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Post by kaybli on Oct 4, 2021 1:32:51 GMT -5
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Post by bearman on Oct 4, 2021 10:06:11 GMT -5
They'll probably have Velazquez on the roster as insurance for Geo. Taillon and Montgomery don't need to be on the wild card game roster since they both just pitched and won't be available on Tuesday. Greg Allen would be a nice speed off the bench option that you always see in the playoffs but he's not on the 40 man roster, so I don't think he can be added this late in the season. My roster perdiction: 1. Rizzo 2. Sanchez 3. Higgy 4. Torres 5. Geo 6. Wade 7. Velazquez 8. Odor 9. Stanton 10. Judge 11. Gallo 12. Gardner 13. Florial 14. Cole 15. Peralta 16. Holmes 17. Green 18. Loaisiga 19. Lutege 20. Chapman 21. Cortez 22. Kluber 23. German 24. Abreu 25. King 26. Gil Way more pitchers than needed, but they're short on available position players. I wouldn't argue with you on this but that is sure a lot of pitchers. I'm not sure there are many other position players available to them that would help but if there are I would not include Abreu. Wish Allen could be on it. |
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Post by kaybli on Oct 4, 2021 13:34:15 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Oct 4, 2021 14:43:57 GMT -5
Wonderful news. Knowing today’s baseball leadership, they’ll probably do a bases loaded every inning after the sixth inning or some other hinkey deal starting in 2023. Enjoy the return to tradition while you can… |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 4, 2021 15:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by noetsi on Oct 4, 2021 16:02:00 GMT -5
I am guessing you don't like sudden death in football either.  I disagree with this decision. I hate extra inning games that go on forever. If we were returning to tradition we would bunt, hit and run, hit period, and so on. The shift would be illegal. Baseball as it is played today has nothing to do with the way it was played historically. It is a totally different game. |
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Post by inger on Oct 4, 2021 16:04:48 GMT -5
I am guessing you don't like sudden death in football either. I disagree with this decision. I hate extra inning games that go on forever. Easy solution. Turn off the TV and go to bed. We (the rest of us) don’t mind it at all. 47 innings would do me just swell, as long as we win. Odor could pitch the last 34 innings… |
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Post by noetsi on Oct 4, 2021 16:09:14 GMT -5
Why do you think MLB tv viewership is so low and why is football so much more popular than baseball? Because most don't want to watch nothing happening even if purist do. NFL owners get that and changed the rules to make the product more exciting. MLB owners and unions don't which is why baseball is no longer the national pasttime. In the 1920's the batting average was .285. From 2009 to 2018 it was.254 (I am sure the recent numbers will be lower). Some people like pitching and some like walks. But most casual fans, and they are the key to profitability and the long term survival of the sport, like hits stealing and the like I suspect. So baseball can be traditional, ignoring that it is nothing like the traditional game in its hayday which was not dominated by pitching and walking, or they can be popular. Since I am a fan of hitting not pitching or walking I hope they return to past values. I understand I am a minority as I am on bunting, stealing, hits and runs and so on. I will hush. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 4, 2021 18:27:43 GMT -5
Why do you think MLB tv viewership is so low and why is football so much more popular than baseball? Because one takes up 162 games and 6 months of the year and the other is only weekly so less time commitment? |
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Post by kaybli on Oct 4, 2021 19:02:55 GMT -5
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Post by noetsi on Oct 4, 2021 19:18:24 GMT -5
In mantle's time that would have been bourbon.
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 4, 2021 20:02:42 GMT -5
Why do you think MLB tv viewership is so low and why is football so much more popular than baseball? Because one takes up 162 games and 6 months of the year and the other is only weekly so less time commitment? For sure, the New York Jets -- to take one sad example-- would not be drawing 60,000 fans a game if they played 162 games. No question the NFL is number one for more fans than baseball. But an enormous part of that is that it is a much bigger gambling sport than baseball. Baseball doesn't attract anywhere close to the gambling revenue that football does. The day to day grind of baseball doesn't lend itself to placing bets the way once a week NFL showtime does. |
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Post by inger on Oct 4, 2021 20:30:18 GMT -5
Because one takes up 162 games and 6 months of the year and the other is only weekly so less time commitment? For sure, the New York Jets -- to take one sad example-- would not be drawing 60,000 fans a game if they played 162 games. No question the NFL is number one for more fans than baseball. But an enormous part of that is that it is a much bigger gambling sport than baseball. Baseball doesn't attract anywhere close to the gambling revenue that football does. The day to day grind of baseball doesn't lend itself to placing bets the way once a week NFL showtime does. And the day to day availability of the product doesn’t lend itself to constantly sold out houses, either. Football is active all week long to draw it’s 60,000 crowds. Baseball teams hold 5-7 games per week that typically total more fans than that single NFL game. Let’s face it, NFL teams workout all week with zero attendance with the exception of game day. Maybe baseball should play only one or two games per week, and see how attendance would change… |
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Post by noetsi on Oct 4, 2021 20:45:17 GMT -5
We will have to disagree. I think if pitchers were less dominant and most teams had a chance to be in the play offs not just a few (because big paying teams commonly dominate the process) baseball tv numbers would be much higher. I think Americans prefer a .287 rather than a .250 batting average.  The refusal to change rules, as the NFL did, reduces interest in baseball I think. |
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Post by inger on Oct 4, 2021 20:57:57 GMT -5
We will have to disagree. I think if pitchers were less dominant and most teams had a chance to be in the play offs not just a few (because big paying teams commonly dominate the process) baseball tv numbers would be much higher. I think Americans prefer a .287 rather than a .250 batting average. The refusal to change rules, as the NFL did, reduces interest in baseball I think. Baseball has changed many rules and conditions through the years to accommodate additional offense. Let’s think as far back as lowering the mound in 1969. Let’s remember juiced baseballs, etc.. The problem is that you have no memory whatsoever, with the exception of what you choose to recall… |
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The refusal to change rules, as the NFL did, reduces interest in baseball I think.