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SCORING CHANGE: Major League Baseball has changed a scoring decision from the May 22 game at Pittsburgh...In the second inning the Pirates� Gregory Polanco hit what was originally ruled a single off Noah Syndergaard...The call has been changed to an error on Lucas Duda...Syndergaard allowed two runs in that inning which will now be both unearned...Syndergaard�s ERA is now 1.82.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: The Yanquis have armed Nazis (OK they're not armed, and probably not all of them are certified Nazis either) who prevent any walking around during their (Daily!) 7th inning dog and pony show. Need to go to the bathroom? -- Tough, wait until next inning. No walking is allowed (or aloud) at this time! I can't believe there's all this insanity going on in baseball stadiums that I know nothing about. I also can't believe that in a city as scrutinized as New York, no one's challenged this Yankee no bathroom rule. What? There hasn't yet been a case of a spectator who peed (or worse) in their pants because the Yankees prevented him from using the rest rooms? supposedly this is 'better'? at the new stadium. this guy sued and won in 2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/god-bless-america-yankee_n_227173.html

please stand and remove your hats while we pray that god will bless america... Let's even suspend the between innings time limit changes for this.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This might be one of the dumbest baseball related things I've ever read. I didn't even know this "standoff" was even a thing. What if oppoinsg players continue to "stand each other off" for 10 or 15 or 20 minutes? Then what? I also think that those spectators who go around policing the national anthem by demanding that total strangers in their vicinity remove their hats are some of the biggest fucking assholes on earth. agreed, except they're not as bad as those that police the 7th inning prayer like I'm supposed to remove my hat for that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I get that they're saying FLORES IS THE SHORTSTOP but what's curious I guess is Tejada at 3B and Muffy at 2B And we wonder why GB machine Jon Niese has had a few spotty starts? He's not really a GB machine is he? He has absorbed his unfair share of Flores booboos, though. I think half of Flores's erros have come while Niese is pitching but I wouldn't say it's because he's gotten chances in the same ratio. Niese to me looks like a line-drive-into-the-gap specialist these days. he's 16th on the GB% leaderboard http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit≶=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=14,d It's not really just about Flores' errant throws either, just general positioning and balls missed and DP not turned and all that. It's also extremely hard to quantify in this small a sample (especially if you want to just look at the last 4 Niese starts) but it's hard to see how all the guys out of position or just not that good defensively would be helpful for someone with so many balls in play. But yes, Niese' K/9 is down too, and his velocity, which means more balls in play in addition to a large percent of them being on teh ground.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I get that they're saying FLORES IS THE SHORTSTOP but what's curious I guess is Tejada at 3B and Muffy at 2B And we wonder why GB machine Jon Niese has had a few spotty starts?

Ruben Tejada out-hitting him again.

Headley and McCann's money comes off that year, and A-Rod's comes off a year earlier in 2018. Sure, the Yankees might be able to sign Matt Harvey, but they'd probably have to really overpay to get him to come to a losing team.

Why would the policy be publicly disclosed? It's not a public policy. There are a couple mentions about insurance if you go back to 12/2012, but nothing concrete because it wasn't part of the press release. Rubin did mention in one of those that his previous contract was insured.

Edgy MD wrote: Centerfield wrote: Speaking of Rey-O II, is that a 48 year old Edgardo Alfonzo playing next to him at second? Seriously. The second-baseman looks middle-aged and the baserunner looks like a middle schooler. And the real Edgardo Alfonzo is only 41.

Edgy MD wrote: From what I've read, it's next to impossible � or so prohibitively expensive so as to put it beyond consideration � to get insurance against an elbow or shoulder injury for a pitcher, particularly one that has already been hit by such an injury. Read up a little more yesterday and it seems like it's the prohibitively expensive bit. Really it works pretty much like it works for us. preexisting conditions raise the cost and the premiums and the deductibles. read somewhere that insurance policies are usually 3-year renewable deals.

those guys aren't insurance type guys. Try A-Rod. Try Prince Fielder. (both turn up some stuff) Pujols too, but he hasn't been as injured to make it pop up in claims. Plus, this is private information and not as readily available. Sabathia too. You'll find these articles on any large-sum free agent contract where the player spends a significant time on the DL.

dgwphotography wrote: This franchise has become such an embarrassment. Would this be a story with any other team? yes.

From the Department of In the Future: The Major League roster isn't big enough to accommodate this idea, but the most efficient way to use a pitching staff might be to ditch the whole starting pitcher concept and instead, have a handful of pitchers, each pitching no more than three innings, pitch each game. The pitching staff would essentially be comprised entirely of relief pitchers -- and all pitchers would be groomed for a reliever's workload. The game is trending that way, but again, roster-size limitations are an obstacle to this idea. All pitchers, from the stars to especially the fringe pitchers, are less efficient with each incremental trip through the opponent's lineup. In a relief staff, pitchers wouldn't have to pace themselves to pitch six or even more innings a game, and the batters would rarely see the same pitcher twice in the same game. Or, to mitigate the need to use the shorter bench as much, DH.

seawolf17 wrote: Does it help us win baseball games? Then I'm all for it. Let's see what happens. well at the moment we're trading a few Harvey and deGrom starts for more Gee.

no worries, they should still be able to do it on the next homestand.

Edgy MD wrote: Fwait a minute, how do I have them eight below at Citi Field, and you have them 10 below. HOW COME?! they're 36-45 at home in 2012. You must have transposed something.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: True, but each pitcher will be getting more rest and pitching fewer innings. Which doesn't really prevent them from getting injured, beyond that the less you pitch the less opportunity you have to hurt yourself. It could certainly happen..that's how they do it in Japan right? Hmm, if MLB could float that idea, it'd be a good way to boost offense again too.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think this is an early glimpse of the future of baseball. I predict that before the 2020's are done, most if not all teams will have a six-man rotation. Going to need a LOT more pitchers to stay healthy for that.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Dan Warthen was quoted in the Daily News as saying that he expects it to last until August, but that seems really unlikely to me. So like, right after the trading deadline huh? Awfully coincidental.

Sandy Alderson was not quoted as saying "Hey 29 other GMs, see? We're not desperate to trade Gee. We're going to use him. It's good for resting our young pitchers. You can't just give offer us crap and expect us to accept it."

and in that time, hopefully we can have a net positive in injuries healed to injuries acquired. d'Arnaud should return, who knows, maybe even Wright. It'll be closer to the trade deadline with more time to get another bat if need be, and time for prospects or fringe guys to step up and be contributors. It's a good time to be playing the lesser competition.

matchups.

struck out too much, but hit the ball hard when he did make contact. above average defense. Some big hits. Personally I think he'd have helped more this year, going forward, than the other guys we'll have on the bench, but it's not like he's going to break out Justin Turner style.