IGT 06/20 - Mets at Dodgers

[Edgy MD]

Shortstop: third homer.

Ten-zip.

The machine is broken.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: The machine is broken.

What, just because they have 5 HRs to our 4 hits?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cespedes double switched out, Salas entering with bases loaded. Hmm. Zimmo! will save us.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ... am suddenly very worried for the future of obb

obb?



yeah you know me

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Organized Base Ball, as The Sporting News call it, O.B.B.

[Frayed Knot]

The number of errors we've committed recently is staggering.
The number of errors we've committed recently that were [u:2yrz17v9]Not[/u:2yrz17v9] scored as errors is even worse.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Organized Base Ball, as The Sporting News call it, O.B.B.

Ahh yes. Was simply 'OB' back in 'BALL FOUR'
i.e.. that guy's the worst pitcher in OB ... Cleveland has the worst post-game spread in OB ... etc.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just read Verduccis Sports Illustrated article and it's extremely depressing, sort of confirms what I already sensed, and combined with what looks like it could be not only an awful season for the Mets but a dull pennant race on top of it am suddenly very worried for the future of obb

Got a link?

[Guest 41Forever]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just read Verduccis Sports Illustrated article and it's extremely depressing, sort of confirms what I already sensed, and combined with what looks like it could be not only an awful season for the Mets but a dull pennant race on top of it am suddenly very worried for the future of obb

Nah. Verducci's been depressed since Derek Jeter retired.

There are always columnists declaring baseball to be on its deathbed. I found a 1970 baseball magazine with a cover story, "Did the Mets save baseball?"

I think football is in greater trouble. And Mike and Mike on ESPN radio, in their post-finals LeBron funk, were declaring that the NBA is in trouble if the finals matchup is pretty much determined before the start of the season, and the regular season is a long, boring slog to the inevitable.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Verducci's about the best there is.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/06/20/standstill-pace-play-cody-bellinger-clayton-kershaw

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Guest cooby]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Verducci's about the best there is. https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/06/20/standstill-pace-play-cody-bellinger-clayton-kershaw

I have to say, I honestly wondered if I were just losing interest in baseball, but now I can see why. And explains why a bunch of us are willing to just go to bed and see what happened the next day.

Relief pitchers ARE boring. Strikeouts and HRs are not boring if they are timely and really make a immediate difference in a game. Over and over again, not so exciting.

[Edgy MD]

Exactly. I've been saying it for years. Games played at the extremes normalize the extremes, make the extremes boring, and perpetuate themselves.

If the game is full of sluggers who strike out and hit homers, why worry about defense? Put a 6'4" guy at short. He's only getting three or four chances instead of seven to ten.

And then, of course, you have one more guy who strikes out and hits homers.

About six times more of this and we might have a game again:

[tweet:39qao0er]https://twitter.com/kg_holler/status/876957795173752832[/tweet:39qao0er]

[Guest cooby]

Relief pitchers were fun when they used to be called "firemen" Remember that?

Came in when there was a real need for a fresh arm, not because, heavens! It's the sixth inning!

[MFS62]

Well, at least they held Justin Turner hitless.

Later

[Guest themetfairy]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cast your vote!

Remember the time when the rule was that you had to award ten points even, no matter what the score?

Thank G-d we abandoned that rule!

[Guest cooby]

lol you'd have to start giving them to the other team sometimes

[Benjamin Grimm]