The boys of summer! (Baseball Thread)

[Some Irish Bloke]

The tragedy here is Great American Ballpark wasn’t even that old and was visually beautiful:

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-new-ra...wsTdTh2rOHx5qnent8j6YUwMsut9BoQKNP61V18tp3v1o

That really is hideous. I have to imagine the concourse areas are state of the art (at least they'd better be) but that is an absolute eye sore. Who in their right mind would look at this pitch from an architect and sign off on that?

 

[zelezo vlk]

I don't like the extra innings rule. They should've just let the games be ties, now this is gonna get some really weird stats.

 

[Irishize]

I don't like the extra innings rule. They should've just let the games be ties, now this is gonna get some really weird stats.

This season’s stats won’t do anything other than add to a player’s career stats. We could have multiple players bat over .400 but there will always be an asterisk by their name. Don’t assume the usual contenders will win MVP, Cy Young, batting title, HR title, RBI title, etc. MLB is always one of the toughest sports to wager but this season it’ll be virtually impossible. Long shots may actually hit though.

 

[Irish#1]

That really is hideous. I have to imagine the concourse areas are state of the art (at least they'd better be) but that is an absolute eye sore. Who in their right mind would look at this pitch from an architect and sign off on that?

The design firm and the architect probably took them to dinner and had them plastered before they showed them the design.

Given baseball is usually a marathon and not a sprint, the dynamics have certainly changed. A bad start could spell doom. Should be a pretty interesting season.

 

[ACamp1900]

That really is hideous. I have to imagine the concourse areas are state of the art (at least they'd better be) but that is an absolute eye sore. Who in their right mind would look at this pitch from an architect and sign off on that?

The drawings and designs don’t really look what it fake out looking like,... same shape I guess

 

[BobbyMac]

The tragedy here is Great American Ballpark wasn’t even that old and was visually beautiful:

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-new-ra...wsTdTh2rOHx5qnent8j6YUwMsut9BoQKNP61V18tp3v1o

Looks like the salt silos along the Indiana Toll Road.

 

[ACamp1900]

Google the early renderings Of what the Rangers Stadium was supposed to look like,... lol!!

The shape is roughly the same but after that,... yikes!! If I were the owner of the team I’d be ready to sue every contractor that walked into my office today.

 

[POTUS2017]

The tragedy here is Great American Ballpark wasn’t even that old and was visually beautiful:

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-new-ra...wsTdTh2rOHx5qnent8j6YUwMsut9BoQKNP61V18tp3v1o

Great American Ballpark is the Reds’ stadium in Cincinnati. I think you meant Globe Life.

 

[Legacy]

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[ACamp1900]

Great American Ballpark is the Reds’ stadium in Cincinnati. I think you meant Globe Life.

Yes, thank you

 

[Legacy]

With the rest of MLB teams playing their opening games today and with two of the KC Royals starting pitchers out with positive COVID tests, a temporary substitute is rumored. At Texas Tech, he threw a fastball in the mid-90s

 

[irishff1014]

I am trying to get past all the political bullshit in baseball because i love the game. But it might be hard. Get BLM off the mound and get the blm matter warm up shirts out of the game.

 

[irishtrain]

As a former player it seems a little odd-hitters are behind the pitchers and umpires have been really sub par behind the plate-looks to me like they are feeling their way after such a long lay off. Almost exhibition like but hey its baseball..

 

[ACamp1900]

Umps have been brutal behind the plate in the first two Angel games,... Halos apparently signed Greg Maddox in Dylan Bundy btw,.. that’s what they are saying lol

 

[Irishize]

With the rest of MLB teams playing their opening games today and with two of the KC Royals starting pitchers out with positive COVID tests, a temporary substitute is rumored. At Texas Tech, he threw a fastball in the mid-90s

His dad was a long-time MLB pitcher.

I believe Colin Kaepernick was an MLB prospect as a pitcher as well.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Marlins and Phillies were shut down earlier this week. Now the Cardinals are shut down due to multiple positive tests.

If the Redbirds can't play, why even bother having a season? I expect the season to be cancelled within about a week.

 

[Irish#1]

My Yankees are on a roll. Judge is on fire with homers in five straight games.

 

[Irish2155]

Honest question, who has a worse staff than Boston? I’m watching #85 serve BP thinking that dude couldn’t get me out.

Oh my, as I type yam #1

 

[ACamp1900]

No laxative known to man works better than watching the Angels bullpen,....

 

[Irish2155]

I just watched 9 innings of leaving runners on base. Our pitching sucks but someone needs to hit.

 

[Rogue219]

We are lucky to even have baseball right but the dinosaurs are crying that Tatis hit a grand slam on a 3-0 count? The Rangers throw behind the next batter because they're sad?

Defund the Baseball Police and amend the unwritten rules into the garbage. So fucking stupid.

