aznhockeyguy

Baseball pitchers are the new football players. Pitchers know that throwing max effort every single pitch is going to blow out their arms/elbows/shoulders, much like football players know that playing football is going to cost them later in life. GMs only want pitchers that throw 95+ with a 88+ slider. Velocity is the name of the game. Back then pitchers would conserve their stuff and not throw max effort every single pitch due to it being a long season and the expectation of going the full game. Pitchers were taught to "pitch" and not "throw," meaning mixing up pitches, changing speeds, changing arm slots, hitting your spots. All of that is out the window now with the max velo approach. I really miss the days that the starters throws 120+ pitches and goes more than 6 innings.

Saw some of the details of the investigation. Wow. I take back all the conspiracy theory stuff. Ippei needs Gamblers Anonymous.

But they weren't investigating Ippei, they were investigating the bookmaker where Ohtani's/Ippei's name/transactions were found. They announced Ippei's portion of the investigation only a few weeks ago. It's still a timely process to investigate a new party in any on-going investigation. But maybe it is cut and dry as the investigators are saying.

Good points, however nearly all investigations take time and discovery and evidence gathering is a slow and methodical process. It's been less than 3 weeks since all of this was announced. This is just way too convenient for MLB to quickly move on from this scandal and that Ippei stole the money is the story that they're all rolling with to make it happen.

Interesting. I'm surprised how quickly this investigation is unfolding. Usually these type of investigations go on for a long time.

When will the black on black crime end? /s Seriously though, why is Washington not playing Adell?

LMAO, Angels will take that!

In real time, don't blame the call being missed, it was close. Replay clearly showed he was safe and was an easy overturn.

2nd base umpire needs to get in better position missing these calls. 1st one wasn't even close. This one okay very close either way.

Damn so close!

Angels are having good at-bats this game, just need to get that key hit with runners on.

Sweeping 3 in row on the road isn't easy, even against a shitty team.

LMAO, no sense of drama either. First pitch, HBP

Nolan should be leading off. He has a great eye too and has good at-bats. He's also better than Rendon as a hitter at this stage of their careers. Rendon should be at the bottom of the order.

Gonna need runs with Anderson pitching.