The sickos that like the runner at 2B rule hate baseball

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

If I had a time machine, one of the games I would like to go back and see is this one. It would never have happened if Manfred had been in charge.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN196307020.shtml

lol 

A 16-inning game lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes.

[T.G.]

37 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

If I had a time machine, one of the games I would like to go back and see is this one. It would never have happened if Manfred had been in charge.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN196307020.shtml

You want to go back in time?

I know a guy...

[T.G.]

Baseball is a game where anything can happen and the organic nature in how that develops makes it unique and fun, IMO. 

When they try to manufacture and create that stuff it ruins it for me. The runner on 2nd in extras is the prime example of that.

 

[Blarg]

8 minutes ago, True Grich said:

You want to go back in time?

I know a guy...

But you have to bring your own weapons. 

[T.G.]

Just now, Blarg said:

But you have to bring your own weapons. 

And cash up front.

[Blarg]

8 hours ago, Dochalo said:

You want to pick a game to shorten?  How about that 16 to whatever nightmare from the other day.  

Once Bemboom stepped on the mound the game should have been a forfeit.

[Angels 1961]

I remember double headers being scheduled 4 or 5 a year. In those days pitchers threw 140 to 170 pitches a game. Now a pitcher gives up his second hit in 7th inn (Heaney on Friday) a manager will pull him from game. Did the players union also approve this rule? The game has changed so much in last 25 years. Fans today want quicker games so I also blame fans for changes. I do not know if this rule is for just this year or long term. I do not like this rule.

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

I remember double headers being scheduled 4 or 5 a year. In those days pitchers threw 140 to 170 pitches a game. Now a pitcher gives up his second hit in 7th inn (Heaney on Friday) a manager will pull him from game. Did the players union also approve this rule? The game has changed so much in last 25 years. Fans today want quicker games so I also blame fans for changes. I do not know if this rule is for just this year or long term. I do not like this rule.

Or fans want games similar to the games you mentioned.  Those went 2:30 hours on average. Now it’s 3:05.  

[T.G.]

You know, not only is Ohtani great at just about everything he does in baseball - but he's also trying to speed up the game by introducing "the sprint around the bases after a homerun."  True hero.

Edited April 26, 2021 by True Grich

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

You want to go back in time?

I know a guy...

Is it a round trip or are one-way fares available? I'd like to stay in 1955.

[T.G.]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Is it a round trip or are one-way fares available? I'd like to stay in 1955.

Definitely a one way trip.  You'll never be seen again.  Now, about that cash up front....

[Adam]

I would hate it less if it began in the 12th inning

[T.G.]

@fan_since79 meet me at the tile store next to Bake 'N Broil.  That store is a front for a time travel business. We can talk about payment off line.

[Second Base]

I honestly don't mind the change. It makes extra inning affairs more of a high wire act and ends the game sooner. 

I don't like that double headers have been changed to 7 innings.

I would like to see larger bases (slightly shortens the base paths, more SB), the double hook rule (universal DH until the SP is removed), increase rosters to 27 players, and if they can ever figure it out, an electronic strike zone. I'd also like to see MLB install cameras for every ball park that are specifically for instant replay. As far as I can tell, MLB has already gotten at least the challenges by the Angels wrong, despite video evidence pointing to the contrary. 

[Lou]

I find it odd that people who claim to love baseball want to watch less of it. 

[beatlesrule]

Extra Innings rarely happen so it doesn't really bother me. I'd rather it not be there but there are other problems with the game that are more important IMO.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Extra Innings rarely happen so it doesn't really bother me. I'd rather it not be there but there are other problems with the game that are more important IMO.

8% so about 13 times a year, or twice a month.  

[Jay]

According to @Dochalo it's 8.6% of games.

2430 * .086 = 209 games per year go to extras which is a substantial number.

Still don't like it though.

 

[IEAngelsfan]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

But you have to bring your own weapons. 

That ad never gets old.

[Taylor]

32 minutes ago, Stradling said:

8% so about 13 times a year, or twice a month.  

That's per team, I'm assuming?

[WicketMaiden]

Where did the idea that fans want quicker games come from? 

The stadiums get to sell more food and beer; the TV companies get more content for the same price and more ad breaks between innings and pitcher changes; the players get to add to their counting stats and be the hero; the managers get to show how brilliant they have been with their choice of and use of fringe players; the fans get more free baseball and an exciting end to the game.

A shorter game only seems to benefit the owners, possibly by cutting the cost of lighting the extra innings and trimming the stadium's game-day wage bills by a hour or two. Have they really sent Manfred the attack puppy to chew up the game over the saving of so few dollar bills, or am I missing some huge here? 

[Stradling]

44 minutes ago, Taylor said:

That's per team, I'm assuming?

I was going off of what Doc said, so maybe.  Maybe not, and so it would actually be cut in half, am I thinking straight on that one?  

[Angel Oracle]

12 hours ago, ScottT said:

I don't like it, but I have a feeling it may stick around.  I'd like to see a compromise... maybe start it it the 12th.  

Either this, or suspend the game after 11 or 12 innings.

[ten ocho recon scout]

12 hours ago, ukyah said:

you'd hate me as commissioner. i'd fuck with the game a lot.

Id be like Dr Han in Enter the Dragon. Id randomly make someone fight Bolo in a big moment. Totally interrupt the game.

And Id send Pujols up to glare at the opposing pitcher, then hit a ball off a tee. And have the pitcher say "tees dont throw off speed"

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Is it a round trip or are one-way fares available? I'd like to stay in 1955.

Been practicing johnny be good, have you?