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i think the excessive pitching changes started in the late 80's before the offensive boom, though it has certainly accelerated.
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television breaks between innings, time between pitches, batters stepping out of the box, and excessive pitching changes are a much bigger problem (time-wise) than offense. enforce the 12-second rule and the batter can't step out rule strictly and i'd bet game times go down 5-6 minutes on average (which is alot when you're talking about only these 2 factors)
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i'd love to see those time rules enforced, the length of the game is a big "turnoff" in my opinion to many casual fans, i think its gotten somewhat better the last 3 or 4 years but theres still a long way to go
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i'd be ok with the resumption of a suspended game the next day (which would hopefully be the case in most circumstances) its the idea of it happening weeks later that i find unfair
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in other words, the team with less players remaining from their "original" roster is at a distinct advantage.
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Edgy DC wrote: This "horrible rule" has a lot of precedent and such consequences have been considered and dealt with. how are they dealing with them? the article on espn makes no mention ]Another change is, a batter who hits an apparent game-ending home run with less than two outs would be allowed to circle the bases if a runner ahead of him doesn't continue to home plate, thinking the game is over. If there are two outs when the play begins, however, the runner who abandons trying for home plate would be the third out and the home run would not count. somewhere, Robin Ventura is smiling.
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]Potentially most consequential is the manner in which games that end in a tie, due to weather or other uncontrollable elements, will be resolved. While previously such games were considered official and replayed in their entirety from the beginning, hence they will be "suspended" and resumed at the point of stoppage. horrible rule. what happens when an april game gets resumed in july? who is "eligible" to play in this "resumed" game? the guy who you traded a month ago? the guy you called up last week? what do we do about the guy who was standing on 1st base when the game was called and is now on the DL?
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yeah, we just need to keep our eyes open as last year they opened up more dates/times at the last minute
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Willets Point wrote: Ah good, Yankees fighting amongst themselves gives me a warm, fuzzy schadenfreude. its really nice isnt it? soon we'll get an article about how "captain intangibles" held a closed-door meeting and everyone is one big happy family again
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we can change it, i just had to pick a date and the one we had settled on isnt available.
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even for a guy of Zambrano's caliber that proposed deal is insane for a guy in his walk year and i'd STILL hesitate to do it even with a "signing window."
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and a boy named seo has registered first with lightning speed!
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SUNDAY THE 25TH WAS NO AVAILABLE (EXCEPT AT 9AM) SO I SELECTED SATURDAY THE 24TH AT 6:30 PM FOR OUR DRAFT we can still changwe it but those dates fly fast. there are NO drafts whatsoever (it wasnt even a choice) on sunday april 1st. if anyone joins other leagues and sees that later times on sunday the 25th of march have opened up please post here IMMEDIATELY when that happens.
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ok guys here is the info: League ID: 17971 League URL: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/17971 password: joinnow yahoo has a new feature this year that lets you import settings from any league you ran last year i selected it, if anything is wrong (rules wise) let me know.
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just saw and just signed us up.
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"Hola! Mi llamo Carlos"
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now its 6-5...any more voters? please?
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Edgy DC wrote: I don't think we should demand that the word "competition" --- even when prefaced with "wide open" --- means everybody is starting from the same place, and whoever has the best ERA/OPS in spring training gets the job. no, but the word "competition" should at least mean that multiple players have a legitimate chance at the job, that wasn't the case in Jet camp. I just hope the Mets aren't going to use contracts and who has options to decide the rotation.
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the 16th it is then
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i was just using that as an example of a team saying theres a competition when there is really not. it actually worked out well for them.
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i dont necessarily think that, but if they are, or if its a bullshit "competition" (like the "competition" the Jets said they were having at QB in the preseason) then i'd be pissed off.
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metirish wrote: It's hard to imagine that the Cubs would not tie up Zambrano with a big fat contract,with all the money they doled out already why stop now. agreed. you can't pay ted friggin lilly if you arent ready to pay carlos zambrano
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="Frayed Knot"]"i know players have often said in the past "i won't talk contract during the season" but thats very different from this, do you think this becomes the new standard negotiating ploy if Zambrano succeeds? " I don't see how this tactic is new or different you don't see the difference between "sign me now or you'll have to talk to me along with everyone else after the season" and "sign me now or you never will"?
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i don't think we necessarily want Humber to start the year in the majors...but we want Humber OR Pelfrey to be able to earn a spot in the spring and not be locked out automatically by a pitcher we already know isn't very good.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2763803 ]"If they don't sign me, sorry, but I must go. That's what Carlos Zambrano thinks." -- Carlos Zambrano so besides talking like Rickey Henderson, This article raises an interesting question...how much leverage does Zambrano gain from this stance? clearly he will get paid a boatload on the open market so he is hardly cutting off much interest in him (as some lesser players would be by telling a club they have no shot at resigning him) do you think this will work? do you think other players with a year or more left before free agency will try this in the future? i know players have often said in the past "i won't talk contract during the season" but thats very different from this, do you think this becomes the new standard negotiating ploy if Zambrano succeeds? sorry to start a new thread for what may likely not get many responces, but i couldnt find an appropriate thread for this
