Rest Of Baseball - 2021

[PhillyPhreak54]

The farg...

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[ice grillin you]

homers are great for business...people love dingers

people do not love strikeouts. thats why you move the mound back, you get more homers, more runs, and more contact.

People are basically numb to homers now...no one is going to boo a home run obviously but they have mostly lost their excitement...it's akin to three pointers in the nba now...the cheer for them is louder than a two but much more muted than what a three pointer used to get when it was actually considered special

even at their height tho fans would have much rather seen a crooked number rally with guys running all over the bases than a home run or two...there's a reason people say a triple is the most exciting play in baseball

[Diomedes]

I was talking to a boomer friend recently who is a mad baseball fan.  I occasionally take in a radio broadcast of an Orioles game, and go to Camden Yards once or twice a year, but don't really care a lot about it.

He told me something I didn't know:  40% of the time, the ball is not put in play.  That is, it's either a walk, a strikeout, or a homerun 40% of the time.

No wonder I'm mostly bored by baseball.

[Geowhizzer]

The two times I'm most annoyed watching baseball.

1. Tie game.  Bottom of the 9th.  Man in scoring position with no outs.  Batter swings to hit it out of Yellowstone.  Ends up striking out.
2. Whenever Roman Quinn hits.  Ever.

[QB Eagles]

Pretty sure more Gen Zers watch other people play video games than watch other people playing baseball.

[Diomedes]

relevant:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/alex-rodriguez-responds-after-timberwolves-anthony-edwards-said-i-dont-know-who-that-is/

[phattymatty]

Hi Anthony.  I'm Alex. 

[ice grillin you]

words can't express how good Jacob Degrom is 

[Geowhizzer]

words can't express how good Jacob Degrom is

Best pitcher in baseball, and it's not even close.

[ice grillin you]

he's one of the best ever forget today

reminds me of Pedro

[MDS]

hes given up 1 run and driven in 2

[ice grillin you]

another embarrassment for mlb and it's pathetic rules

there's been 100 runs scored in 41 extra innings played this season

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yep. It's farging stupid.

The runner on second and the god damn seven inning DHs

[ice grillin you]

Joey Gallo has struck out looking three times tonight, which is exactly how many strikeouts looking that Tony Gwynn had in 1992... and 1994... and 1998... and 1999... and one more than he had in 2000 and 2001, combined.

[Geowhizzer]

Royals-Tigers game just ended in 2:10.  Six total hits, and ZERO walks.