The future of baseball

[mvp 78]

I was annoyed they did not end the tied All Star game this way. Much more fun than making it matter, which was the stupidest decision by a HOF Commissioner in the history of organized sports in the USA...

 

ftfy

[mvp 78]

@PeteAbe

Sox will use robots to fight Covid at Fenway:

 

Better use of robots: k zone or melee vs COVID?

 

C'mon, man!

[a700hitter]

@PeteAbe

Sox will use robots to fight Covid at Fenway:

 

Better use of robots: k zone or melee vs COVID?

 

C'mon, man!

what will the robots do..., vaccinate the fans?

[mvp 78]

@JeffPassan

MLB's attempts to crack down on foreign substances are outlined in a memo obtained by ESPN. Among the plans:

 

- Increased monitoring by compliance officers

- Inspections of baseballs taken out of play that will use a third-party lab to check for substances

- Spin-rate analysis

 

Compliance officers will monitor dugouts, clubhouses, tunnels, batting cages and bullpens. They will take a random sample of balls, and the lab will search not just for the substances themselves but the type being utilized. Statcast data will compare spin rate to career norms.

 

The memo, first reported by @Joelsherman1, says: “Players are subject to discipline by the Commissioner’s Office for violating the Official Baseball Rules regardless of whether evidence of the violation has been discovered during or following a game.”

 

How about cracking down on umps that can't call strikes? How about cracking down on a broken tv blackout system?

[notin]

@JeffPassan

MLB's attempts to crack down on foreign substances are outlined in a memo obtained by ESPN. Among the plans:

 

- Increased monitoring by compliance officers

- Inspections of baseballs taken out of play that will use a third-party lab to check for substances

- Spin-rate analysis

 

Compliance officers will monitor dugouts, clubhouses, tunnels, batting cages and bullpens. They will take a random sample of balls, and the lab will search not just for the substances themselves but the type being utilized. Statcast data will compare spin rate to career norms.

 

The memo, first reported by @Joelsherman1, says: “Players are subject to discipline by the Commissioner’s Office for violating the Official Baseball Rules regardless of whether evidence of the violation has been discovered during or following a game.”

 

How about cracking down on umps that can't call strikes? How about cracking down on a broken tv blackout system?

 

The antediluvian blackout system needs to go. Just scrap it and actually broadcast your product without restrictions...

[mvp 78]

https://lawandcrime.com/sports/mlb-umpire-angel-hernandez-strikes-out-in-bias-lawsuit-as-judge-finds-no-foul-in-failure-to-promote-him/

 

Umpire Angel Hernandez struck out in his lawsuit alleging that his Cuban descent stood made the league pass him over several times for crew chief in favor of his white colleagues. Rattling off performance concerns that made the umpire the bane of ex-New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, a federal judge in the Empire State ruled on Wednesday that no reasonable jury could find racial discrimination at the heart of these snubs.

 

“The court is mindful of the reality of unconscious bias and of the ‘built-in headwinds’ that can ‘freeze out protected groups from job opportunities and advancement,'” District Judge J. Paul Oetken wrote in a 26-page opinion. “With respect to Hernandez’s non-promotion claims in this case, however, there is insufficient evidence to show a triable issue on either a disparate treatment or disparate impact theory.”

 

Widely described as the worst umpire in the game, Hernandez’s reputation was put to the test by Boston University, whose researchers found his colleague Joe West made more bad calls then he did. But Hernadez still had a “high error rate,” roughly “averaging 19 incorrect calls a game, or 2.2 per inning,” according to the university.

 

In 2017, Hernandez sued Major League Baseball in a lawsuit alleging discrimination and a lack of diversity, citing a study from five years earlier finding that only seven-percent of his peers belonged to racial or ethnic minorities.

 

Hernandez complained that the last time he was assigned to the World Series was 2005, four years after then-Yankees manager Torres publicly criticized one of his calls. Torre became the league’s baseball executive in 2011 and chief baseball officer in 2015, keeping the latter position until December 2019.

 

Judge Oetken added that the evidence showed that Torre based his decisions on performance.

 

“The evidence shows beyond genuine dispute that an umpire’s leadership and situation management carried the day in MLB’s promotion decisions,” Oetken wrote. “Torre testified that the candidates he appointed to crew chief instead of Hernandez ‘have not demonstrated the same pattern of issues and to the same extent that have manifested with Hernandez over the years.’ […] And indeed, the promoted umpires have evaluations with comments that lend support to Torre’s statement.”

[Thunder]

https://lawandcrime.com/sports/mlb-umpire-angel-hernandez-strikes-out-in-bias-lawsuit-as-judge-finds-no-foul-in-failure-to-promote-him/

 

Umpire Angel Hernandez struck out in his lawsuit alleging that his Cuban descent stood made the league pass him over several times for crew chief in favor of his white colleagues. Rattling off performance concerns that made the umpire the bane of ex-New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, a federal judge in the Empire State ruled on Wednesday that no reasonable jury could find racial discrimination at the heart of these snubs.

