GDT: 2024 Regular Season Thread

[Terry Yake]

the fact that alex cora is still managing in 2024 and not permanently banned from baseball is just one of many stains on manfred's joke of a tenure as commish

 

[Dr Pepper]

Angel is just the worst.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Angel is just the worst.

It's ridiculous that they can't get rid of that useless turd.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Looks like Skip got his sentence commuted

 

[Cas]

i'm a fan of the pitch clock, but you have to wonder how much of a role that's playing in all these elbow injuries

I think we have far too small of a sample to make a definitive statement. Pitching has always caused elbow injuries.

If anything, baseball should take steps to disincentivize ludicrous velocity and movement (which would by necessity require disincentivizing hitting for power).

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Pirates take 2 of 3 from the Orioles, they are 8-2.

Edit: I did not realize this happened due to a throwing error by Henderson. Woof.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

The Pirates take 2 of 3 from the Orioles, they are 8-2.

Orioles are playing like trash.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I've never seen a rain delay take so long to get called. They had puddles in the infield before they finally delayed it in Chicago.

 

[GKJ]

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I've never seen a rain delay take so long to get called. They had puddles in the infield before they finally delayed it in Chicago.

Hard to believe. The league kisses Dodger ass. You would think the would stop and hope the game is cancelled.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Hard to believe. The league kisses Dodger ass. You would think the would stop and hope the game is cancelled.

You should kiss their ass too.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

You should kiss their ass too

Why? They only care about Yankees and Dodgers which is why the league will be going under soon. Of course since there is no cap they will always spend well over what they are allowed to spend. And since the league allows garbage owners to spend next to nothing on payroll there will always be very few teams worth watching.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Why? They only care about Yankees and Dodgers which is why the league will be going under soon. Of course since there is no cap they will always spend well over what they are allowed to spend. And since the league allows garbage owners to spend next to nothing on payroll there will always be very few teams worth watching.

Cry some more

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Ronel Blanco follows up his no-no with another 5 2/3 hitless innings (for a total of 14 2/3 hitless innings to start his season) before Adolis Garcia breaks through with a single.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Then calls Gleyber out on a ball out of the zone after the pitcher stepped off/didn't look at Torres.

Like you said, playeres should be boycotting his games.

 

[SoupNazi]

The woman next to me in the airport is looking at me like I’m nuts because this literally made me laugh out loud.

Just wow.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Then calls Gleyber out on a ball out of the zone after the pitcher stepped off/didn't look at Torres.

Like you said, playeres should be boycotting his games.

Love the Angel sucks chants. Lordy, he's bad.

 

[John Price]

lol

 

[John Price]

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Yankees aren’t completely awful for a change.

 

[iamjs]

The Pirates take 2 of 3 from the Orioles, they are 8-2.

Edit: I did not realize this happened due to a throwing error by Henderson. Woof.

 

[JWK]

I've seen enough, the Rockies would lose 100 games in AAA too

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

the only logical explanations for all of these pitching injuries is maybe the balls that the league is using. it makes me wonder how much different the baseballs that were thrown by nolan ryan, steve carlton, jimmy key, mike mussina and john smoltz in comparison to the balls being used presently.

some will present the argument of an overemphasis on spin rates and velocity. but guys that had k totals and may innings logged per season i'm quite sure were aware of such variables back in the old days.

 

[John Price]

 

[CTHabsfan]

the only logical explanations for all of these pitching injuries is maybe the balls that the league is using. it makes me wonder how much different the baseballs that were thrown by nolan ryan, steve carlton, jimmy key, mike mussina and john smoltz in comparison to the balls being used say in the last 15-20 years.

some will present the argument of an overemphasis on spin rates and velocity. but guys that had k totals and may innings logged per season i'm quite sure were aware of such variables back in the old days.

Guys used to be able to strike out batters by knowing how to pitch, not just by throwing the ball hard. Pitchers like Walter Johnson, Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan were exceptions, not the rule. A 92-mph fastball was considered to be good velocity as recently as 15-years ago. Pitchers today are expected to throw hard all the time and pitching is not a natural arm motion.