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regular john

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Hauler said:
I think they move the mound back.

Although the shit hitting has more to do with a focus on HRs and launch angle than it does with pitching being any better than in year's past. Hitters don't give a shit if they strikeout anymore.

Chicks dig the long ball.
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you don’t think it’s harder to hit today with always-fresh starters and specialized relievers and shit ?

and is this modified DH too bad? I always want to puke immediately upon hearing these rule change suggestions but this one - even though it sounds stupid - has somewhat of an upside IMO in that it’ll add a new strategic dimension with an added incentive to keep the starter in the game.
 
Hauler

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regular john said:
you don’t think it’s harder to hit today with always-fresh starters and specialized relievers and shit ?

and is this modified DH too bad? I always want to puke immediately upon hearing these rule change suggestions but this one - even though it sounds stupid - has somewhat of an upside IMO in that it’ll add a new strategic dimension with an added incentive to keep the starter in the game.
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It is tougher, but I have zero sympathy for hitters who refuse to adapt to an inside out swing and hit the other way when a shift is on. Or lay down a bunt. It's like "Oh they have the shift on? Fuck em, I'll hit it over the wall". I think the increased Ks are driven more by stubborness of hitters than improved pitching.

And the DH thing doesn't change much. If you have a stud DH coming up you might try to stretch a starter longer than you want. So you have strategy once a game - maybe - for both teams. After that, it doesn't change much because the pitcher's spot in the NL is always a PH situation after the starter is out anyway. It's better than what the AL has now (IMO) , but I don't know that it changes enough to disrupt the current rules of play for both leagues.
 
mysticmac

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Hauler said:
If you have a stud DH coming up you might try to stretch a starter longer than you want.
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The opposite tends to be true. When a starter is fading, they tend to get pulled for a fresh arm when the heavy hitters are coming up.
 
Hauler

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mysticmac said:
The opposite tends to be true. When a starter is fading, they tend to get pulled for a fresh arm when the heavy hitters are coming up.
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I mean like if Cole is starting to fade but the Yanks have DH Judge due up 3rd in the next inning. Say there's men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Cole is fading in a game that's tied 3-3 in the 7th.

Stick with Cole so you get another AB for DH Judge?
Or pull Cole and be forced to PH for Judge?
 
mysticmac

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Hauler said:
I mean like if Cole is starting to fade but the Yanks have DH Judge due up 3rd in the next inning. Say there's men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Cole is fading in a game that's tied 3-3 in the 7th.

Stick with Cole so you get another AB for DH Judge?
Or pull Cole and be forced to PH for Judge?
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Oh, I see what you're saying. I took it to mean the starter was about to face the opponent's DH.
 
Robbie Hart

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Uh oh, this is not what you want to see

www.espn.com

Braves' Ozuna arrested on felony assault charge

Major League Baseball will open an investigation into Atlanta's Marcell Ozuna, sources told ESPN on Saturday, following his arrest in Georgia stemming from a domestic incident in which he choked his wife and threw her against a wall, according to police.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
Hauler

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Diamandbacks announcer Bob Brenly sounds like he's about to get cancelled for his racist comments towards Marcus Stroman who was wearing a dew-rag in last night's game.

Brenly said "I'm pretty sure that's the same dew-rag that Tom Seaver used to wear when he pitched for the Mets"

I've read 4 or 5 articles. I've searched Twitter for clarity. I found one guy who said "If you don't see the problem with what he said then you are part of the problem"

I guess I'm part of the problem, because I'm at a loss.

Help me out here folks?
Where's the racism?
 
Hauler

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How is a dew-rag (or apparently durag) racist?

I've never heard them called anything else. I wear one when I'm hiking or doing yard work.

I seriously don't get the issue here.
 
Robbie Hart

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Hauler said:
How is a dew-rag (or apparently durag) racist?

I've never heard them called anything else. I wear one when I'm hiking or doing yard work.

I seriously don't get the issue here.
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That was my first thought when reading that story

Stretching the “narrative” just a slight bit imo

I see nothing wrong with it, but liberals will flock to that like a fly on a piece of chicken in a trash can

Sad!!
 
Robbie Hart

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Hauler said:
How is a dew-rag (or apparently durag) racist?

I've never heard them called anything else. I wear one when I'm hiking or doing yard work.

I seriously don't get the issue here.
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And, btw, I would make fun of you if you were my neighbor and I would break you mentally for wearing a durag....don’t worry, I’d break you eventually
 
Hauler

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Robbie Hart said:
I see nothing wrong with it, but liberals will flock to that like a fly on a piece of chicken in a trash can
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Flock to what?

It was a reference to hall of fame pitcher Tom Seaver occasionally wearing a durag - errrr - a piece of cloth over his head to keep the sweat out of his eyes.
 
Hauler

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Robbie Hart said:
And, btw, I would make fun of you if you were my neighbor and I would break you mentally for wearing a durag....don’t worry, I’d break you eventually
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I sweat a lot. They are effective.
 
Robbie Hart

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Hauler said:
Flock to what?

It was a reference to hall of fame pitcher Tom Seaver occasionally wearing a durag - errrr - a piece of cloth over his head to keep the sweat out of his eyes.
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To anything remotely related to someone claiming “racist undertones”
 
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