 

“The court is mindful of the reality of unconscious bias and of the ‘built-in headwinds’ that can ‘freeze out protected groups from job opportunities and advancement,'” District Judge J. Paul Oetken wrote in a 26-page opinion. “With respect to Hernandez’s non-promotion claims in this case, however, there is insufficient evidence to show a triable issue on either a disparate treatment or disparate impact theory.”

 

Widely described as the worst umpire in the game, Hernandez’s reputation was put to the test by Boston University, whose researchers found his colleague Joe West made more bad calls then he did. But Hernadez still had a “high error rate,” roughly “averaging 19 incorrect calls a game, or 2.2 per inning,” according to the university.

 

In 2017, Hernandez sued Major League Baseball in a lawsuit alleging discrimination and a lack of diversity, citing a study from five years earlier finding that only seven-percent of his peers belonged to racial or ethnic minorities.

 

Hernandez complained that the last time he was assigned to the World Series was 2005, four years after then-Yankees manager Torres publicly criticized one of his calls. Torre became the league’s baseball executive in 2011 and chief baseball officer in 2015, keeping the latter position until December 2019.

 

Judge Oetken added that the evidence showed that Torre based his decisions on performance.

 

“The evidence shows beyond genuine dispute that an umpire’s leadership and situation management carried the day in MLB’s promotion decisions,” Oetken wrote. “Torre testified that the candidates he appointed to crew chief instead of Hernandez ‘have not demonstrated the same pattern of issues and to the same extent that have manifested with Hernandez over the years.’ […] And indeed, the promoted umpires have evaluations with comments that lend support to Torre’s statement.”

 

You can't play the race card if you simply suck at your job

[moonslav59]

You can't play the race card if you simply suck at your job

 

Well, all umps suck, so he's even with the honkies.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Well, all umps suck, so he's even with the honkies.

 

And no matter what anyone thinks of Joe West, at least he made the right calls -- maybe the most important overturned calls -- in recent Red Sox history: Bellhorn's homer, ARod's slap, Altuve's fly ball. Imagine if those calls went the other way (like they always used to)... there would probably be no talksox, and possibly more posters would either be in institutions, radicalized, homeless or six feet under.

[Bellhorn04]

And no matter what anyone thinks of Joe West, at least he made the right calls -- maybe the most important overturned calls -- in recent Red Sox history: Bellhorn's homer, ARod's slap, Altuve's fly ball. Imagine if those calls went the other way (like they always used to)... there would probably be no talksox, and possibly more posters would either be in institutions, radicalized, homeless or six feet under.

 

The naked-eye reversals on Bellhorn's homer and ARod's slap were incredible. To have two of them in one game, and in a hostile Yankee Stadium, were a miracle. I remember Joe Buck saying after the ARod call "And they get it right again!"

 

I'll never say a bad word about that umpiring crew.

[Thunder]

You guys are dating yourselves once again...

[mvp 78]

You guys are dating yourselves once again...

 

2004 wasn't all that long ago. I'm sure most of us could blow up a post about Jose Offerman so be glad we are speaking only of the good times.

[Bellhorn04]

You guys are dating yourselves once again...

 

Hey, I still remember listening on the radio to the crucial 1972 game against the Tigers when Luis Aparicio fell down rounding third base...

[moonslav59]

Hey, I still remember listening on the radio to the crucial 1972 game against the Tigers when Luis Aparicio fell down rounding third base...

 

That was the strike year when teams played uneven amounts of games, and the Sox lost the division by 1/2 game!

 

Was that the only time in any major sport where a team lost by 1/2 a game?

[Bellhorn04]

That was the strike year when teams played uneven amounts of games, and the Sox lost the division by 1/2 game!

 

Was that the only time in any major sport where a team lost by 1/2 a game?

 

I don't know. But going into that series, whichever team won 2 of 3 would win the division. The Tigers won the first two to clinch. The Red Sox won the meaningless last game.

 

It was an exciting season though.

[Slasher9]

RoBoT uMpS nOw!!!!!!!

[mvp 78]

@ChrisCotillo

I'll start warning you all now: Wednesday's Red Sox-Rays game (1:10 p.m.) is available exclusively on YouTube. Not on NESN. Not anywhere else. YouTube.

 

This is the future of baseball that nobody asked for.

[Thunder]

@ChrisCotillo

I'll start warning you all now: Wednesday's Red Sox-Rays game (1:10 p.m.) is available exclusively on YouTube. Not on NESN. Not anywhere else. YouTube.

 

This is the future of baseball that nobody asked for.

 

LFG! That means I can actually watch it!!!!

[mvp 78]

MLB fines Castellanos for flexing over an opponent and suspends him for 2 days.

 

Yeah, any time someone does something cool, just fine and suspend him. Let's make sure this stays a milquetoast game for seniors only.

[mvp 78]

Rob Manfred hates baseball part 11:

 

Removing the DH once the starting pitcher is pulled?

 

Moving the pitching rubber back one foot?

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/04/mlb-move-mound-back-double-hook-dh-atlantic-league.html

 

The “double-hook” designated hitter rule will be in place for the entirety of the 2021 Atlantic League season. Under the new rule, a team will lose its designated hitter once the starting pitcher is pulled from the game. From that point forth, the team will need to either deploy a pinch-hitter or allow a relief pitcher to bat in what was the designated hitter’s place.

