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Everything posted by notin
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Apparently. As bad as he was, that doesn’t mean there was anyone better…
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They’ve been doing that for decades. And here we are…
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All of these points have been refuted multiple times…
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Target … locked…
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I think Max likes to sled on the same slippery slope as Elktonnick. Are there any anti “automated calling of balls and strikes” arguments that don’t devolve into fans secretly fearing MLB will turn into Westworld, with the robot umps turning on their creator(s)?
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Calling automated balls and strikes doesn’t get rid of umpires; it just takes one task away. There is still going to be an umpire behind the plate. He just won’t have to call balls and strikes. But foul tips, check swings, plays at the plate,etc. still need an umpire to make a call. Heck, tennis has automated in/out calls but they still use line judges. And baseball has always done what it had to to get calls right. Foul poles, for example, didn’t exist until 1931, because they were better than running ropes up through the stands as extensions of the foul line. (It probably helped that someone realized it was silly to take away a home run because the ball drifted foul after leaving the field of play.). And of course, instant replay is another technological means of ensuring proper officiating.
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90% of your objections rest on your belief that the rectangle on ESPN is the limits of the technology…
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It’s imaginary to human umpires. Software can make it a definitive yes/no situation…
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Correct. It's not that MLB does nothing about it. They're actually very active in the umpiring. They've just arrived at or close to the limits of what they can do, and saying "it's not very good and they simply need to do better" is as impractical as coaching a sprinter by saying "run faster!"
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Or because the first two trips through the order also include the weaker 8th and 9th place hitters? Answer - all three. No question about it…
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My thoughts: 1. Duran will be dealt for a SP. Probably someone from Oakland. BTV values him roughly equal to Sean Manaea and Chris Bassitt, but I believe both have one year of control left. Frankie Montas would be preferable. 2. Lou Trivino is a good target for the bullpen for the same reason. 3. I do like the idea of signing Chris Taylor for 2b. Presumably he would come closer to an Enrique Hernandez type deal than the SS Crowd, many of whom will be benchmarking Francisco Lindor’s contract. 4. JD returns. Schwarber moves on. Dalbec and eventually Casas handle 1b…
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It’s a very big concern for MLB and they have numerous protocols in place to evaluate the umpires. The problem is and always will be the inability of a human being to determine if a baseball traveling 90-100 mph touches any part of an invisible box of varying size. It’s just something that is not only remarkably difficult and, as pitchers continue to throw harder, will never get any easier and no amount of evaluation and training will change this. I have zero issues with ball/strike calls being electronic, and this includes the inevitable bugs that will be in the system upon implementation. MLB has made numerous far more tangible rule changes throughout its history that have had a bigger impact on game play than determining the accuracy of the officiating. Instant replay was implemented for the same reason, and while flawed, has yet to destroy the game, or even make it less watchable…
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I get this but here is the problem. Those numbers first two times encompass the entire opposing lineup - all 9 hitters including the weakest ones. Now for the third time through, it’s probably mostly the top of the lineup, where the better hitters reside. So yes, he gets easier to hit. He’s undoubtedly tired, but the comparisons are not so straightforward…
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And he’ll probably still lose MOY to Cash…
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Especially given how widespread that type of thing is in other sports…
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No. The slope you chose was nonsensical. Tennis uses technology to determine in/out calls. And yet not a single robot participated in Wimbledon. Heck, track and field has been using technology for decades to run the times on sprints. Do people really think those times are established by a guy with a stopwatch. And horse racing has used tech even longer. Photo finishes are not taken by a guy at the finish line holding a Polaroid. Yet in all of these sports - no robots participate. So either you slope was baseless and nonsensical or they all involve blatant discrimination…
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One of the more largely ignored yet potentially more lethal side effects of that treatment. Right up there with how it affected your ability to operate heavy machinery…
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The Atlanta Falcons got in trouble for that a couple years ago…
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I see we agree on one thing - when you can’t make a valid point, use a slippery slope argument…
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Why should Whitlock be a starter? He’s never thrown more than 120 IP in a season, and even then 40 of those innings came against A ball hitters. And you think he’s ready for 150-180IP against MLB hitters?!? We know he works in the bullpen, but if you move him to the rotation he becomes a question mark, as does the pitcher you replace him with in the bullpen. If the Sox get a starting pitcher and leave him, maybe they have one question mark. Move him and get a reliever, you potentially have two. Am I to draw the conclusion you’re a fan of question marks?
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10/22 ALCS Game 6 @ Astros
notin replied to Thunder's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
So does this presume that Eovaldi starts both games 1 and 2, or was Cora supposed to hold Sale back and wait to start him in a game with more run support? -
First they need to stop contributing to it…
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Now THAT is the dumbest argument ever. “Well that’s how they’ve always done it so it must be right.” I guess all those centuries where “doctors” carved holes in people’s skulls to let evil spirits escape were right, too, because that’s how it was always done at the time. f*** aspirin…
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Duran will bring back a better pitcher, and the Sox don’t need to replace him. (Although I get dealing Bogaerts is a pre-emptive strike.) I prefer holding Bogaerts, but as for whether or not Bloom deals him, I can see arguments for and against. However I don’t see him getting dealt for a good pitcher, at least not directly. Any team acquiring one year of Bogaerts is presumably holding on to their pitching…
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I prefer keeping Bogaerts over signing Baez. Hopefully they can extend Bogaerts. I don’t think it will be a remarkably active off-season despite the lackluster finish. Hopefully add a starter or two (possibly ERod as one?) and get a 2b and an arm or two in the pen. I do agree that keeping Houck and Whitlock both in the pen is key. And please Bloom, do NOT bring back Martin Perez…
