OT: MLB Thread 2024
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sabremike
THE RED BULL
Yeah this is the dumbest idea ever.
This isn’t America’s Got Talent. The extra innings runner on 2nd rule is dumb enough, don’t need this shit too.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
- Oct 12, 2008
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"I got the idea from Michael Scott's Golden Ticket scheme on The Office."
"Uh, Michael Scott got that idea from Willy Wonka."
"I look up to Michael Scott as an executive."
Mr Mxyzptlk
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That's as bad as the DH rule -- probably worse....similar to softball's in and out rule
Geez. Removing strategy is really gonna make the game more exciting and interesting.
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JCProdigy
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Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
I mean, if you enjoy watching people hit .140, you always have the White Sox.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Sorry -- but I've hated the DH since its inception -- and in today's "homer or KO" style of play, I would venture to say there are more .140 regulars than ever before.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
I was being nice. Pitchers hit .103 and slugged .140 the last time they hit.
Bob Richards
Mr. Mojo Risin'
There's nothing I miss less than pitchers having to hit.
One of the most wretched things possible.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I fondly remember the days when a good number of pitchers could actually hit.
JCProdigy
Registered User
Define your definition of a good number because woof, overall they were always bad except, of course, for a few outliers.
For me, I'd rather pitchers spend their time concentrating on what they do best and what got them to MLB rather than a skill, where if they stopped pitching young, they wouldn't have even been looked at in their draft as a viable position player to make it to MLB.
The lack of knowledge is shocking. Many MLB pitchers were some of the best athletes and hitters on their pre-MLB teams.
JCProdigy
Registered User
And yet they couldn't hit for shit in the MLB. Funny how that works.
The nostalgia leading to faulty memories from those who were young fans at the time is, in turn, not shocking....RIP dad.
Bob Richards
Mr. Mojo Risin'
It’s very funny to see that pitcher’s hitting peaked sometime during the Teddy Roosevelt administration lol
Raspewtin
Stay at home defenseman hater
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the only good thing to ever come out of pitchers hitting was Colon's home run. That's it. Next question.
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
"Some pitchers hit good back in the day!"
Mike Hampton had a 67 OPS+ and struck out five times more than he walked. That's a pitcher hitting good.
Degrom and Gooden also were good hitters
Machinehead
HFNYR MVP
DeGrom had a 35 OPS+ and Gooden had a 32 OPS+.
You would never stick in the majors hitting like that as a position player, unless maybe you were a bomb ass defensive catcher, but then, even Jeff Mathis had a 48 OPS+.
The guys everyone brings up as good-hitting pitchers simply don't hit at an MLB level, so it kind of proves the point.
