~2021 MLB Thread~

[OrangeAfroMan]

Both leagues?  check
Starters going only 5 innings?  check
5-6 man rotations?  check
ALL the relief pitchers?  check
Long-ass career?  check

[MarqHusker]

I'll still never forget being at a game and seeing Pujols moved to 2nd base for defensive purposes late in a game.   He wasn't bad in his 2 chances.  I dont recall exactly why Larussa or maybe Matheney by then made the switch. 

[ELA]

What is going on with the Twinkies?

[ELA]

It's so nice to have Jason Bennetti doing White Sox games after suffering through Hawk for all those years

[longhorn320]

are we still playing with that stupid rule change where if the game goes extra innings you start with a runner on 2nd base

[ELA]

Yep.  At least for this year

[longhorn320]

Yep.  At least for this year

getting more like soccer  where they play and if no winner you get to kick goals

[OrangeAfroMan]

They wanted to do HR derby in extra innings, but that's what innings 1-9 are for.

[ELA]

getting more like soccer  where they play and if no winner you get to kick goals

It's more like college football OT.  It's still the same game, they just removed the part where you have to work to get into scoring position.

A HR derby would be more akin to soccer/hockey

[OrangeAfroMan]

For the purists who don't like it, it's simply a mathematically-sound way to avoid 19 inning games.  It's harmless.
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If baseball doesn't evolve, it's going to die.  

[longhorn320]

For the purists who don't like it, it's simply a mathematically-sound way to avoid 19 inning games.  It's harmless.
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If baseball doesn't evolve, it's going to die. 

its called baseball 

dont like to have people monkey around with it


From 2016-2017, 39 extra-inning games went 16 innings or longer (3% of all 1,429 extra-inning games). From 2018-2019 there were none

[Hawkinole]

It's so nice to have Jason Bennetti doing White Sox games after suffering through Hawk for all those years

Hawk screwed up epically firing Tony Larussa. As a broadcaster he was a homer, but okay. What I didn't like was when I was listening to a neighbor in the stadium saying, "A can of corn." Okay on air but if your are 45, stop acting like a juvenile. Jason Bennetti has cerebral palsy as did one of my best friends in college. Jason is less afflicted. I keep in contact with my friend. I admire Jason Bennetti, and how he does his baseball broadcasts.

[OrangeAfroMan]

its called baseball

dont like to have people monkey around with it


From 2016-2017, 39 extra-inning games went 16 innings or longer (3% of all 1,429 extra-inning games). From 2018-2019 there were none

You want it to stay exactly the same forever.  
What a surprise.

[longhorn320]

You want it to stay exactly the same forever. 
What a surprise.

yes as a matter of fact

its the game I played and its the game my father played

the only reason for this rule comes from the nerwork's speeding up the game just like they did with the 40 sec rule in CFB

There is no other benefit from it and it