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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 12, 2021 4:34:57 GMT -5
So Stanton will get 1 AB in this game. Make it count.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 12, 2021 4:43:14 GMT -5
True early bird game thread, Anthony.
I was thinking they shoukd let Stanton lead off in these NL games and then stick him at first base with orders not to run hard or move more than five feet for any reason whatsoever. No stretching or diving for balls, just stand there close to the bag. See how long he can pull it off and hope he can get in a couple of at bats before replacing him in the field.
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 12, 2021 8:39:42 GMT -5
It would be a big help to the team if Stanton could play in the field but the Yanks are scared to death that he would be able to handle it.
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 12, 2021 14:00:39 GMT -5
I'd like to repeat that pitchers hitting is the dumbest thing ever.
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Post by kaybli on Jun 12, 2021 14:04:41 GMT -5
I'd like to repeat that pitchers hitting is the dumbest thing ever. Hate it. Just hate it. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 12, 2021 14:23:38 GMT -5
Mike Ford was DFA'd today to make room for Britton, who was activated to the major league roster.
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 12, 2021 14:28:16 GMT -5
I'd like to repeat that pitchers hitting is the dumbest thing ever. Hate it. Just hate it. National League fans would not have it any other way. I actually prefer having the different leagues. And, this season, a few of the pitchers are hitting no worse than some position players. It stinks for AL fans because our pitchers almost never bat or practice hitting. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 12, 2021 14:45:21 GMT -5
There are few pitchers, like DeGrom, that can hit but most of them are automatic outs. It's hard to believe after having a full time DH last season, they went back to pitchers hitting in NL this year when everyone knows the full time DH will be back next season, if there is a season.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 12, 2021 15:06:54 GMT -5
National League fans would not have it any other way. I actually prefer having the different leagues. And, this season, a few of the pitchers are hitting no worse than some position players. It stinks for AL fans because our pitchers almost never bat or practice hitting. Like any tradition-bound reactionary baseball fan at the time. I just loathed the concept of the DH when it was loosed upon The Great Game in 1973. The good-hitting pitcher and the comically bad-hitting pitcher were two cherished sub-genres, and I saw no compelling reason to change this or almost anything else about the game. After awhile it became obvious that it was here to stay, so there was little point in railing against it. You would have to be pushing 60 to even remember the pre-DH world. Like Rizz, I prefer that the leagues have their own cultures. I liked it that AL umps wore the chest protector outside the jacket, that the AL was more of a home run and breaking ball league and the NL more of a fastball and speed league. I liked that they had genuine rivalries and cared about winning the All Star Game and World Series for their leagues. Of course inter-league play watered that down enormously, and then there were no more AL or NL umps or even league Presidents. No longer do we have the mystique of the two leagues facing each other only in the All Star Game and World Series. The rivalries have lost most of their intensity and uniqueness. The business of no DH in NL parks puts AL teams at an obvious disadvantage. The fact that someone as vital to the Yankees offense as Giancarlo Stanton can't even play in these games is a mockery. I would end interleague play in a heartbeat. Very few fans would miss it, and it would help return some of the spice to the rivalry of the two leagues. The way God obviously planned it. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 12, 2021 15:06:54 GMT -5
Wow, look at all those fans at this game.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 12, 2021 15:12:45 GMT -5
Jeez, a six pitch first inning.
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Post by kaybli on Jun 12, 2021 15:14:11 GMT -5
Yanks go quietly in the first.
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Post by kaybli on Jun 12, 2021 15:19:07 GMT -5
Taillon in trouble early.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 12, 2021 15:19:46 GMT -5
Come on Taillon. Two on nobody out.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 12, 2021 15:22:54 GMT -5
Wow, look at all those fans at this game. A few days ago PA lifted attendance restrictions. That plus playing the Yankees is drawing them in. |
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