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  1. jad
    Does any position player routinely a grip like that? I guess so? (I would have said Pedey, but I in fact have no idea.)
  2. jad
    For a primer on hustle, check out Hamilton's caught stealing. https://www.espn.co.uk/video/clip?id=44012684
  3. jad
    I assume t-storms took the game out today?
  4. jad
    Ah yes,, another bad-ass, tough guy business owner. (Sorry about all that minimum wage, no-child-labor, 40-hr-workweek b.s., and all those inconvenient safety regulations.)
  5. jad
    I TOTALLY DISAGREE!!!!! What is wrong with you?????
  6. jad
    Now we're getting somewhere. Who says rational discussion cannot lead to a consensus?
  7. jad
    But again, why bother perfecting or tweaking an unnecessary 'challenge' system when there is absolutely no need for such a system whatsover? you still have the live ump there for tip balls, enforcing time etc. or to serve as a check (e.g., bounced balls that end up in the zone). Just turn the ABS on. Why they didn't do this in the minors is beyond me instead of experimenting with a half-measure?
  8. jad
    But unless you review ALL calls, how do you protect this hypothetical kid's psyche? He'll never know what the right call would be unless he challenges. Again, what I'm looking for is the argument showing why they should NOT use ABS throughout. What is the advantage of having a live ump get, say, 80-90% of the calls right, adding another half dozen on challenge, when you could easily get 100% of the calls right? That's the argument I want to see someone to try to advance.
  9. jad
    But the point is not to 'hold umps accountable' (i.e., punish umpires); that will not make the calls better. The point is to get the RIGHT calls, and the way to do that is to use ABS. I really cannot see ANY reasonable argument against it. (Unless, as noted above, fans enjoy seeing people punished; same fans, I suppose, who would LOVE to see, say, Devers ' held accountable' by being benched). Personally, I'd rather see the correct b/st calls made; I have no interest in the idiotic faux-drama of using challenges.
  10. jad
    Ah, I see I wasn't clear. I meant " use ABS all the time" (no challenges), not allow unlimited challenges. (I actually hate any replay system; make the call--by humans or in this case automatically--and play the game. I realize with today's betting establishment, this is a pipe dream.)
  11. jad
    Disagree. It's WAY worse than nothing. Those 'challenges' are a huge waste of time. If you are going to use the automatic system for challenges, USE IT ALL THE TIME. Why introduce mock drama (should he risk using the challenge now?...). Also, MLB judges umpires on the way they conform to the electronic strike zone. So what's the point of not using it all the time? Tennis improved DRAMATICALLY with automatic line calls.
  12. jad
    You really think the union would go along with this? You really do? Guy doesn't want to play a certain position? we bench him without pay. We don't like a guy's attitude? Bench him without pay. Guy doesn't get in perfect shape? Bench him without pay. Even the cowardly-ass unions I've been paart of (and you too, I imagine), would not accept that . Actually, I'm pretty sure the ONLY place such idiotic discussions are taking plaace are on sports boards and in some minor-reporter's head.
  13. jad
    Just release him, along with Devers and Bregman who between them didn't manage aas much as a foul ball. And what's with Cora? Still no wins against a major league team???? Come on!!
  14. jad
    I wonder about the history of American journalism, but I believe in this case 'back in the day' would refer largely to the tight-assed professional journalism of the 20th c (conditioned both by two wars ... or three or four ... and the arch conservatism of the 50s and early 60s). Anyone have a sense of this history? Journalism was pretty salacious in early America I think.
  15. jad
    If anyone knows who won, let me know!
  16. jad
    Ok, it's only Northeastern, but at least it's baseball, not gossip!
  17. jad
    A problem w/ sports boards is they eventually become 'same old same old'. We all pretty much know what every other poster will say. Standardizing game threads only contributes to that. Let a little amusing disorder reign: the world isn't going to end because there occasionally are two game threads or the wrong person starts one or because someone got excited and pipped another poster to the post.
  18. jad
    Yup. Go for it. And if the union strikes and we don't have baseball for a year, that's just the cost of doing business (i.e., lining the pockets of fat capitalists).
  19. jad
    Yeah, bench him and put him on the disqualified list. I'm sure the players union would be all for that kind of approach. And it would 'teach him a lesson!' and maybe 'teach the union a lesson' too, Probably then owners could institute a hard cap ('teaching a lesson to the players again'), redirecting millions and millions to themselves (where most fans apparently think the money should be), and then Baseball Could Be Great Again.
  20. jad
    And now, to turn to more substantial matters: https://www.si.com/mlb/hal-steinbrenner-announces-yankees-change-longstanding-facial-hair-policy
  21. jad
    OK. We have different experiences; I've had lots of colleagues and superiors who claimed to teach me (or have taught me) a lesson, and I guarantee you, I did NOT ever 'learn' to their satisfaction. As for others on the receiving end , the only thing I've ever seen is increased anger and resentment; 'learning'? never (unless by 'learning' you mean reactions like 'I realize now my boss is a jerk'; 'now I see my employer doesn't give a cr*p about me'; or 'OK, your paygrade is higher than mine. So f. you'. or 'I'll do it, but real real real slow' or 'whaddya gonna do, fire me?' Things like that.
  22. jad
    Have you ever known anyone in your work, in politics, or in sports, who "learned a valuable lesson" by being punished or being subjected to public humiliation? Because I have not, and i believe you and I have been around about the same number of decades.
  23. jad
    Yeah, putting Devers on the bench is surely the way to go. He won't make any errors or mistakes there, won't ever swing at bad pitches, and shouldn't have injury issues. Problem solved.
  24. jad
    Yup. You're making the best possible argument for my case. Just keep bringing this up and be sure to tell the reporters to keep asking him this. I'm SURE that will turn him into the team player of your dreams. (My best colleagues, btw, were often the ones who make the most mistakes. The worst ones made no waves.)
  25. jad
    This sounds like a recipe for disaster. I can't imagine trying to convince my best employee or colleague that they really need to adjust to the new guy I'm bringing in because I (not them) know what's best for everyone. Then being sure to bring this up publicly so that EVERYONE (i.e, reporters in this case) begins to harass that employee with their wisdom. I don't know what's in Devers' head (apparently, a lot of posters here do), but I do know pretty much what a colleague or employee would do in this situation, and it wouldn't be rah rah team team rah rah ...
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