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MLB 2015 - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

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As long as MLB is making asinine changes to increase offense, they can add the DH to the NL.

I'd bet that pitchers are a higher percentage of outs than the defensive shift.

Other ideas: Make all inning breaks 30 seconds, except the 5th (infield cleanup) and the 7th (stretch). Then use onscreen ads like in soccer to make up for lost commercials.

Only 2 non-pitching change visits to the mound per game. That includes infielders and catchers. Not on the same page during an at bat? Too bad.
 
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Baseball could introduce timeouts like basketball football and hockey have. Force teams to burn timeouts for mound conferences. College basketball has 5 per game, right? That would work in baseball too. Force a team to use a timeout every time there is a mound visit. Same standard for batters stepping out of the box. Need to adjust your armor or your jock? Call a timeout. Need to go over strategy for a hitter? Call a timeout. Once they're gone, everything gets done on the fly. It isn't like there aren't reams of scouting reports and what not anyway. Do you really need the manager to come out of the dugout to say "pitch this guy high and tight or low and outside."
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Pitch clock and be done with it.
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There needs to be a hitters' clock and a pitchers' clock. Start the hitters clock when the ball is returned to the mound -- dude has 3 seconds to get in the box. Then give the pitchers 5 seconds to throw.
 
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Kepler said:
There needs to be a hitters' clock and a pitchers' clock. Start the hitters clock when the ball is returned to the mound -- dude has 3 seconds to get in the box. Then give the pitchers 5 seconds to throw.
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I think I'd even be ok with 5 and 10.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Agree, though I do think it's gotten out of hand. It's been increasing in past years, but whereas it took about a decade (from what I can remember) to go from 0 to 20, last year it went from 20 to going 85 in a 55. Just extreme and annoying. Half the Tigers lineup had a shift put against it and I'm pretty sure our third basemen ran a 5k each game going into right field for shifts.
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Yeah, we should go back to the original intent, where infielders played on the base itself with the shortstop halfway between second and third. And outfielders played straight away at all times.

Seriously, there is no reason to ban the shift. Defensive positions in baseball have never been rigid.
 
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unofan said:
Yeah, we should go back to the original intent, where infielders played on the base itself with the shortstop halfway between second and third. And outfielders played straight away at all times.

Seriously, there is no reason to ban the shift. Defensive positions in baseball have never been rigid.
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Loved how Adrian Gonzalez just bunted down the third base side in a game at Pittsburgh last year. More need to do that.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Loved how Adrian Gonzalez just bunted down the third base side in a game at Pittsburgh last year. More need to do that.
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I can't remember if it was here or GPL, but there's a video of Keith Olbermann crying foul on this proposed change and in it there's a fantastic series of clips with that bunt (I think), Johnny Damon taking third because no one is over there, and a couple of other heads-up plays.

This is fixing a problem that doesn't exist and it hurts my head. It also makes me weep for what this new commissioner's tenure is going to look like...
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I can't remember if it was here or GPL, but there's a video of Keith Olbermann crying foul on this proposed change and in it there's a fantastic series of clips with that bunt (I think), Johnny Damon taking third because no one is over there, and a couple of other heads-up plays.

This is fixing a problem that doesn't exist and it hurts my head. It also makes me weep for what this new commissioner's tenure is going to look like...
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That was the video I posted earlier today. It makes complete sense. If you find ways to beat it, they'll stop doing it.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
That was the video I posted earlier today. It makes complete sense. If you find ways to beat it, they'll stop doing it.
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Not only that, but when you do beat it, those plays are about as exciting as it gets. The bunt down the third base line and the "stolen" 3B would evoke a whole set of crazy emotions when you're watching the game. It's just fun to watch.
 
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mookie has heard people refer to fla as 'the land of losers' and subsequently seen little evidence to think otherwise.
 
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Kepler said:
Most voters have figured it out. The deals are usually with local pols, and they obviously involve huge bribes.
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If the voters are bypassed in the process they need to vote out the local pols who swing the deals. I'm always amazed at how people come out of the woodwork to vote on issues that have no impact on their own daily lives, but often fail to pay attention to issues that literally take money out of their pockets. Like every single publicly financed professional sports stadium in the last quarter century.
 
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WeAreNDHockey said:
If the voters are bypassed in the process they need to vote out the local pols who swing the deals. I'm always amazed at how people come out of the woodwork to vote on issues that have no impact on their own daily lives, but often fail to pay attention to issues that literally take money out of their pockets. Like every single publicly financed professional sports stadium in the last quarter century.
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The trick is to do the deal early in your term. By the end of your term, the voters have forgotten.
 
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WeAreNDHockey said:
If the voters are bypassed in the process they need to vote out the local pols who swing the deals. I'm always amazed at how people come out of the woodwork to vote on issues that have no impact on their own daily lives, but often fail to pay attention to issues that literally take money out of their pockets. Like every single publicly financed professional sports stadium in the last quarter century.
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Local politics is even more fixed than national politics, it's just that the bribers are small potatoes real estate developers instead of multinational energy companies. If you're the city councilman with the swing vote, your life just got a lot easier, and if you roll 1/1000th of that back into campaigns you'll be re-elected for life.
 
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One more thing on publicly financed stadiums - it pays to get cover behind a "study" done by some reputable think tank.

If it blows up, blame the study.
 
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It's cold outside but I was in the mood for baseball. So I'm watching opening day 2014 games on tv.
 
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From NIck Carfardo's Baseball Notes in today's Globe
From the Bill Chuck files — “Since the end of the 2010 season, Josh Hamilton’s lifetime batting average at the end of each season has gone from .311 to .308 to .304 to .295 to his current .292.”
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77-85 last season, but San Diego quietly has become a contender in their division for the upcoming season. they've got a lot of good pieces.
 
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