If these crusty assholes wonder why they can't broaden their audience, here's a great example why. Baseball's unwritten rules should just be called "Things that made white guys sad 100 years ago."

 

[ACamp1900]

I’ve seen a bunch of articles claiming ‘people are pissed about Tatis’,... I haven’t however seen many people actually mad about it. Feels like one of those ‘I’m seeing a lot of people talking about ‘x’” bs narratives.

It was cool tho. My wife and I were watching it live (Rangers are the local TV team) and I was telling her about Tatis and how I watched his dad hit two grand slams in one inning against the Dodgers years back and BOOM, grand slam

 

[Rogue219]

I’ve seen a bunch of articles claiming ‘people are pissed about Tatis’,... I haven’t however seen many people actually mad about it. Feels like one of those ‘I’m seeing a lot of people talking about ‘x’” bs narratives.

It was cool tho. My wife and I were watching it live (Rangers are the local TV team) and I was telling her about Tatis and how I watched his dad hit two grand slams in one inning against the Dodgers years back and BOOM, grand slam

The manager of the Rangers spoke out about it after the game. The manager of the Padres did not defend his player publicly. The pitcher threw BEHIND the very next batter.

There need to be WRITTEN rules that this stuff is not okay, because there is clearly still an element present in the game that has an issue with it.

Fernando Tatis Jr. for James Shields was the last transaction Kenny Williams made before Rick Hahn took over the ship for the White Sox. Let's be perfectly clear: Shields was already in decline when that trade took place and anyone with a paperback copy of Moneyball in their zip code should have known it.

 

[BobbyMac]

Fernando Tatis Jr. for James Shields was the last transaction Kenny Williams made before Rick Hahn took over the ship for the White Sox. Let's be perfectly clear: Shields was already in decline when that trade took place and anyone with a paperback copy of Moneyball in their zip code should have known it.

That was their last effort to be competitive and finally announced the rebuild.

Remember they started off something like 25-10 and Matt Latos imploded so as usual, Jerry tried to be competitive.

Sure would be nice to have him but Anderson came up at the same time of the trade. It's not like Jerry Dybzinski's holding down short.

 

[Rogue219]

That was their last effort to be competitive and finally announced the rebuild.

Remember they started off something like 25-10 and Matt Latos imploded so as usual, Jerry tried to be competitive.

Sure would be nice to have him but Anderson came up at the same time of the trade. It's not like Jerry Dybzinski's holding down short.

Everything you say here is accurate. I would argue that if they wanted to be competitive, maybe trade Tatis for someone better because Shields was hot garbage when they got him. They didn't know that, though, but they should have. San Diego couldn't wait to get him out the door and even picked up some of the money as I recall.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/james-shields-has-been-messed-up-for-a-while/

Still, bad. The way this team is being run at present, they don't do that move and they figure out a way to have both guys. Anderson was a draft pick, Tatis was an International Free Agent. Inferring based on what I know of Mr. Williams, he saw more value in one guy than the other because he was a draft pick.

Didn't like the move then, don't like it now. Even with a six year age difference, if these two guys stay healthy, I'll put my money on Tatis having the better career when all is said and done. Playing in a pitcher's park 81 times a year versus Anderson playing in a hitter's park. Also a bad reason to get Shields.

 

[irishff1014]

We are lucky to even have baseball right but the dinosaurs are crying that Tatis hit a grand slam on a 3-0 count? The Rangers throw behind the next batter because they're sad?

Defund the Baseball Police and amend the unwritten rules into the garbage. So fucking stupid.

If these crusty assholes wonder why they can't broaden their audience, here's a great example why. Baseball's unwritten rules should just be called "Things that made white guys sad 100 years ago."

In this day and age teams can put up 4 or 5 runs like it is nothing. So if you get the chance to add more you do. Don't throw a meatball if you don't want it hit.

 

[ab2cmiller]

As someone pointed out on Twitter, Tatis has apologized more for breaking this "unwritten rule" than what the Astros have done for cheating to a World Series Ring.

 

[Rogue219]

In this day and age teams can put up 4 or 5 runs like it is nothing. So if you get the chance to add more you do. Don't throw a meatball if you don't want it hit.

Precisely.

 

[Rogue219]

As someone pointed out on Twitter, Tatis has apologized more for breaking this "unwritten rule" than what the Astros have done for cheating to a World Series Ring.

Which is dog crap. He has nothing to be sorry about.

Honestly, this is the most I have seen Twitter united, probably ever. The Rangers seem to be the ones with the big problem.

If you don't want your feeling hurt, pitch better. As opposed to worrying about unwritten rules that were collaborated on a century ago when wonderful humans like Ty Cobb roamed the baseball diamonds of America.

 

[Rogue219]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dont-apologize-for-fernando-tatis-jr-embrace-him/

Great piece.