Baseball

[HVC]

Shot, pitch, the balls moving to a target

I guess it'll speed up games, but it just seems off. Might it lead to more pitcher wear and tear/ injury?

[Valmy]

So... what's with the shot clock?

We have had it in College Baseball for awhile. I think its fine but then I really like fast working pitchers. JP Howell would have the pitch headed back about 0.5 seconds after the catcher threw him back the ball. My man.

[Valmy]

Shot, pitch, the balls moving to a target

I guess it'll speed up games, but it just seems off. Might it lead to more pitcher wear and tear/ injury?

How? It is the number of pitches, not the speed. And besides it is pretty long.

[HVC]

Shot, pitch, the balls moving to a target

I guess it'll speed up games, but it just seems off. Might it lead to more pitcher wear and tear/ injury?

How? It is the number of pitches, not the speed. And besides it is pretty long.

Quick repetition would be more damaging, no?

*edit* maybe I'm just thinking machinery

[Admiral Yi]

It was analytics taking too far and stopped the fun of hits.

"This guy is a dead pull hitter" is not analytics.  It's just watching him hit.

[Valmy]

Shot, pitch, the balls moving to a target

I guess it'll speed up games, but it just seems off. Might it lead to more pitcher wear and tear/ injury?

How? It is the number of pitches, not the speed. And besides it is pretty long.

Quick repetition would be more damaging, no?

*edit* maybe I'm just thinking machinery

Maybe but the pitch clock is 15 seconds, not five seconds.

[The Minsky Moment]

It was analytics taking too far and stopped the fun of hits.

"This guy is a dead pull hitter" is not analytics.  It's just watching him hit.

Shifts were calibrated based on spray charts and optimized to each batter.

[Syt]

It was analytics taking too far and stopped the fun of hits.

"This guy is a dead pull hitter" is not analytics.  It's just watching him hit.

Shifts were calibrated based on spray charts and optimized to each batter.

I assume porn studios do the same for the money shots.

[Admiral Yi]

I see Cubbies and Cards are playing in London.  Do they do this every year?

[Grey Fox]

They did it in 2019. 2020, 2021 and 2022 versions got covided.

So, yes. Every year.

[Barrister]

Boy softball! That's cool, we don't have that here.

Yeah boys are not allowed to play softball until we are old and doing it for fun.

Huh - never thought about it.

Baseball is a tricky sport to learn.  If you don't have a basic proficiency in throwing, catching and hitting it is just PAINFUL to both play and watch.  Whereas from experience, even if you're terrible at hockey you can still play some kind of meaningful version of the game.

So (if like my kid) you're just starting out at age 9 I think softball would be a much easier introduction to the whole game.

Josh's softball team has their first game tonight.

Apparently their team is the only all-boys team in their league.  The team they're playing tonight looks to be all-girls.  But almost all of Josh's team has never played ball before.

I have been working with Josh at least for his throwing and catching.  He's doing much better than I thought he would, though he's not exactly God's gift to softball.

[Grey Fox]

That's cool! Do share on his exploits tonite.

[Grey Fox]

How did Josh fair, BB?


My son, Cédric, didn't make one of the A teams and played B ball all summer.

His team had 4 kids out of 11 who had never played baseball before. They didn't have a good regular season ending with a record of 5-11-3. He learn to throw, his category introduces pitchers to the game, properly and worked on his hitting. He played 5 games with the above category (13UB)to his and performed adequately in all of them. Was even player of the game once.

Tomorrow afternoon, his team will play for a spot in Sunday's regional championship game. Winning the regionals sends them to the provincial championship next week.

[Barrister]

Shohei Ohtani to the Bluejays???

https://dodgersnation.com/shohei-ohtani-to-sign-with-toronto-blue-jays-over-los-angeles-dodgers-sources/2023/12/08/

Not sure how credible Dodgers Nation is, but it was cited by Sports Illustrated...

[Grey Fox]

If he signs there for real, it's going to be around 800 millions cad. Rogers customer better brace for many price hikes.