Thursday, May 25: Successful road trip ends with final game in New York

[Gurgi]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think certain hitters and pitchers will benefit a ton more than others.

I also think that MLB can easily tweak what constitutes a strike to get the walk rate they want.

Yeah its gonna be easy to tweek the zone on the fly.  Up two inches.  Make it one inch wider.  Whatever they want if they find results to be undesired.  But taking the random nature of a crap ump is just good for everyone.  And better for gambling scam prevention also.  Lots of reasons to take the human element out. 

[Malike]

Yankee's really buying into that Evil Empire thing.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, ArtVanDelay said:

 

I just don’t think it’s ready yet.

I can wait until it's there.

I'd rather it be right before it's implemented.

[Billy F-Face3]

Sounds like a beached whale lol. Good one, Geoff!

[Hallas]

BABIP giveth, BABIP taketh away.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Yeah its gonna be easy to tweek the zone on the fly.  Up two inches.  Make it one inch wider.  Whatever they want if they find results to be undesired.  But taking the random nature of a crap ump is just good for everyone.  And better for gambling scam prevention also.  Lots of reasons to take the human element out. 

The gambling part is also true.  So many props and such can be carefully worked with as long as the parties in question don't get stupid.

[Moshagge3]

O's dominating time of possession.

[spiritof66]

12 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

I think you can say that almost every game lately.  A lot of floating strike zones.  It one thing to have small or big zone but at least be consistent.  

I don't get that. Never have. Sure, it's worse if an umpire is inconsistent, and even worse if the inconsistency helps one team. B

But the rules define the strike zone, and every umpire in every game should be trying to apply that rule in the same way. If he fails to do that, I don't see why failing in a way that's consistent is an excuse or justification for that failure. 

[O's84]

Can't blame Aaron Boone, the umpire has been really screwing them.  

[TopGunnar]

Clarke Schmidt is the type of pitchers the orioles have had my whole life lol.

[Gurgi]

LOL  the Yankees hating on the Ump.  

Their mananger has a face that screams punch me.  

[NCRaven]

Hope the Yankees don’t get another close call tonight.

[Gurgi]

I remember that Weaver got Ken Kaiser to not be on the Orioles schedule.  LOL  Those were the days. 

[Jagwar]

Palmer on Boone's ejection - "Not the first time I've seen this" 

[Chavez Ravine]

What are the magic words these days? I saw your mama with a robo Ump last night?