Badger Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Well, good thing he did get quarantined before the Indians became the Marlins or Cards North. (And given the regional play the Central would have completely decimated in games played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Yeah, but the "idiot" was directed at his rant...which got pulled from IG. "Oh, oh, no player can stay in the hotel all the time!!!" Yeahhhh....right. I wonder if the team can withhold his salary for the duration of the quarantine. You'd hope so, but.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 ...maybe they could just trade him to Miami. What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 ...or sent to the 'minors'. Cleveland options Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac to alternate site after pitchers break COVID protocols As Vizzini the Sicilian would say, "Morons." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Since Cleveland has been built on pitching this year, they done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 Yeah, that article suggests this incident was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back. I strongly suspect Plesac's gone. One year deal, small contract, next 2 years look to be team options. Being disruptive in the locker room, then doing this? And the follow-up, immature rant? Lots of reasons to let him become someone else's problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 The Rocks lost five of six at home this week--to the D'Backs and Rangers--and now sit two games behind the hated Dodgers. Next up: A four game home-and-home with the Asstros, followed by three at the Dodgers and four at Arizona. Havin' some fun now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 Padres just set a record by hitting a grand slam in 4 straight games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 ...and the Rockies have wasted the best start in franchise history, now sitting at .500 with no end to the free-fall in sight. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 22, 2020 Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 Small Sample Size Theater, Pariah. They had a nice 15-game stretch; it just so happened to stand out because it wasn't diluted by other games. Of course, the entire season is going to be Small Sample Size Theater...less so, the short season, but more the fact that it'll be about the playoffs, with so many mediocre teams in play. Looking at the Rockies team stats...I'm seeing 2 good starters in Freeland and Senzatela. Marquez has been...ok, long as you recognize him as a #4 or #5 starter. Translation, don't expect that much. Castellani is kinda similar...but he's not giving enough length. The bullpen looks to be unsettled, with no clear roles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2020 So, business as usual for the Rocky Horror Pitching Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 One thing I do hate watching on tv, the canned fan cheering by some broadcast. As awful as canned laughter in a comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Badger said: One thing I do hate watching on tv, the canned fan cheering by some broadcast. As awful as canned laughter in a comedy. Haven't watched any baseball the last several days, as the NBA playoffs have been 4 straight games running 10 or so hours total. But, yes, there were some of those I heard. Rather lame. The cutouts getting hit, and the broadcaster making some joke...I only heard that a few times but that was just idiotic. We KNOW the situation ye daft fools!! All those comments have always come off totally contrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 What the actual Hell, Rockies?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Supposedly, Tom Seaver died. Considering, in my childhood, he was THE pitcher, I feel a little old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 To continue the Minor League Baseball discussion we were having earlier: Why MLB's minor leagues as you know them will end Sept. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 11:02 AM, Pariah said: What the actual Hell, Rockies?! 18-19 for the season; 5-5 in their last 10. What are you complaining about now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Rockies fans gotta Rockie fan? I am a Royals fan, I will await 2045 when we are relevant for our one every 30 years championship Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: 18-19 for the season; 5-5 in their last 10. What are you complaining about now? I was specifically complaining about the 23-5 shellacking they took at the hands of the Giants the other night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Yeah well 20 runs is always bad. Incidentally, I have only got watch 1 game on tv that had a 20 run score, and the Rockies gave it up (late 90s vs Braves, it was 10 to 5, and the Rockies bullpen to cough up 10 runs in the 9th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, Pariah said: I was specifically complaining about the 23-5 shellacking they took at the hands of the Giants the other night. Ahhh, yes, I can understand that. But the Rockies pitchers stranded 25, that has to count for something...... Looks like the Rockies pitchers were poor throughout, but the train wreck can largely be blamed on Diaz and Hoffman. They combine to get only 3 outs but give up 3 walks and 8 hits, all of whom score. They've got 3 relievers with decent numbers (Bard, Almonte, Estevez) but they're all just averaging about an inning per outing. The rest are a complete sewage pit. When your starters are averaging around 5 1/2 innings per start...well, nights like this will happen. Still only one game, and they're still actually in the playoffs. Besides, this season is a joke anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 We've long referred to the pitching staff--especially the relievers--as the Rocky Horror Pitching Show. It's pretty much been that way since '93. But yeah, this whole season's pretty much one huge asterisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 And for the gimmicks, the only one I like is the NL DH. Hate the 3 batter minimum (even though my Royals got a rare win more or less by pinch hit HR on the 3rd batter of a hitter, doesn't seem fair to pinch hit with abandon and limit pitching changes, although modern roster construction netters the former. And for the the extra inning runner, pretty sure that in Futurama that was when the sport became blernball. The Japan rule of 12 inning ties would be the better route for the reasons given. On average games getting to the 13th only happen 2 or 3 times per season per team on average, 1+ for a 2020 season. Plus, saw it in the last wbc turned 2 exciting into anti climatic mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 I can see the objection to the runner on 2nd in extras, but.... Baseball's #1 problem is lack of action. No base runners. Home run, strikeout, or walk. In extras especially it's blast or bust...far too many hitters are swinging for the fences and nothing else. One thing the runner on 2nd does, is break that up, big time. FanGraphs has a story from July about it:https://blogs.fangraphs.com/so-just-how-much-less-baseball-will-the-new-extra-innings-rule-give-us/#:~:text=To start%2C some basic numbers,extra innings roughly every day. 13 innings...they didn't go that deep. But 22 went 12+...and a story in the Athletic notes the Giants were 3-0 in games 15+ innings long. It isn't common. An analytic analysis here: https://baseballwithr.wordpress.com/2020/07/13/mlbs-new-extra-inning-rule/ I would definitely favor this rule for college baseball, and probably for minor league baseball...with the proviso it applied to ALL games, including playoffs like the CWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Well, I did get my numbering from an article a few years ago. Basically around 10 percent of games went extra, and every subsequent inning had approximately 48 percent of ending it. So 16 extra innings, 8 past 10, 4 past 11, 2 past 12. Japan is known to call games after 12 inngs a tie. So, it seems hardly worth a drastic change in design for 2 or 3 games a year. The game has called games tied in the past anyway (rain, darkness in the old days) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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