 

Within its release, MLB indicates that their analysis concluded a one-foot increase “would be the minimum interval needed to evaluate a change in mound distance,” adding that the change is “expected to be meaningful without being disruptive.” The goal, as readers have surely deduced, is to curb the league’s rising strikeout rate and increase the number of balls in play.

[a700hitter]

Rob Manfred hates baseball part 11:

 

Removing the DH once the starting pitcher is pulled?

 

Moving the pitching rubber back one foot?

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/04/mlb-move-mound-back-double-hook-dh-atlantic-league.html

 

The “double-hook” designated hitter rule will be in place for the entirety of the 2021 Atlantic League season. Under the new rule, a team will lose its designated hitter once the starting pitcher is pulled from the game. From that point forth, the team will need to either deploy a pinch-hitter or allow a relief pitcher to bat in what was the designated hitter’s place.

 

Within its release, MLB indicates that their analysis concluded a one-foot increase “would be the minimum interval needed to evaluate a change in mound distance,” adding that the change is “expected to be meaningful without being disruptive.” The goal, as readers have surely deduced, is to curb the league’s rising strikeout rate and increase the number of balls in play.

The DH rule will eliminate the concept of Openers. It will also make the tiny managerial brains short circuit. LOL!

 

Kimmi will call me a traditionalist because I don’t like the 7 inning double headers nor the extra inning rule.

 

Question: Does a pitcher get charged for an earned run if the free runner scores? If the free runner scores and his team loses, does he get tagged with the loss.

[mvp 78]

The DH rule will eliminate the concept of Openers. It will also make the tiny managerial brains short circuit. LOL!

 

Kimmi will call me a traditionalist because I don’t like the 7 inning double headers nor the extra inning rule.

 

Question: Does a pitcher get charged for an earned run if the free runner scores? If the free runner scores and his team loses, does he get tagged with the loss.

 

The pitcher gets charged with a run (not earned) and a loss.

[a700hitter]

The pitcher gets charged with a run (not earned) and a loss.

So, the reliever can take the loss without allowing a base runner — a ground ball and a SF.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

So, the reliever can take the loss without allowing a base runner — a ground ball and a SF.

 

My cousin is a pitcher who despises this rule almost as much as I do when a batter flinches at an offspeed pitch and the first base ump calls the appeal a swing (when it's barely even a check-swing). Does the MLB really want to cut down on strike-outs? Eliminate the check-the-check and force umps to call it a ball unless the batter turns his wrists over -- like it was 50 years ago.

[notin]

The DH rule will eliminate the concept of Openers. It will also make the tiny managerial brains short circuit. LOL!

 

Kimmi will call me a traditionalist because I don’t like the 7 inning double headers nor the extra inning rule.

 

Question: Does a pitcher get charged for an earned run if the free runner scores? If the free runner scores and his team loses, does he get tagged with the loss.

 

 

Hey maybe Manfred will bring back mandatory underhanded pitching too! It was good enough for Tim Keefe!!

[Kimmi]

The DH rule will eliminate the concept of Openers. It will also make the tiny managerial brains short circuit. LOL!

 

Kimmi will call me a traditionalist because I don’t like the 7 inning double headers nor the extra inning rule.

 

Question: Does a pitcher get charged for an earned run if the free runner scores? If the free runner scores and his team loses, does he get tagged with the loss.

 

Though I don't hate either the 7 inning double headers nor the runner on 2B to start extra inning rule as much as I did when the ideas were first presented, I still prefer not to have either. I think I am very much a traditionalist when it comes to the way the game is played. I really dislike the opener. As far as I can recall, the only new rule that I like is the rule about relievers having to face a minimum of 3 batters.

[Bellhorn04]

One thing I've noticed that seems strange is that the Canadian sports channels are showing hardly any MLB games outside of Jays games this year. They used to show a pile of other games.

 

That and the fact the Red Sox are playing so well is going to push me into an Extra Innings subscription.

[Thunder]

One thing I've noticed that seems strange is that the Canadian sports channels are showing hardly any MLB games outside of Jays games this year. They used to show a pile of other games.

 

That and the fact the Red Sox are playing so well is going to push me into an Extra Innings subscription.

 

Don't fall for it! I've been surviving with only radio (except for the last two nights with SNY), and you can too!

[dgalehouse]

Don't fall for it! I've been surviving with only radio (except for the last two nights with SNY), and you can too!

 

I watched the SNY feed the past two nights. Three observations: 1 - The Sox are a legitimate contender. 2 - The Mets need lessons on hitting or laying off the breaking ball. 3 - The Met's announcers are far , far better than the NESN crew.

[Thunder]

I watched the SNY feed the past two nights. Three observations: 1 - The Sox are a legitimate contender. 2 - The Mets need lessons on hitting or laying off the breaking ball. 3 - The Met's announcers are far , far better than the NESN crew.

 

The SNY crew is widely regarded as one of the best in the league