There are actually fantasy baseball leagues for umpires (true!!) where you score based on their ejections. Do you want to take that away?
In your defense, it might be a step towards helping the participants in those leagues get a life...
Pitching in ballpark with a left field wall as close as the monster but without all the the height might be a factor. Also they brought in the CF fence recently...
not to mention, how are managers going to argue with robot umps? Will they run out on the field yelling "01110000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01101110 01101000 01100001 00100000 01110000 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110011 00001010 00001010 00001010!!!"?
He might be more comfortable, but, and this truly bothers me, the Yankees do seem to be a team every star player wants to play for since childhood.
Also his agent has boat payments...
It never seems to be remembered that way, but, yes, the tying run came in on a passed ball just before that, and it also put Knight in scoring position...
He’s missed almost all of the last two seasons and didn’t have a lengthy track record before that.
He might be obtainable on a minor league deal. Certainly no one is going multiple years on Smith...
Think they can outbid the Yankees, who know their downfall is starting pitching and will have fewer big contracts mucking up their payroll next season?
So... you’re saying the act of closing out games could be handled by a group of pitcher? A committee, if you will.
Interesting. Makes me wonder why no one has ever tried this “committee of closers” before....
Smith's chances of being offered arbitration and making the Sox next season are only slightly better than my chances. And Thornburg isn't a lock to be tendered an offer either...
.. was traded to the Nationals today for bonus pool money.
I thought teams were not supposed to make deals during the post-season so as to not draw attention away from the games still being played...
Agreed.
And the Sox will still have Holt, Nunez and Lin backing up in the infield. If Pedroia is actually healthy, he is going to get every chance to take back his position. If he isn't, maybe they fill it mid-year like they did this season...