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Postby willeyeam » Wed May 13, 2020 8:33 am

Yep, or when a pitcher's throwing a gem but comes up with guys in scoring position.

I understand a DH fan would look at it is an unfortunate way to have to take a pitcher out. So whatever, people have different tastes. Just leave the NL alone

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Postby Beveridge » Wed May 13, 2020 8:41 am

I like fantasy baseball more so bring on the DH!

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Postby MWB » Wed May 13, 2020 8:44 am

Yeah, I think that’s what it comes down to. If you’re a fan of the dh, you like the separation of pitching and hitting. They are two separate entities in the game that battle against each other. Downside, less intricacies in the game. If you’re not a fan of the dh, you like when there is crossover between those two things and the intricacies when those interactions happen. Downside, lesser one on one battles.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Wed May 13, 2020 9:51 am

Either way, both leagues should have the same rules. I tend to fall on the side of the DH but if they told the AL that pitchers had to hit, I’d be all for it

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Postby faftorial » Wed May 13, 2020 11:32 am

I'd rather watch a 2-1 (3 hour) game over a 9-8 game (5 hour) game.

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Postby Gaucho » Wed May 13, 2020 11:34 am

imo if you're bad at fielding you're bad at beisball

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Postby Troy Loney » Thu May 14, 2020 3:33 pm



MLBPA should just make Boras their leader.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Thu May 14, 2020 4:23 pm

While he’s not wrong, the owners have already said that they would lose less money by not playing at all this season than if they played and had to dish out full salaries to the players. The league and owners can survive a year without baseball. No one gets paid and everything goes back to action in 2021. I wonder how many players can go a year without pay.

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Postby offsides » Thu May 14, 2020 9:26 pm

Looks like Blake Snell will pitch only if he gets his 7 mil. Says too dangerous unless he gets full amount. Guess it is not dangerous if he gets enough money.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/us/blake ... index.html

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Postby faftorial » Sun May 17, 2020 9:39 pm

I read today that when baseball comes back spitting and touching your face will become verbotten. So many routines will be affected.

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Postby willeyeam » Sun May 17, 2020 9:45 pm

I have a hard time believing they'll enforce that

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Postby offsides » Sun May 17, 2020 9:48 pm

Touch your face three times and you're out.

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Postby faftorial » Sun May 17, 2020 10:54 pm

They are supposed to wash their hands every half inning.

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Postby willeyeam » Sun May 17, 2020 11:00 pm

Lol

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Thu May 21, 2020 9:06 am

If the Cubs are having money problems...


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Postby Dickie Dunn » Thu May 21, 2020 10:48 am

Be interesting to see what happens to athlete pay in the near future while we live in a world where front office schmucks are getting hit with pay cuts and Jason Heyward makes $23MM.

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Thu May 21, 2020 11:29 pm

A thread.

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Postby willeyeam » Thu May 21, 2020 11:32 pm

That's so funny

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Postby Orlando Penguin » Fri May 22, 2020 10:57 pm

I guess you have to have some gimmick when you can't win the division.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Sat May 23, 2020 5:31 pm

Why do people not understand cash flow and how finances work?


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Postby Orlando Penguin » Sat May 23, 2020 6:08 pm

There will be no tears here for any American professional team in the Big 4 when it comes to losing finances (Canadian hockey teams I'll feel bad for because of the exchange factor). When your franchise is worth billions (with a b), you'll find a way to make this year work. I'm looking at you, Cubs.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Sat May 23, 2020 6:24 pm

Worth doesn't pay bills.

I could have a car in my garage worth $15k.

I can't take that car to Giant Eagle and get milk.

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Postby Beveridge » Sat May 23, 2020 7:54 pm

Worth doesn't pay bills.

I could have a car in my garage worth $15k.

I can't take that car to Giant Eagle and get milk.
I'd gladly take the title for milk if you want to disprove that statement. :pop:

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Sat May 23, 2020 8:07 pm

Last time I checked the young lady behind the plexi glass isn't going to accept a piece of blue paper for 2%.

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Postby MWB » Sat May 23, 2020 9:11 pm

This is an owner risk issue. Players normally take the risk. Even with guaranteed contracts, they have more risk than owners, who can count on steady income with gates and media contracts. Obviously, players should be willing to bend contracts with less money coming in, but owners can’t pretend like this is a situation that will go on forever.

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