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Baseball shifts are as bad as Free Speech?
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| a little elbow grease
Posted on 06/23/2018 4:25:05 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease
How bout telling batters to hit to opposite fields?
How much more interesting would THAT be?
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:24:34 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Samantha BeeITCH . . . BOYCOTT CANADIAN Travel & Products BUY AMERICAN)
To: xzins
I was no great ball player and not remotely good enough to get paid for it, but I always looked for the gaps. I was fast and power wasnt my strength.
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I hear you.
see # 27
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:25:57 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
That’s a strategic part of the game. That could plqy hell with all kinds of century old record keeping. Some people don’t have enough to do so they spend the extra time irdanuzing there to their to their point if view. 9 times out if 10, a “progressive” is driving the change. Churches, football, baseball...damn them! Leave MY world alone!
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:29:36 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(We are getting even more than we voted for.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"When Ty Cobb attended a game where Ted Williams hit into a shift, he nearly went crazy. He said that if they did that to him, they would never get him out. Williams was an intuitive sabermetrician. He preferred taking a chance on an extra base hit over an easy single."
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Ty Cobb nearly went crazy --- Ty Cobb didn't have far to go.
;-)
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:38:10 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
A good swinging bunt down the third base line is a double with this defense. Unfortunately, the vast majority of ball players don’t know how to bunt.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:38:19 AM PDT
by
50mm
(- .... .. ... / .. ... / -- -.-- / -. . .-- / - .- --. .-.. .. -. .)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
That's hilarious!
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:40:01 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: usconservative
I think the overuse of relievers hurts the game and hurts starting pitchers.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:40:20 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for eir victory.)
To: RayChuang88
"They won't ban it completely, but will limit the number of fielders during such a shift."
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LMAO ..... just exactly how will that be done? Take your time explaining.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:42:23 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
Baseball being ruined by people who don’t really know baseball (even though they may work in the industry). All this tweaking will result in less viewership. Don’t they see it?
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:45:19 AM PDT
by
refreshed
(But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
He preferred taking a chance on an extra base hit over an easy single.I believe it was Ted Williams who responded to those who told him to take the single if the defense was giving it to him: "Why should I do what the defense wants me to do?" That's an interesting point to ponder.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:45:50 AM PDT
by
CommerceComet
(Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
To: gwjack
I once saw a MLB team deploy a rather unusual strategy. The bases were loaded with no outs in the bottom of the ninth and the score tied. The team in the field placed 5 players in the infield to cut down a runner at the plate.
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see post # 4
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:46:01 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: gwjack
Ruth is a pretty good pitcher. He would have a future in the game if he gave up playing in the field.
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lol
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:47:06 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: Jim Noble
That's true........ I loved 'dem Bums yet I was a Pirate fan.
Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Newcombe, Koufax, Sal 'The Barber' Maglie, Carl Erskine, and others............ fantastic team.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:53:50 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: xzins
I think that’s true, I also think that pulling a pitcher based on a pitch count is stupid. If a pitcher is still pitching well, leave him in!
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:54:49 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: All
I haven’t cared about baseball since Curt Flood claimed he was a slave.
To: a little elbow grease
What do you all think of telling defensive players where to play? I think it's as stupid as telling NFL Defensive players that they have to line up the same exact way every game.
Then again, I haven't watched the NFL for two seasons now so for all I know that's actually happening now. Wouldn't surprise me, the same NFL that adopts the stupid policy letting players kneel during the National Anthem which drives a big chunk of their audience away would probably do something as stupid.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:57:12 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: a little elbow grease
To: usconservative; xzins
"I don't think baseball games need to be sped up at all. All this talk of speeding them up is because the stupid millennial have the attention span of a gnat and baseball is trying to figure out how to pander to them. I'm so sick and damn' tired of millennial."
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You'r half right. Millennial do have no attention span, but the games are WAAAAAY too long.
Look it up. See how long a regular game took in the 50'-s through the 70's. It's sickening now.
I love baseball, but I almost never watch a full game anymore.
All the mound visits, all the pitcher changes, all the replays......... it's nearly all BS now.
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posted on
06/23/2018 5:59:17 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: a little elbow grease
I like baseball just the way it is...esp the pace.
Slow or fast it’s a wonderful game, lovely to go 10 plus minutes without a vulgar indoctrinating commercial.
And finely, it’s totally ridiculous to mess with the fielders position.
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posted on
06/23/2018 6:00:19 AM PDT
by
exPBRrat
(.)
To: Right Wing Assault
The anti-shifters should have a device imbedded into the field where each defensive player must start. This device would clamp onto the players footwear.
When the ball is hit, a sensor in the bat would send a signal that would release the clamp and the players would now be able to move anywhere they want.
After the batter is out, has stopped at a base, or has crossed home plate, the defense would move back to their clamps to be ready for the next pitch.
Elon Musk is probably working on it right now.
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That's fantastic.
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posted on
06/23/2018 6:01:08 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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