That doesn’t make sense either. There is a clear point at which he starts his motion, it’s the point that commits him to the pitch. That doesn’t change. It’s a complicated windup, but it’s not without a beginning and end.
It is what it is, and I’m sure he’ll figure it out. But that reasoning is BS.
You can be sure if he was on the Yankees (I wonder if MLB asked the Astros to work out a trade before going to this step?) or a guy like Ohtani who is the face of the game (and therefore a $$$ generator) it would not be an issue.
McTaggart on Garcia:
The new rule states a pitcher must have a clear point to begin his delivery in order to stop the pitch timer, and Garcia’s multiple steps and arm motions don’t provide that. The rule says the pitcher is permitted to take one step back (or laterally) and one step forward. Thus, taking multiple steps before lifting the free leg is now deemed an illegal pitch movement.
They should grandfather Garcia’s and other’s deliveries. Like the NHL did with the helmets.
That would make sense if you weren’t trying to fuck the Astros.
Or Pujol’s bat.
Pretty sure Pujols was already old enough to be a grandfather.
Yankees will be without Frankie Montas, maybe for the year.
DeGrom has already been sidelined for a couple of days due to tightness or some such. May be nothing, may be something.
I don’t know if there have been any changes to the arbiters or anything else impactful, but it sure feels to me like teams are winning a much higher percentage of these hearings than in the past.
Since 2015 the Yankees are 5-13 vs the Astros in the playoffs
And 16-11 vs everyone else.
Just made me smile so I decided to share.
Gonna tear up the field the week before the playoffs apparently.
Is Minute Maid even a good venue for a concert? It seems like Houston would have SO many other options…
Well at least an October concert would bring some November rain.
Not a good venue for not a good concert.
Unless it’s 1990 again.
And I wouldn’t even say that. When I heard Appetite For Destruction, I thought “this is the greatest band in the world”. Then I saw them live and thought “this is the worst band in the world”.
The studio can often hide crippling alcohol and drug abuse
I spent a good number of pennies on BMG/Columbia house buying Willie Nelson CDs looking for versions of his songs I had heard a a kid. They were mostly compulsions of hot garbage.
After the IRS debacle he recorded Across the Borderline. The press hype mentioned all the producers behind the record (Don Was, Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon). It was fantastic. And that’s when young me gained an appreciation for the people behind the people.
Even on a small independent artist scale it’s a struggle finding an engineer that is both talented and also gets what you’re doing. It’s basically like dating around until you find The One.
Unless you were a jazz musician in the '50, '60s, or '70s. You would just make the pilgrimage to NJ to the studio of Rudy Van Gelder, the GOAT of recording engineers.