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  1. wsnydes
    He pitched the last 4 innings. One can earn a save for pitching 3+ innings, provided nobody pitches after him.
  2. wsnydes
    I'd like to point out that just because somebody has to fill the role, that doesn't mean that it isn't an audition. It may be or it may not be, I'm not sure that I care. I agree that logic suggests that they look outside of the organization, which probably makes this nothing other than filling the hole. What I would argue however, is that it really is an audition for Antony - just for his next job with another organization. How he handles this could lead to something else for him later on.
  3. wsnydes
    No kidding. All of our blood and sweat for naught. Did you find any prospective Twins at softball last night?
  4. wsnydes
    Right, I'm simply stating that they'll adjust. I'm not sure what your point is. At AAA, the time clock is virtually unnoticeable. If it weren't for the physical clock, I wouldn't have even given it a thought or known that it was even a thing.
  5. wsnydes
    Players will adjust. Just like with shifts, they'll adjust.
  6. wsnydes
    . Sorry sir. Won't happen again, sir!
  7. wsnydes
    What is he gaining by sitting on the bench? Does he look less lost there? All I'm saying is that he needs to be playing. If he's going to sit 3 or 4 times a week, send him to AAA to play every day.
  8. wsnydes
    And I would agree with you that shot clocks in basketball and play clocks in football impact play. I can't imagine what games before the shot clock era were like to watch. It had to be absolutely unwatchable at times. That being said, a pitch clock doesn't dictate the length of a possession. It doesn't dictate how long you have to set up a play. It simply forces a pitcher to deliver a pitch or check a runner inside of a certain time. It doesn't impact actual play one bit. I've seen it first hand, it doesn't impact play one bit.
  9. wsnydes
    Nobody is suggesting that the game is to be done inside of "x" minutes. There is no entertainment value to watching the umps sit on a headset for 5 minutes waiting for NY to tell them what the correct call was.
  10. wsnydes
    No Buxton again?!?!!? Either play him every day or send him down. He should not be sitting on the bench.
  11. wsnydes
    I'd agree. It's what is perceived rather than what has actually elapsed.
  12. wsnydes
    Good post. For me it's more about pace. If a game lasts 3.5 hours, but its score is 9-8, that seems acceptable. There's a reason for it. Now if that same length game is 1-0, clearly there's a disconnect. I think Mike Sixel, Vanimal, and I are more concerned with pace which is driven by wasted time. Even 9-8 games will be shorter if we don't have to endure a 45 second batting glove tightening ritual between each pitch.
  13. wsnydes
    What if your mom is that guy...
  14. wsnydes
    It is amazing how quickly AAA games move. If it weren't for the clock visibly ticking down, you wouldn't even know that it's there. Really, I'd want my pitchers in that kind of rhythm pitch clock or not.
  15. wsnydes
    Obviously, I'd argue that it does and you'd argue the opposite. I don't see how eliminating things that don't impact the game could be a slippery slope. Nowhere have I suggested that I'd be in favor of limiting pitching changes, I'm not, because that does impact the strategy of the game - which I am adamantly against. A pitch clock doesn't impact anything. The uniqueness is the game itself. Having 5 minutes between pitches makes it no better than football and results in a 4 hour game with 9 minutes of actual action.
  16. wsnydes
    I'd argue that the 10-12 year olds are the ones you need to keep interested. I'd agree that it doesn't much matter to a 5 year old, especially if you're bribing him with ice cream!
  17. wsnydes
    That seems akin to me blaming my receding hairline on getting married...
  18. wsnydes
    How is cutting David Ortiz's batting glove ritual making the game less recognizable? It has no impact on play whatsoever, which is why eliminating it affects only the length of time it takes to complete a game.
  19. wsnydes
    We're going to have to agree to disagree there. It's one thing if the natural pace of the game simply extends the game with baserunners or scoring or whatever, but there are so many factors that don't need to be there that drag a game out for no reason. That's generally what I'm talking about. David Ortiz didn't need to spend 45 seconds between each pitch to adjust his batting gloves. Pitchers don't need to do a lap around the mound after every out. Managers don't need to spend 2 minutes reviewing a play before deciding on whether NY needs to review the play. It shouldn't take 5 minutes for NY to review a play. These are needless delays in a game that is slow to begin with. Kids are the future of the game and they often don't have long attention spans. Anything they can do to keep their attention is a benefit to the game.
  20. wsnydes
    Agreed, and that's fine. But there are people that don't like the game because of the pace or that won't take people to games because of the pace. They're both symptoms of a larger issue.
  21. wsnydes
    I have no issue comparing games by average. My point is that some games will be a bit shorter, others will be a bit longer. Most games that I attend end up being 3 hours to 3 hours 15 minute long. I honestly don't recall any in the last handful of years that were under 2 hours 45 minutes. The vast majority of them are longer. My experience would indicate that the majority of games fall into that 3 hour to 3:15 mark, skewing the average. Games aren't shorter.
  22. wsnydes
    If I'm MLB, that's a problem.
  23. wsnydes
    I guess I'd have to be included in that group that doesn't like baseball that much. I only attend 25-30 games a year, spend who knows how many dollars on it. No wonder I'm miserable! The problem with that line of thinking is that kids don't have the attention span to last that long at a game to begin with, so adding another 15 minutes on average is a big deal. The game does not survive, let alone grow if kids aren't interested. That is a fact. The natural pace of a game is one thing, but there are definitely ways to cut down the time between live action.
  24. wsnydes
    It all adds up too. That's an average game. When I'm at a game and have to work the next morning, a game that gets done at around 10:30 still means that I have another hour at least before my head hits the pillow. I tend to view sitting at a baseball game to be relaxing, particularly on a nice evening but games can really drag on unnecessarily. It's different if the game keeps moving and still takes that long.
  25. wsnydes
    Savage! I like it.
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