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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:04 pm

I never really cared about LLWS because it just seems like a game of which kid hit puberty the hardest

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:19 pm

37 innings? he'll survive
I meant using that elbow motion for the rest of his youth career.

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:37 pm

ah yeah, i don't know. I feel like anyone that throws hard now gets the "violent" delivery moniker.. not that I disagree, that's just kinda how it goes. Plus odds are he gets TJ because that's just what happens to everyone anyway lol

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Postby King Colby » Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:41 pm

I never really cared about LLWS because it just seems like a game of which kid hit puberty the hardest
Or which kid has the best fake birth certificate

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:21 pm



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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:00 pm

jesus

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Postby willeyeam » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:06 pm

No wonder they suck

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Postby Ad@m » Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:31 am

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Postby dodint » Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:13 pm

The mob paid him to take that dive.

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Postby Troy Loney » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:32 pm



Not sure “despite” is the correct word there. Choosing to accept 3% failure on an objective measurement because.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:34 pm

I'd accept the "neanderthal" label but **** having robots calling balls and strikes

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Postby Troy Loney » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:37 pm

I mean, a robot would be the guy elon musk dressed up as a robot for his demonstration. This would be some signal to the ump telling him if the pitch is a ball or strike. One would never be able to tell the difference, except the calls would be correct all the time.

I wouldn’t say you are a Neanderthal, just an individual with a baffling collection of beliefs / ideals that would confound just about anyone if they tried to reconcile them

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Postby Beveridge » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:47 pm

This will become a be careful what you wish for situation.

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Postby nocera » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:01 pm

Why would you not want the calls to be 100% accurate? What am I missing here?

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:04 pm

Why would you not want the calls to be 100% accurate? What am I missing here?
there's a human element to the game that I genuinely enjoy. I love getting mad at umpires for a shitty call or commending a catcher for a good frame. Players and coaches arguing balls and strikes is as much a part of the game as the seventh inning stretch or home runs.

takes away some of the romanticism of the game imo

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Postby Beveridge » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:07 pm

All bad takes. I'm all for 100% calls to be accurate and that other stuff is fluff that gets in the way fun or not.

Be careful what you wish for is my anticipation that something will come of this that wasn't to be expected and maybe not in a good way. Gut feeling, nothing more.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:08 pm

you’re a bad take

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:08 pm

I like bad calls - weenie

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:10 pm

I'm conflicted on this. Of course I'm all for no bad calls. But it's gonna mess something else up I'm sure. There will be delays or miscommunications or something that will suck. So I'm not sure if that will suck less than what we have now or not

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:11 pm

Like imagine the ump waiting to register what the device is telling them and then making the call. Even if it's a second or two to process and verbalize. That might be lame. Also the actual strike or strikeout call itself loses some luster. I'm all about ending the ump show but basically being notified that you just struck out looking by a computer seems lame

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:18 pm

I have to imagine that a home plate umpire will still be necessary, as there will always be a chance for a play at the plate no matter the situation. So just have the ump (and the TV fans) the only ones privy to the balls and strikes from the computer, and let him Enrico Pallazo the balls and strikes.

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Postby Troy Loney » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:22 pm

All bad takes. I'm all for 100% calls to be accurate and that other stuff is fluff that gets in the way fun or not.

Be careful what you wish for is my anticipation that something will come of this that wasn't to be expected and maybe not in a good way. Gut feeling, nothing more.
I am basically in the same place. It’s not like implementing replay has been a unambiguous success. I dont know how they would actually implement the automatic strike zone, but romantic notions of umpires making the wrong call 12 times a game is weird. And whatever that New Yorker article proceeded to go on about was definitely going to be stupid

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Postby dodint » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:05 pm

Cut the umps out and have the computer feed the scoreboard. So easy. Instant gratification.

Ump can take half that gear off and stand away so they have a better shot at not **** up their residual duties.

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Postby LeopardLetang » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:46 pm

Cut the umps out and have the computer feed the scoreboard. So easy. Instant gratification.
Yes. And until this use it like they're doing to grade umps after games but harshly deal with umps that make too many mistakes. Is that happening now? I haven't kept up with mlb baseball. And of course it will eventually lead to that one big mistake in the world series which will force the automation.

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Postby faftorial » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:56 pm

Other changes that are needed and this was in a George Will column a few months ago:

--Infielders can't position themselves outside of the infield
--Teams must have two players to the left and right of second base

The shift is another reason baseball sucks to watch now.

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