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    Hyde's Decisions 2019

    in Orioles Talk

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    6 minutes ago, weams said:

    Did Nolan really throw 107?

    I don't know if it is true but that "108 mph" pitch was his 154th pitch in the 9th inning. It's illegal by today's standard and every manager in MLB would have a heart attack.

     

    Hyde's Decisions 2019

    in Orioles Talk

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    1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

    OH MAN HE HAD TO WALK OFF THE MOUND IT'S SO EMBARRASSING!! 

    What a problem that is.  Major league pitchers having to be pulled in the middle of an inning.  The horror!  

    Bruh! Hess was crushed after Brandon Hyde motion for a pitcher change.

     

    Hyde's Decisions 2019

    in Orioles Talk

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    4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

    Pissed off for winning.  Never thought I'd see the day.

    Don't tell me you weren't sh*tting in your pants when we almost blow it in the ninth! Did you even watch the game?

    Hyde's Decisions 2019

    in Orioles Talk

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    1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

    But he didn't.  Velocity was down, Jays were starting to hit him hard.  Let's not pretend that pitchers don't ever have to walk off a mound in the middle of an inning, and let's not pretend that it's a terrible, shameful thing.  Let's also be real here, if he wasn't sent back out half this board would be going ballistic, still.  

     

    Hess was throwing 94mph fastball when he was pulled. At least let him finish the inning. Once Jays get a hit then you get a perfect opportunity to take him out without pissing off your fanbase.

    Hyde's Decisions 2019

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted · Edited by Bonecrusher52

    I hate pitch count rule so does Nolan Ryan.

    "But why, I asked Nolan Ryan, are all these elbows blowing out in the first place, when that hardly ever seemed to happen when he was pitching?

    "It's because pitchers simply don't throw as much as we did," Ryan replied, matter-of-factly. "That's the real issue here. When I pitched, we pitched every fourth day and guys would pitch 300 innings and it wasn't considered a big deal. If you don't get on the mound and develop stamina, you're risking injury. This whole thing with the 100-pitch count limit — I have a real problem with that. Pitchers are all different and when you put standard limitations on them, you're not utilizing their talent."

    We've 'dumbed down' our thinking today to believing that pitch counts and innings limitations are the way to go to preserve arms."

    Chris Davis 2019 and beyond

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

    Is it slow pitch softball?

    ALPB is an independent professional baseball league. They will ban infield shift this year.

     

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    Baseball's potential future will be showcased in the independent Atlantic League this year, and it includes robot umpires, a 62-foot, 6-inch distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, and no infield shifting.

    Those three rule changes are among a wide variety of experiments that the Atlantic League will run this season as part of its new partnership with Major League Baseball. The changes, announced Friday, include:

    • Using a TrackMan radar system to help umpires call balls and strikes
    • Extending the distance between the pitching rubber from 60 feet, 6 inches to 62 feet, 6 inches in the second half of the season
    • Mandating that two infielders are on each side of the second-base bag when a pitch is released, with the penalty being a ball
    • A three-batter minimum for pitchers -- a rule MLB and the MLB Players Association are considering for the 2020 season as they near an agreement on a smaller set of changes
    • No mound visits, other than for pitching changes or injuries
    • Increasing the size of first, second and third base from 15 inches to 18 inches
    • Reducing the time between innings and pitching changes from 2 minutes, 5 seconds to 1 minute, 45 seconds

    While MLB has long tested potential rule changes in the minor leagues, its three-year partnership with the Atlantic League -- an eight-team league that features former major leaguers trying to return to affiliated ball -- offers the ability to try more radical rules.

    "This first group of experimental changes is designed to create more balls in play, defensive action, baserunning, and improve player safety," Morgan Sword, MLB senior vice president, league economics and operations, said in a statement. "We look forward to seeing them in action in the Atlantic League."

    MLB has chafed at using technology to replace ball-and-strike-calling duties for umpires, fearful that it's not yet consistent enough to warrant implementation. While MLB has used a 60-foot-6 mound distance since 1893, the strikeout spike and lack of balls in play led league officials to wonder what effect a longer distance would have. Commissioner Rob Manfred has suggested banning infield shifts, and with the TrackMan system installed at Atlantic League stadiums, MLB will have a trove of data to analyze and see the effect of doing so.

    Entering its 21st season, the Atlantic League has eight teams: the High Point Rockers in High Point, North Carolina; Long Island Ducks in Central Islip, New York; New Britain Bees in New Britain, Connecticut; Somerset Patriots in Bridgewater, New Jersey; Lancaster Barnstormers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in Waldorf, Maryland; Sugar Land Skeeters in Sugar Land, Texas; and York Revolution in York, Pennsylvania.

     

    PED Suspensions Coming

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

    I hated Ortiz as much as anyone else, but he was a great hitter, PEDs or not.  I know the cynical, sarcastic Orioles fan out there will say that he was on them his entire career.  I don't know how true that is, but it's sure fun to think that, isn't it?

    Anyway, I've done a 180 on PEDs, I don't really care anymore.  I'm sure the Orioles have had guys on them too over the years.  Doesn't take any schadenfreude away from seeing anyone on the Sox get busted.

    "Hi I'm Red Sox David Ortiz, and I have DirecTV."

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    "And I'm Twins David Ortiz, and I have Cable."

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