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Point taken but guys are most likely hitting the ball much harder today than they were 50 years ago on average. Therefore missing bats is more vital to having success today than it was back then. I could be wrong.

I feel ya but players can get hurt in spring training too and there’s no way of knowing if going to the WBC is the cause of anybody’s slow start.

Better food, open gates earlier, and I am once again asking for my orioles magazines back

To each his own. I love it. Hard to admit on an O’s message board but I’m even more excited for the tournament than I am the start of the big league season lol.

Israel made a surprising run to the 2nd round last time. They will have more talent this time but you’re right that they probably won’t last only because they were placed in a group of death with the DR, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela

True that the timing isn’t great but when would be better? Nobody would want their pitchers going to throw extra innings in the middle of the season or after the season either. I wish there was a way to make international baseball as big and as important as the World Cup but its tough to schedule an event like this

The WBC is awesome. It’s great baseball after a long offseason and it’s so cool to see how the different cultures clash and how into it the fans from other countries get. It’s a great event and anybody who says otherwise, to quote the great Peter McNeely, has a big dump in their pants. Respectfully

Is it Trackman? Having worked with trackman, I can tell you first hand that it’s not perfect unless the tech has gotten better in the last 2 years. It’s very good east to west, not so much north and south.

The much better solution would be for MLB to actually punish/get rid of the umpires everybody knows stinks. I’m open to allowing a challenge or two but to go totally with a computer calling balls and strikes is wrong to me. Catchers will no longer have to worry about how they receive the ball? Good pitch framers will no longer matter? That’s baseball!

I hate this for baseball

Yuli Gurriel anyone? Just me? Cool

I had completely forgotten about that Adam Eaton lol

Brewers fans want G Rod or Gunnar in the deal lol

I met Tom Browning very briefly a few years ago. Very nice man. Also, RIP Franco Harris

My mind went immediately to the legend of Lew Ford lmao. Granted he was 35 when he dominated at Norfolk…

Don’t get me started

I love it! This place is jumpin. You should see the Georgetown basketball forum I frequent. Patrick Ewing is turning it into a ghost town compared to this place lol.

Quintana 2/$26

Still believe it was an overcorrection, and on top of that it’s just not appeasing to the eye.

Absolutely yes.

Nice bailout blue ya moron

O’s will win 17-16 Santander hits 4 homers

Ok that’s a horrible throw by Odor but also should have been an easy short hop pick by Mountcastle

NICE 0-2 PITCH KREHBIEL!!!!!!!

God these last two games have been fucking infuriating Simply score with a runner on third and less than two outs and we would all be happy right now