What are your least favorite things about baseball?

[Stradling]

Canadians.

[Taylor]

10 minutes ago, Lou said:

Testicle.

Don't ask.

Sorry for your loss.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

 

EDIT: found the other one

[Jay]

The fake corporate logo on the pitcher's mound.

[ScottT]

5 hours ago, Jay said:

The fake corporate logo on the pitcher's mound.

Most of those seem real.  

[moccasin]

Intentional walks. Baseball is the only sport in the world where the defense can legally take away the offense's best weapon with zero effort.
It drives me nuts. 

Also, implement the pitch clock please.

[ScottT]

17 minutes ago, moccasin said:

Intentional walks. Baseball is the only sport in the world where the defense can legally take away the offense's best weapon with zero effort.
It drives me nuts. 

Also, implement the pitch clock please.

There's no way around it. Unless every player in your lineup is amazing.  

Like there's no way to prevent NBA players from fouling on purpose... unless they all shoot free throws well.   

It's not unique to baseball. 

[Jay]

5 hours ago, ScottT said:

Most of those seem real.  

I think maybe you're right, they are real.

Either way, hate 'em.

[Puget Sound Angel]

Advertising on the outfield walls, behind home plate and now on the actual field.

Do not do this shit with the unis.

[failos]

18 hours ago, Jay said:

The fake corporate logo on the pitcher's mound.

Same, but nothing is worse than the fucking net

[moccasin]

On 7/18/2021 at 6:46 PM, ScottT said:

There's no way around it. Unless every player in your lineup is amazing.  

Like there's no way to prevent NBA players from fouling on purpose... unless they all shoot free throws well.   

It's not unique to baseball. 

The NBA thought of getting rid of hack-a-shaq several times, despite it only happening at the end of halves. They came up with ideas like giving the ball back in addition to the free throws, although it wasn't implemented. Anyway, hacking is closer to the shift in baseball. Make free throws and it doesn't happen.

The IBB is a lot worse, and there are many ways around the IBB. This would be extremely unpopular for the purists, but a batter can refuse to take a walk, and you can create a 2 base walk when it gets to 6 balls. Or, you can give the batter a free pitch, where a designated BP pitcher comes out and serves a meat ball when you throw 4 straight wide.
 

[Lou]

3 hours ago, moccasin said:

The NBA thought of getting rid of hack-a-shaq several times, despite it only happening at the end of halves. They came up with ideas like giving the ball back in addition to the free throws, although it wasn't implemented. Anyway, hacking is closer to the shift in baseball. Make free throws and it doesn't happen.

The IBB is a lot worse, and there are many ways around the IBB. This would be extremely unpopular for the purists, but a batter can refuse to take a walk, and you can create a 2 base walk when it gets to 6 balls. Or, you can give the batter a free pitch, where a designated BP pitcher comes out and serves a meat ball when you throw 4 straight wide.
 

Teams would just issue "unintentional" intentional walks. If they want to walk a batter, theres nothing that can be done about it.

[Taylor]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

Teams would just issue "unintentional" intentional walks. If they want to walk a batter, theres nothing that can be done about it.

Every time a pitcher IBBs, they get a shock to the nuts.

[moccasin]

19 hours ago, Lou said:

Teams would just issue "unintentional" intentional walks. If they want to walk a batter, theres nothing that can be done about it.

The batter has the right to refuse to walk. If it gets to 6 balls, it's a 2 base walk. 8 balls, a triple. And 10 balls, a HR.

There surely are ways. 

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, moccasin said:

The batter has the right to refuse to walk. If it gets to 6 balls, it's a 2 base walk. 8 balls, a triple. And 10 balls, a HR.

There surely are ways. 

Why stop there? They could also opt for a 6-strike K. If they do, it would count as 2 outs.

And the shortstop gets to carry one if those big NERF bats and can hit 3 runners per game as they pass by him. 

[Jay]

5 hours ago, Lou said:

Why stop there?

If a team bats around in an inning the pitcher has to take 10 swats from the vice-principal.

 

[Lou]

A hoop of flames between 3B and home. If a runner jumps through it and scores it counts as 2 runs.

[ScottT]

On 7/22/2021 at 12:52 AM, moccasin said:

The NBA thought of getting rid of hack-a-shaq several times, despite it only happening at the end of halves. They came up with ideas like giving the ball back in addition to the free throws, although it wasn't implemented. Anyway, hacking is closer to the shift in baseball. Make free throws and it doesn't happen.

The IBB is a lot worse, and there are many ways around the IBB. This would be extremely unpopular for the purists, but a batter can refuse to take a walk, and you can create a 2 base walk when it gets to 6 balls. Or, you can give the batter a free pitch, where a designated BP pitcher comes out and serves a meat ball when you throw 4 straight wide.
 

The problem is a guy can just throw four balls outside the zone and say it wasn't on purpose.

It happens all the time 

[Dtwncbad]

Here is the #1 thing in mlb that makes me feel the highest possible level of hate.

[PattyD22]

On 7/23/2021 at 9:08 AM, ScottT said:

The problem is a guy can just throw four balls outside the zone and say it wasn't on purpose.

It happens all the time 

Don’t we know that..,

[moccasin]

On 7/24/2021 at 1:08 AM, ScottT said:

The problem is a guy can just throw four balls outside the zone and say it wasn't on purpose.

It happens all the time 

Yes, but there are many ways to discourage pitchers from doing that.

Change the rules. If you walk Mike Trout, you don't get to take the bat away from him.

We've already implemented the ghost runner in extra-innings. If you walk somebody, you get a choice to use a ghostrunner, and Mike Trout bats again.

[Tank]

On 7/23/2021 at 12:36 AM, Lou said:

Why stop there? They could also opt for a 6-strike K. If they do, it would count as 2 outs.

And the shortstop gets to carry one if those big NERF bats and can hit 3 runners per game as they pass by him. 

[Lou]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

F'n Bundy.

[WicketMaiden]

On 7/24/2021 at 5:16 PM, Dtwncbad said:

Here is the #1 thing in mlb that makes me feel the highest possible level of hate.

You don't like men who impersonate chickens?

[Tank]

On 7/26/2021 at 1:20 AM, Lou said:

F'n Bundy.

there are days when your bullpen feels exactly like this.