unskunk Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 got any answers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotcow? Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Ah, if only the pre season counted for anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unskunk Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 other than pitchers, I don't think I recognized more than 2 names................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unskunk Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 still...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotcow? Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 4 hours ago, unskunk said: still...................... Maybe they should play in the Puerto Rico league?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unskunk Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 the STREAK ends...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotcow? Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 4 hours ago, unskunk said: the STREAK ends...... Just the start of a new streak. unskunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unskunk Posted March 11 Author Report Share Posted March 11 ....wait 'til next year................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotcow? Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 9 mins ago, unskunk said: ....wait 'til next year................. wait till next decade .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyK Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Loving the pitch clock. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsy Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Hopefully this is a harbinger of the season to come.... Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers was on the wrong side of history during Boston’s Opening Day game against the Orioles. Devers became the first MLB player to strike out on an automatic strike call from a violation of the league’s new pitch clock. The 26-year-old struck out as the leadoff hitter in the eighth inning as the Red Sox trailed the Orioles, 10–4. Per the league’s news rule, a batter must be ready for the pitch or “attentive to the pitcher” with eight seconds remaining on the pitch timer. The two-time All-Star was looking down at his cleats and not set in the batter’s box when the clock hit the eight-second mark, prompting home plate umpire Lance Barksdale to make the call in violation of the rule. I just wanta play everyday despite small nagging injuries -- and go home to a woman who appreciates how full of crap I truly am. ~ Crash Davis Social Distancing since 1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albacized Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 12 mins ago, Sudsy said: Hopefully this is a harbinger of the season to come.... Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers was on the wrong side of history during Boston’s Opening Day game against the Orioles. Devers became the first MLB player to strike out on an automatic strike call from a violation of the league’s new pitch clock. The 26-year-old struck out as the leadoff hitter in the eighth inning as the Red Sox trailed the Orioles, 10–4. Per the league’s news rule, a batter must be ready for the pitch or “attentive to the pitcher” with eight seconds remaining on the pitch timer. The two-time All-Star was looking down at his cleats and not set in the batter’s box when the clock hit the eight-second mark, prompting home plate umpire Lance Barksdale to make the call in violation of the rule. That at bat shows why this rule needs work - Devers was in the box and ready to hit., while facing the pitcher. The pitcher wasn't ready to pitch and devers was looked down to the ground for a second (while still in a batting stance), and the ump called him out on strikes. They tried to explain that his eyeballs were supposed to be glued on the pitcher for the duration of that pitch sequence...didn't make sense There was another call against a red sox player (a pitcher) that was more legit. He took too long to warm up and they awarded ball one to the batter. Then a pitcher on Baltimore also got dinged and the batter was awarded a ball as well. These calls were all clumped together in the later stages of the game, when the sox were getting beat fairly soundly (10 to 4 at the time, although the final score was close, 10-9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotcow? Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 11 hours ago, albacized said: That at bat shows why this rule needs work - Devers was in the box and ready to hit., while facing the pitcher. The pitcher wasn't ready to pitch and devers was looked down to the ground for a second (while still in a batting stance), and the ump called him out on strikes. They tried to explain that his eyeballs were supposed to be glued on the pitcher for the duration of that pitch sequence...didn't make sense There was another call against a red sox player (a pitcher) that was more legit. He took too long to warm up and they awarded ball one to the batter. Then a pitcher on Baltimore also got dinged and the batter was awarded a ball as well. These calls were all clumped together in the later stages of the game, when the sox were getting beat fairly soundly (10 to 4 at the time, although the final score was close, 10-9) And MLB thinks crap like this is going to make the game more watchable? All they're doing is making more former fans of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook I Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 You that the Devers 3d strike call was bad .. in the Mets game McNeil at bat had a strike called on him because the 1b runner Alanso took too long getting back to 1b bag on a foul ball If it has fins i want to catch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albacized Posted April 1 Report Share Posted April 1 Two games in a row, Baltimore gave Red Sox new life via blowing plays that would have ended the game. They got away with it Thursday....but not so much today :-) But to me, that's more or less a silver lining to a game that featured Chris Sale getting lit up. But to be fair, I haven't been following where he's at in his rehab and recovery. So perhaps there's room for improvement (vs being washed up after being injured and recovering from a multitude of injuries over the course of the past three or four years. I think when he struck out Manny Machado to end the 2018 WS against the Dodgers was the last time he pitched prior to Tommy John surgery...Since then he only had one flash comeback attempt that didn't end well and hasn't pitched since until today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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