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Didn’t Judge begin the season slowly? And now here he’s ending the season slowly. It’s actually kind of tragic.

And as a spectacle, this series is lacking. The only way for it to be less dramatic is for the Dodgers to win tonight in a blowout and for them to be unable to celebrate in Dodger Stadium where it would be considerably more exciting.

That’s three games worth of hoopla and advertising revenue down the drain. 

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Read an article on the notion of taking away the "opener" starting pitcher, and I found this interesting. Rather than forcing a starter to stay in the game, the manager forfeits the DH when the starter comes out. Incentivises keeping the starter in longer. I could see this happening. 

https://www.thebiglead.com/john-smoltz-guarantees-mlb-will-change-one-rule

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29 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

Read an article on the notion of taking away the "opener" starting pitcher, and I found this interesting. Rather than forcing a starter to stay in the game, the manager forfeits the DH when the starter comes out. Incentivises keeping the starter in longer. I could see this happening. 

https://www.thebiglead.com/john-smoltz-guarantees-mlb-will-change-one-rule

I get it, but this stuff penalizes teams that are trying to utilize every under utilized angle possible to squeak out a win. It’s a way of making sure that the big teams with lots of money make it to the top.

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1 hour ago, papalawrence said:

Read an article on the notion of taking away the "opener" starting pitcher, and I found this interesting. Rather than forcing a starter to stay in the game, the manager forfeits the DH when the starter comes out. Incentivises keeping the starter in longer. I could see this happening. 

https://www.thebiglead.com/john-smoltz-guarantees-mlb-will-change-one-rule

I know we can't force teams to keep players in. But there is idea is just stupid. Most teams no longer use an old firstbaseman as DH anymore. So they'll just use the DH spot as leadoff let him get two abs lose him and sub in another guy as the Ph for 3 and not miss a beat. 

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