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MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

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JF_Gophers said:
Oh, he gave up a homer to Judge. Obviously no good.
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Seems like a managerial error, in light of the fact that Judge has 55 HR, 118 RBI and 110 runs scored, while the rest of today's NY lineup has a total of 27 HR, 120 RBI and 144 runs scored, batting a collective .230.

Edit. Torres now goes deep as well to tie the game.
 
I was going to go to the Twins game this coming Sunday but I just can't support this team by buying a ticket until they prove they give a rip about beating teams besides Kansas City and the White Sox. I realize it won't matter to the owners but fuck them.
 
Slap Shot said:
I was going to go to the Twins game this coming Sunday but I just can't support this team by buying a ticket until they prove they give a rip about beating teams besides Kansas City and the White Sox. I realize it won't matter to the owners but fuck them.
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Not sure which is worse Twins leading the Tigers 10-6 in their series, or the Twins only leading the Tigers 10-6 in their series.
 
Obvious:

Pitch clock! Whatever time they decided on, cut it in half.

Robot umps for strikes.

End Interleague.

Replace the Homerun Derby with a MLB-wide Old Timers Day.

GET RID OF THE MAN ON SECOND, FOREVER, FFS!!!



Do despite the whining:

Get rid of the DH in both leagues.

Eliminate all trips to the mound except for injuries. You don't need to talk to to the reliever.

Keep the 3 batter rule; expand it to 6.

Allow any shift, batters can adjust or die.

32 teams, 4 x 8 team divisions, no wild cards.



My radical changes:

100-game RS with no games before 4/15 or after 9/15.

7-inning games.
 
32 teams -- check
but 8 divisions of 4 with only division winners making the post season. F the wild card.
 
joecct said:
32 teams -- check
but 8 divisions of 4 with only division winners making the post season. F the wild card.
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I liked the WC when it was 2 per league. Then they have to play an extra round to get to where the division winners are. 1 WC didn't make sense, you placed them at the same stage as division winners. 3 WCs doesn't make sense, one of the division winners is penalized. If there are 4 divisions, then yes, just division winners, since there's no way to fit WCs in correctly.
 
I'd be ok with getting rid of the DH, but I enjoy inter-league play.

In my dream world they'd reduce the regular season from 162 games to 150 which would allow them to shorten the season 2 calendar weeks, and then also remove the WC round, with the Divisional series including the 2nd place team with the best record.
 
Kepler said:
Obvious:

Pitch clock! Whatever time they decided on, cut it in half.

Robot umps for strikes.

End Interleague.

Replace the Homerun Derby with a MLB-wide Old Timers Day.

GET RID OF THE MAN ON SECOND, FOREVER, FFS!!!



Do despite the whining:

Get rid of the DH in both leagues.

Eliminate all trips to the mound except for injuries. You don't need to talk to to the reliever.

Keep the 3 batter rule; expand it to 6.

Allow any shift, batters can adjust or die.

32 teams, 4 x 8 team divisions, no wild cards.



My radical changes:

100-game RS with no games before 4/15 or after 9/15.

7-inning games.
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With you the entire way until the last one. Fuck seven innings.

Re: the DH, I could go any way on this. I don't like it, but I see the arguments for no DH, al/nl split, and both DH.
 
People still hate interleague play? I understand Tigers vs Diamondbacks is a snoozer, but it would be nice to see every team each year. NL fans should get a chance to see Ohtani at least every two seasons at home.
 
Bronco said:
People still hate interleague play? I understand Tigers vs Diamondbacks is a snoozer, but it would be nice to see every team each year. NL fans should get a chance to see Ohtani at least every two seasons at home.
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I'm cool with interleague. I think most are. The DH can go die in a fire.



Kepler just wants to wind baseball back to when LSD was the preferred enhancement.
 
Yeah fighting inter-league play is tilting at windmills. Just go back all of 5 years (AL-only DH, allow shifts, extra innings is just normal baseball) and maybe a pitch clock and you're good.
 
French Rage said:
Yeah fighting inter-league play is tilting at windmills. Just go back all of 5 years (AL-only DH, allow shifts, extra innings is just normal baseball) and maybe a pitch clock and you're good.
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I would be fine with that as well. A pitch clock is fine, though I would like it to be flexible in the postseason. One of the best things is the tension between big pitches. I have no problem with players taking their time during a big at bat. I know there is no good way to legislate that senario, but I still hope there is room for it to happen somehow.
 
- 154 is the fewest games I'd be comfortable with.

- I'm good with all iterations of using the DH.

- legislating the infield shift is stupid. But I'd be OK with not allowing 4 outfielders. Pick some depth that the infielders can't go past for positioning.

- pitch clock is fine. But, i hope they are willing to adjust if it's not working well.

- no more bs extra inning rules.
 
aparch said:
Kepler just wants to wind baseball back to when LSD was the preferred enhancement.
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No.

Absinthe.

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