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  1. Nine of twelve
    Exit velocity is not the parameter to consider when talking about the change in this season's baseballs. What was supposed to be different is not that the ball is "deadened", which I would take to mean softened. Rather, the purported change is increased air resistance. That will have no bearing on the velocity of the ball upon leaving the bat. What it does mean is that a ball in flight will slow more quickly and therefore not travel as far. The question is whether air resistance has indeed changed and whether the ball indeed does not carry as well.
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    Every game lost is very precious time slipping away when there is little to no margin for that. If there is a significant work stoppage I think that seals it. 500 would not happen.
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    Spoken like someone with little to no experience with migraines. There are millions upon millions of migraineurs who would love to have something like this available but, believe it or not, there are some medical problems that can't be cured.
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    Nick Nelson's week in review post from last night stated what I heard yesterday, that his removal from the game was due to a non-COVID illness. I also heard speculation that it was due to a migraine. Hope his recovery is quick.
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    George Will writes about baseball every now and again and I'd guess he always employs proper verbiage. So he might have done so. And of course there is the legendary Strib wordsmith who passed away at age 100 a few months back...
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    To expand on what I was saying about Arraez, if Cruz needs a day off keep Donaldson and Sano at 3B and 1B and let Arraez DH.
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    This is a good point. Not only will some teams be better or worse than currently expected but every team goes through hot and cold streaks. It calls to mind the axiom that it's not just whom you play it's when you play them.
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    I know this won't last the whole season, but there can not be a better prototype leadoff man than Arraez when he is hot like this. Gotta have him in the lineup as much as all the other regulars. When Donaldson is off he plays third. When Simmons or Polanco is off he plays second. He can be in LF when an outfielder is off.
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    This is exactly what I was going to post, except I woulda included a woulda.
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    Should some rules be changed? I am in favor of that, with the goal of changing the balance of factors in how the game is played. I think the game would be improved with fewer strikeouts, fewer bases on balls, and fewer home runs. To that end, specifically, I would advocate a lower mound, a larger strike zone, and, as has been done, changing the specifications of the ball to increase resistance to air flow. But that is incidental to the point I was making that maximizing performance (under whatever rules happen to be in place) is the object of major league baseball. Too many people use the term "analytics" as a pejorative, but it's always been a part of the game. It has simply evolved to be more precise and more useful.
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    Your point is well taken, but the object of playing major league baseball *is* maximizing performance. If spectating experience is the object then maybe we need the baseball equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters for those who do not enjoy watching maximized performance.
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    In fact, the old ways are rarely the best. That's why new ways supplant the old ways.
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    It's not 100% certain but IMHO it is at least 95% certain.
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    You can frame it as "frankly unwatchable" if you must but I will respectfully strongly disagree. Baseball is not just about action produced by batted balls. Seeing one pitcher at the top of his game is good stuff, and seeing two opposing pitchers both at the top of their games like last night is great stuff. I found it to be highly watchable. I'll admit that it does require actually paying attention to the game but I thought last night's game was much closer to how high level baseball should look than a 10-8 slugfest.
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    I am totally on board with Baldelli's pitcher management last night. Keep in mind that a manager's job is to get his team to advance as far as possible over the course of the regular season (and the postseason, we hope). Regarding last night, most importantly, it was a 1-run game. The manager has to decide who is more likely to keep the other team down, a fresh set of bullpen arms or a starter who has thrown 84 pitches in his first start of the season. The manager also has to take into account what would be best for the pitcher and the team in the pitcher's future starts. The fact that the starter happened to be no-hitting the opponent was a factor, but it was low on the list of factors to consider.
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    With all due respect, losing a 5-game postseason series is not a reason to blow up the organization. It's unadvisable to put too much emphasis on succeeding only in one year. The goal, as Falvey has said, is to build and maintain an organization that produces a major league team that contends for the postseason every year. If a team is in the postseason nearly every year success there will follow.
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    Would a company with a good name pony up $$$ to have their name on the Marlins' home venue?
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    This is bold, but only because of the typeface. The Tighty Whities are overrated and the Twins are under-respected. If it's less than 10 games it will be due only to the Twins clinching fairly early and setting up the roster for the postseason. In the last week or so of the season there will be some meaningless losses for the Twins and some meaningless wins for the team favored by these fans: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/white-sox-fans-drink-the-most-of-any-mlb-fan-base-study-shows/2453770/#:~:text=Approximately%2067%25%20of%20White%20Sox,1%20spot%20once%20again.
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    I don't think that is obvious. There have been many times where a team appears to be emerging and then doesn't. Two examples: The 2004 Royals and the 2016 Twins. I'm not saying that the Sox will lose over 100 games like those two teams but I think they are being overrated by just about everyone.
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    Here's another potential scenario that works in the team's favor. Let's be optimistic and say that our prospects pan out and we have 7 or so good starters in 3 years. This contract makes Dobnak very tradeable, and for a good return.
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    I have to say I'm surprised. I know it's not a huge number based on the number of years but I don't think he's consistently proven himself. Obviously the Twins see something worthwhile there so I hope he makes Falvine look like geniuses.
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    The short answer: mostly AAA with occasional very short stints in the majors.
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    Nor this one. Formally.
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    I will say that I have heard and/or read that bunting a major-league pitch is not as easy as many of us assume. Nevertheless it is a learnable skill and this is definitely an underused play.
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    It's all important. I'll also add one other parameter that has to be accounted for, that being spin axis. I haven't read enough of these analyses to know whether that is factored in, but it is highly significant. Spin will be maximally effective when its axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. If the spin axis is parallel to the direction in which the ball is traveling no amount of spin will cause the ball to break.
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