Do you think that the game has changed too much?

[Claude]

30 minutes ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

You'd rather watch a weak, uncoordinated pitcher attempt to swing a bat?

No I would rather watch a fully functional athlete fill that position. Someone like Ohtani who can run like a deer, beat out a base hit and still have power to all fields. 

[Angel Oracle]

Chicks must be loving baseball today, especially the Twins.

[Blarg]

3 hours ago, totdprods said:

What’s boring is every team is trying to deploy roughly the same strategies based on similar data. 

Seems like there is an avenue for exploitation there. 

[totdprods]

18 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Seems like there is an avenue for exploitation there. 

That's why ultimately I think things will cycle back, one way or another. And it's why everyone's trying things like openers and two-way players and launch angles and spin rates. 

[Lhalo]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

At some point a team is going to go back to hitting and running and stealing bases and they will have success.  It would be money -ballesque.

At first this didn’t make sense to me. Then I got it. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

So many problems have been caused by the vain attempt at increasing homeruns over the years. They should be rolled back.

Too many ball parks have been made smaller to try and increase homeruns. There should be a minimum outfield square footage in every new or refurbished park. Stadiums that moved their fences in should be forced to move them back.

Get rid of the DH. Either just lose it entirely or replace it with a duel substitution rule where you can bring a guy back in after being subbed out, something that will bring back strategy into the game.

Do not increase roster size.

Stop juicing the Facking balls.

 

[Docwaukee]

I miss the emphasis on contact.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

8 hours ago, eligrba4ever said:

Remember the classic "Twilight Zone" about the perfect robot pitcher? Almost there.

Who else thinks Doug White still has a pig nose at the end of the episode?

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

But whatever.  I’m 52.  I don’t think baseball is all that concerned with what I think.

Screenshot the cookies adds you get on here and post them. Then we'll know for sure.

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, Taylor said:

Baseball is a living organism, which means it changes and evolves. In 10 years, those of us who grew up in the sabermetrics age will be complaining about whatever changes are happening in the sport.

"How come 100 years ago giys didnt hit 50 home runs?" - vladdy

 

 

 

 

Jk vladdy

[Glen]

6 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

No I would rather watch a fully functional athlete fill that position. Someone like Ohtani who can run like a deer, beat out a base hit and still have power to all fields. 

While you're at it, wish for a unicorn.

[Puget Sound Angel]

I will always love going to the ballpark. But I must admit, I can't remember the last time I watched a regular season game on TV that was not Angels related.

[floplag]

Turning this into a DH thing is not fair, the issues have zero to do with the DH.

Some suggesting its cyclical, while normally true, how do you come back from this?  This is such as monumental shift in the entire ideology of the game, i dont think there is any going back.  You cant unsee Paris so to speak.

[yk9001]

• Length of the game
• the regular season has been discounted b/c of two wildcards.  Means less

[mulwin444]

16 hours ago, Taylor said:

Baseball is a living organism, which means it changes and evolves. In 10 years, those of us who grew up in the sabermetrics age will be complaining about whatever changes are happening in the sport.

This ^^^^

The only thing that is consistent across the history of baseball is old players get older and crankier and lament what the game has become in comparison with their day.  Baseball is always going to change and morph and one day stolen bases, hit-and-run, bunting, etc will be an desired, undervalued asset again.  

[Claude]

32 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

• Length of the game
• the regular season has been discounted b/c of two wildcards.  Means less

But what if we had four wild cards? Would that work? 

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, floplag said:

Turning this into a DH thing is not fair, the issues have zero to do with the DH.

Some suggesting its cyclical, while normally true, how do you come back from this?  This is such as monumental shift in the entire ideology of the game, i dont think there is any going back.  You cant unsee Paris so to speak.

Plus NO ONE outside of the NL has the DH, not even HS baseball!    Make it UNIFORM, NL!   Adopt the DH rule!    With the advent of two way players like Ohtani and Walsh, pitchers who can actually hit can still do so.  

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Calzone 2 said:

But what if we had four wild cards? Would that work? 

I say we get rid of the playoffs and championships altogether. At the end of the season, every team gets a trophy.

[Angel Oracle]

I would go back to having just one WC in each league.   It worked from 1995-2011.