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All of that statistical wizardry asideā¦my problem isnāt the shift, itās being a slave to it no matter the situation. You know this.
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Yeah I know. I get the other side too though, if you think this is the right play in the first inning then or a random game in June than you should also do it in the 9th and October.
Iām more on your side btw, I can just see the argument
But thatās the absolute worst way to think about baseball strategy. Just because you wouldnāt have Yordan Alvarez bunt with a runner on 2B in the first inning of a 2-2 game in June doesnāt mean you donāt have Jake Meyers do it when itās 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th of Game 7. Baseball is entirely about situations. Itās not poker.
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Which anouncer ar you talking about?
Caray
Ok, but the argument would be more that you still wouldnāt have Yordan bunt in that game 7 scenario. Using two different players to make your argument is moving the goal posts.
Again, I agree with the premise of using the shift less in certain situations. Just that IF one believes its the right decision I can see always coming to that decision
Itās not moving the goal posts, itās deciding on a different strategy based on the specifics of the situation. Which is entirely my point. But yes, I might let even Jake Meyers swing away in the first inning in June.
If this is the effect, then bring on the pitch clock:
(For those blocked from Twitter: average game time in minors down from 3:03 in 2021 to 2:37 in 2022, all other offensive/pitching categories essentially unchanged.)
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I donāt like it one bit. But, I recognize I may be in the minority. Fact is, I prefer a 3 hour game over a 2.5 hour game and I prefer the natural pauses in gameplay. In person so I can chat with those attending the game with me and on TV so I can do things like post in the GZ.
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I agree with you in principleā¦Iām not one who thinks baseball is boring or wants to see less of it. That said, I do enjoy pace in a game. What I donāt like to see are unnecessary delays or ridiculous fussing and fidgeting. If the game goes 12 innings and four hours, Iām cool with that, as long as itās ācrispā in that sense. A two and a half hour game can be chock full of BS just as much as a three hour one.
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Right - I donāt care if the game goes three hours, but if half an hour of that is the pitcher standing with his dick in his hand, letās get rid of that.
ETA - thatās why I think itās important that the other results didnāt change. If it fell by 30 minutes because everything was a 2-1 game, that wouldnāt be a good outcome at all.
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What I canāt stand is players like Nomar Garciaparra who had/have a ridiculous unnecessary routine that takes 5 minutes to complete.
They donāt make velcro on batting gloves like they used to.
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I do not give a damn about any of this. A game is a game whether it last two hours or twelve. All this speed up stuff is bs, imo, catering to short attention spans. If someone is bored, leave the stadium or turn off the game at home.
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The way I look at it is as long as it doesnāt affect game-play, like banning the shift or the runner on 2nd in extrasā¦or the 3-batter ruleā¦or any of the other bone-headed ideas theyāve had, then go for it. By the looks of the MiL testing, not much is affected other than the time it takes to get a game in.
Game times reduced by 30 minutes when Mike Hargrove retired.
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Disagree. It is just flat true that there is more dead space in games than there used to be.
And I have the attention span of a tree.
Then donāt watch if it bothers you.
āā¦of a tree.ā I like that.
or Moberg