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Topic: ~2022 MLB Thread~

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ELA

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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #826 on: March 15, 2023, 12:18:52 AM »
20 teams is probably too many.  The soccer World Cup I believe only went from 16 to 24 in the early 90s, and then to 32 in maybe 2002?  And that's in a format where literally every country except a handful competes in qualifiers.  If the finals was more consolidated, I would say whatever, but because it's still regionalized up until the semi-finals, is there really any difference between being in the qualifiers and being in the actual tournament? Given the nature of baseball, I'd rather make qualification a bigger deal, and get it down to eight, and then go to a CWS format as the finals
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« Reply #827 on: March 15, 2023, 02:01:57 AM »
In each group, there's 2-3 that have a chance and 2-3 that have absolutely no chance.  I assume MLB is throwing money at those countries just to field a team.  
Just long-conning the world into playing baseball.  
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« Reply #828 on: March 15, 2023, 10:40:46 PM »
Edwin Diaz got injured in the postgame celebration of Puerto Rico eliminating the Dominican Republic.  So guessing if it's as bad as it appears to be, this might be the end of MLB players participating, which means the end of the event.
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« Reply #829 on: March 15, 2023, 11:51:27 PM »
Watching Trout come through in a pseudo postseason environment, just makes me more mad that the Angels have robbed us of getting to see this in the postseason by wasting his career
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« Reply #830 on: March 16, 2023, 01:17:34 AM »
Quote from: ELA on March 15, 2023, 11:51:27 PM
Watching Trout come through in a pseudo postseason environment, just makes me more mad that the Angels have robbed us of getting to see this in the postseason by wasting his career
Multiple, stupid $100+ million contracts will do that.
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« Reply #831 on: March 16, 2023, 07:39:42 AM »
What a bet,  take the best player in MLB for no less than ten of the next twelve years in the 2nd largest market.  How many post-seasons are you expecting?
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« Reply #832 on: March 18, 2023, 07:09:11 PM »
Steve Carlton's 304.0 innings pitched in 1980 are the last time a pitcher has recorded over 300 innings pitched in a season.
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« Reply #833 on: March 18, 2023, 09:23:19 PM »
Not 1 mention of the WBC on ESPN.com.  That's just unethical, isn't it?  I know, I know...$$$.  But still.  WTF?
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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #834 on: March 18, 2023, 09:30:22 PM »
Quote from: ELA on March 15, 2023, 10:40:46 PM
Edwin Diaz got injured in the postgame celebration of Puerto Rico eliminating the Dominican Republic.  So guessing if it's as bad as it appears to be, this might be the end of MLB players participating, which means the end of the event.
He's out for 6-8 months.....but is JUST a reliever, so....
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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #835 on: March 18, 2023, 09:35:11 PM »
entire game feels high leverage.   Rabid crowd.  Interesting (non)move by DeRosa .
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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #836 on: March 18, 2023, 09:55:09 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on March 18, 2023, 09:35:11 PM
entire game feels high leverage.  Rabid crowd.  Interesting (non)move by DeRosa .
Doesn't help when the ump decides the top of the strike zone is the Adam's apple
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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #837 on: March 18, 2023, 10:15:48 PM »
You don't like to see players get hurt, but it feels like Venezuela needed to get their trash can signals in line to let altuve know that that pitch was coming inside
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Re: ~2022 MLB Thread~
« Reply #838 on: March 18, 2023, 10:17:01 PM »
Trea Fucking Turner!!!!
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« Reply #839 on: March 18, 2023, 10:17:16 PM »
Trea Turner, let's GOOOO!
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