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  1. Tiger337
    The pitch clock would be good. I am sure they'll find a way to screw it up, but there is potential there.
  2. Tiger337
    Right, an empty suit. He doesn't give a shit about the fans or the game except for the money he can get out of it. I'll never forget the day he said they were going to expand playoffs because Americans love brackets! I have never seen anyone care less about the game than him.
  3. Tiger337
    This would have bothered me a lot more a few years ago. I still love the game but just don't get as excited about the season as much as I used to. It used to be a huge part of my life, but There are other things going on in my life that are getting my attention. I will continue to read and sometimes write about baseball history/statistics and hopefully watch more minor league games this year.
  4. Tiger337
    Are you serious? Manfred sucks!
  5. Tiger337
    Oh my goodness, The very definition of an empty suit.
  6. Tiger337
    I want to meet the 2% who have no opinion. They must not be on the internet.
  7. Tiger337
    12 teams would work most logicallly with two expansion teams and 4 * 8 team divisions. All the division winners would get a bye and the first round would be all the wildcards.
  8. Tiger337
    I hope the shooter knew the difference between a clip and a magazine.
  9. Tiger337
    So, it looks like they have compromised on 12 teams. Still too many, but it feels different from 14.
  10. Tiger337
    My new favorite non-Tiger:
  11. Tiger337
    I want to be able to compare statistics throughout history, one of my favorite things to do, so there should be a similar number of games. They could cut off a few games if they think it's necessary, but cutting a whole month of games would be bad. As for who plays who how many times, I'd like to see fewer divisions and no interleague play and no wildcards. I am assuming there will be a million teams in the post-season tournament Let's make it 16. 16 teams is no worse than 14 and it gives us a nicer number. Take the top four teams in each division. Play 16 games against each divisional opponent and 6 games versus each opponent in the other division.
  12. Tiger337
    Jobe has the face of a player that is going to be either really good or really bad. There will be no in between.
  13. Tiger337
    I don't know whether I agree or disagree with this, but I do agree that pitching and defense works together in a way that makes it difficult to measure the value of defense.
  14. Tiger337
    His offensive projections look pretty consistent across different systems. He doesn't get on a lot, but has good power for a shortsop. He is going to be a really big upgrade I am a bit concerned about his defense being statistically average last year. Is that a fluke or has he peaked? Even if he just average, he'll still be a big upgrade, but elite defense like he had in 2019 would make him an allstar caliber player.
  15. Tiger337
    Here is the home run:
  16. Tiger337
    One play I'd love to see again is Gibson practically passing Whitaker between third and home and then knocking down both the catcher and umpire barrelling into the plate. I have never seen anything else like it. In the same game he hit a ball completely over the right field roof. Here is an article:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/06/15/red-sox-win-cant-stop-gibson/14341127-b597-4c7e-8908-476ae47dd89d/ Gibson actually knocked down the umpire Larry Barnett who fell into catcher Rich Gedman forcing him to drop the ball. Strangely, Whitaker was out on the play. Barnett was carried off the field on a stretcher. I remember reading in The Boston Globe that the bug eyed Brown told Gibson after the play that he shouldn't do things like that because someone is going to get hurt and Gibson went ballistic. Brown walked them the next time up and Gibson told first baseman Dave Stapleton that if Brown says anything else, he better watch out because he's going to go legally insane. Brown was never quite the same after that! The boxscore:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198306140.shtml
  17. Tiger337
    Tony Clark has been holding it in for 30 years. You finally broke him and it's going to get ugly.
  18. Tiger337
    One thing which is not commonplace is for an industry to have an anti-trust exemption allowing it to behave like a monopoly.
  19. Tiger337
    Divide them into three divisions based of records over the last three seasons. The top ten teams go in the Willie Mays Division, The next ten teams go in the Chet Lemon Division. The bottom ten go in the Milt Cuyler Division Seven teams from the Mays Division make the playoffs, five from the Lemon Division and two from the Cuyler Division.
  20. Tiger337
    Realigning geographically is always a fun exercise, but I don't know what it accomplishes. If half the teams are going to make the playoffs, why even have divisions? Every team plays every team 5 or 6 times and then the top 14 make the playoffs.
  21. Tiger337
    I didn't like divisions and a balanced schedule because it was illogical. I thought the point of having divisions was to play more games against regional opponents. If you aren't going to have that, then just have one big league and take the top four teams. I know they created divisions for maketing the illusion that more teams had a shot, but I have little tolerance for setups based on marketing.
  22. Tiger337
    Those were the days! I was actually intrigued by interleague play when it first started, but the novelty wore out a long time ago and I don't like it. I prefer the mystique of separate leagues.
  23. Tiger337
    I don't think the playoffs are going to last much longer than they already have. They are talking about the first round as three games all at the park of the better team, so they wouldn't need a travel day during the series. This would replace the play-in game they now have. Then the rest of the playoffs will be the same as usual.
  24. Tiger337
    It's tech heavy and everybody has been saying it's going to be a bad year for tech with interest rates rising. So, I figured I'd take my profits and get out. I got into gold. I have most of my money in low cost SP500 index funds though.
  25. Tiger337
    There will be more bad teams playing "meaningful" games down the stretch. The good teams will be able to cruise at the end which is boring.
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