Cubs vs. Mariners

[Hawkeye OG]

Up 2-1 in the 4th.

 

[MDB111™]

Good to see Smyly settle in.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Good to see Smyly settle in.

He's looked pretty good and worked his way out of a jam

 

[Castor76]

Not pretty, but the needed result.

 

[SilenceS]

Madrigal steal of third was pretty great.

This team is going to be fun. A lot of different elements.

 

[knoxville7]

Madrigal steal of third was pretty great.

This team is going to be fun. A lot of different elements.

Baseball in general seems to be swinging back towards stealing bases and hit and runs, thankfully!

 

[SilenceS]

Baseball in general seems to be swinging back towards stealing bases and hit and runs, thankfully!

The pitch clock. Pitchers can only throw to first twice and the eplayers now know when they have to pitch to time it. Stolen Bases are way up

 

[knoxville7]

The pitch clock. Pitchers can only throw to first twice and the eplayers now know when they have to pitch to time it. Stolen Bases are way up

100%. The pitch clock may just save baseball

 

[Bearcub13]

100%. The pitch clock may just save baseball

Save baseball from what?

 

[knoxville7]

Save baseball from what?

It’s been declining in viewership for years now. In particular, due to complaints of how long the games are and how much down time there is

 

[Bearcub13]

It’s been declining in viewership for years now. In particular, due to complaints of how long the games are and how much down time there is

Declining viewership does not mean baseball is in any danger of dying...

 

[knoxville7]

Declining viewership does not mean baseball is in any danger of dying...

Show me where I said the word “dying.”

Chill out mr super serial

 

[Bearcub13]

Declining viewership does not mean baseball is in any danger of dying...

When you wrote "save" it sounded terminal to me. Baseball being saved by a pitch clock from what, people who don't know anything about the game having to have something shiny shown to them every 30 seconds or they will turn on a rerun of Gilligan's island. The pitch clock is not about baseball, it is about profits for the owners. If the owners are handing out 200 million contracts like they were Pez, there ain't nobody going hungry here...Yes, I am a purist, I love pitchers hitting, pitchers wandering around the mound, batters readjusting, we'll call it "stuff', etc... I like bunts and double steals hitting behind the runner, suicide squeezes, safety squeezes, you know, baseball.

 

[knoxville7]

Lol at least now he’s talking to himself!

 

[TL1961]

When you wrote "save" it sounded terminal to me. Baseball being saved by a pitch clock from what, people who don't know anything about the game having to have something shiny shown to them every 30 seconds or they will turn on a rerun of Gilligan's island. The pitch clock is not about baseball, it is about profits for the owners. If the owners are handing out 200 million contracts like they were Pez, there ain't nobody going hungry here...Yes, I am a purist, I love pitchers hitting, pitchers wandering around the mound, batters readjusting, we'll call it "stuff', etc... I like bunts and double steals hitting behind the runner, suicide squeezes, safety squeezes, you know, baseball.

I know about the game. I have wathed for many years. I don't need shiny new things. Quite the opposite.

But I know one thing: Baseball was BORING recently due to the three outcome approach, the lack of action on the bases and the length of games. And that is from me, who is far from hung up on game length vs what is occurring during that time. I don't see the thrill of watching Rick Sutcliffe hold the ball for eight minutes between pitches or make that endless fake to third throw to first move (and I love Sutcliffe!). I don't get the thrill of seeing Skip Schumaker adjust both batting gloves after every pitch, including all those on which he doesn't move at all. Those delays do nothing to enhance the game, and that does not mean only purists understand them.

I considered Manfred's attempts to change things to be questionable when proposed. But so far they're having a positive effect.

 

[Diehardfan]

The pitch clock. Pitchers can only throw to first twice and the eplayers now know when they have to pitch to time it. Stolen Bases are way up

Thanks for this, I did not know about the throw over limitations.

 

[Bearcub13]

Lol at least now he’s talking to himself!

At least I know someone is listening...don't you have a video game to play?

 

[knoxville7]

At least I know someone is listening...don't you have a video game to play?

Man, you sure are the edge lord!!

Sick burn, bro!

I wish I was playing video games instead of being at work playing with your feeble mind

 

[Bearcub13]

Insults, way to stay classy, did your parents not teach you anything?

 

[knoxville7]

Insults, way to stay classy, did your parents not teach you anything?

@ me next time, bro!

And you started the insults, not me. “Mr. Video Game”

Did your parents not send you to school??