baseball and avoiding the "dog days" |
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Oct 26 2010, 11:59 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Oct 26 2010, 12:54 PM) Insert snide remark about video replay ruining baseball but changing playoffs not.  I just think that it dilutes the playoffs when you add another wild card. There would be no fun divisional races ever again. And this is coming from the girl whose team missed the playoffs completely. Baseball isn't a sport where the dominate team wins every single time. Is all of this stemming from a Giants-Rangers World Series? Why? I hate Bud Selig. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:00 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 26 2010, 12:57 PM) I don't know if this article goes into this or not, but one of the caveats of the extended series and playoff teams is supposed to be a shorter season so it doesn't go into november. Frankly I'm all for shortening the season, seeing more playoff baseball and avoiding the "dog days" Do you know how much revenue comes from the regular season. There is no way the owners go for that. They will scorch the Earth with Bud Selig's toupee before that happens. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:04 PM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 12:59 PM) I just think that it dilutes the playoffs when you add another wild card. There would be no fun divisional races ever again. And this is coming from the girl whose team missed the playoffs completely. Baseball isn't a sport where the dominate team wins every single time. Is all of this stemming from a Giants-Rangers World Series? Why? I hate Bud Selig. Are you kidding? The more rounds of playoffs, the less likely the Yankees are to win the series. The playoffs are a randomizer. -------------------- |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:15 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
So you add a full series? Then what? The division winners waits a week and a half to play again? It just seems like we could have 80 game winners making the playoffs.
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Oct 26 2010, 12:31 PM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 12:59 PM) Baseball isn't a sport where the dominate team wins every single time. Is all of this stemming from a Giants-Rangers World Series? Why? I hate Bud Selig. The irony is that I imagine that the gripes come from teams that are sick of big-money dominance in baseball, when in fact this rule would just ensure that the Yankees and R-- S-- compete every single year. -------------------- Batman uses women for sex and tactical advantages.
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Oct 26 2010, 12:33 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 01:00 PM) Do you know how much revenue comes from the regular season. There is no way the owners go for that. They will scorch the Earth with Bud Selig's toupee before that happens. It's my understanding it's the owners that want it and the players are willing to go along with it. Selig is pushing this, who represents the owners. |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:37 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 26 2010, 01:33 PM) It's my understanding it's the owners that want it and the players are willing to go along with it. Selig is pushing this, who represents the owners. Damn it. You are ruining my argument here. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:40 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
I'm assuming the #1 seed would have a bye while #2-#5 and #3-#4.
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Oct 26 2010, 12:41 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(jburns @ Oct 26 2010, 12:59 PM) Is all of this stemming from a Giants-Rangers World Series? Why? I hate Bud Selig. No, this has been in discussion for a long time. Selig was on ESPN radio before the playoffs discussing this, and he presents it petty well. He also brings up a fair point that baseball has the lowest percentage of teams that make the playoffs, and even with adding teams they'd still be at the bottom of that, I think tying only football. The season is 2 damn long, if adding a series finally shortens it, I'm all for it. It doesn't effect how the game is played, just how much, to answer Kusand trying to point out a hypocrisy btw. |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:42 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,775 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 26 2010, 01:41 PM) The season is 2 damn long, if adding a series finally shortens it, I'm all for it. It doesn't effect how the game is played, just how much, to answer Kusand trying to point out a hypocrisy btw. Meh. I file it under "messing with tradition." -------------------- |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:43 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Oct 26 2010, 01:40 PM) I'm assuming the #1 seed would have a bye while #2-#5 and #3-#4. Guys, a bye week doesn't add a series. They want to add a series. They want to go from 8 teams to 12. not 10. |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:44 PM
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QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Oct 26 2010, 01:31 PM) The irony is that I imagine that the gripes come from teams that are sick of big-money dominance in baseball, when in fact this rule would just ensure that the Yankees and R-- S-- compete every single year. That's funny, I was under the impression the Yankees and Sox already *do* compete every year. -------------------- |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 26 2010, 01:43 PM) Guys, a bye week doesn't add a series. They want to add a series. They want to go from 8 teams to 12. not 10. I thought they just wanted to add 1 wild card team in each league, not two. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Oct 26 2010, 12:52 PM
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I would think baseball fans would be more open to making the divisional series 7 games. Does anyone really think a best-of-5 between a wild-card and a division champ is representative of the outcome over the long-haul? Or are you guys not objecting to lengthening that?
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Oct 26 2010, 12:55 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Oct 26 2010, 01:46 PM) I thought they just wanted to add 1 wild card team in each league, not two. That's what I thought too untill I realized that technically doesn't add a series. When they say add a series, I don't think they mean have another team playing, I think they mean they want it to play out like the NHL. 3 series before the Championship instead of 2. You can't add just 1 team to the mix. The first place team would have to have a bye for two series not one. If 1 has a bye and 2 plays 5 and 3 plays 4, who plays the next round? You have 3 teams left. |
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Oct 26 2010, 12:57 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Oct 26 2010, 01:55 PM) The first place team would have to have a bye for two series not one. This would be terrible. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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