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2014 MLB General Discussion

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brodybuck21 said:
he also has a mean right jab. just ask travis snider
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Again, that's just because Martin Maldonado is a bad ass.

Travis Snider has a "I deserve to be punched in the face" face if there ever was one. Google it. He's either asleep or stoned in every photo ever taken of him.

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Pretty good analysis done by FiveThirtyEight on how managers should change their lineups and why: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/...ere-managers-are-still-ignoring-sabermetrics/

In the eternally running discussion thread “Hey Bill” at billjamesonline.com, the website of sabermetric legend Bill James, the question came up of measuring the growth of sabermetric knowledge. James’s idea? Measure the extent to which teams are taking park factors into account when judging their rosters. But Tom Tango, author of “The Book,” offered another gauge: look at which teams are using good hitters in the No. 2 lineup slot.

Traditionally, the two-hole was the domain of contact hitters with good bat control, with premiums placed on the ability to hit behind the runner, to sacrifice bunt, and to generally move the leadoff man over (even if it meant making an out). You can see this statistically: During Major League Baseball’s expansion era (1961-present), the No. 2 slot has the highest aggregate contact rate of any batting order position.
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I may have just seen the first instant replay walk off win in MLB history. Tied at 1, 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, Starling Marte triples to right off Tim Hudson. The throw to 3rd gets away, Marte breaks for home. The throw beats him and he's called out. Hurdle challenges the call and replay clearly shows Posey missed the initial tag, allowing Marte to get his hand on the plate for the game winner.

Definitely a different kind of finish, but the right call was made. :pirate:
 
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Jake said:
I may have just seen the first instant replay walk off win in MLB history. Tied at 1, 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, Starling Marte triples to right off Tim Hudson. The throw to 3rd gets away, Marte breaks for home. The throw beats him and he's called out. Hurdle challenges the call and replay clearly shows Posey missed the initial tag, allowing Marte to get his hand on the plate for the game winner.

Definitely a different kind of finish, but the right call was made. :pirate:
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It was.

https://twitter.com/PGSportsNow/status/463858041452912640
 
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15 innings for the Red Sox vs. Rays tonight, the longest baseball game I've ever been to by 3 innings. You know its a long game when you have two 7th inning stretches! It was a "good" game, but 8 scoreless innings is tough. I couldn't believe how the Sox lost the game. Runners on 1st and 2nd, hit to short of 3rd base and the guy decides to throw it to 2nd base first and there's no one there so the ball rolls out into the outfield and the Rays runner scores the winning run. I think both teams had used all their pitchers as well, because there was no one on either bullpen bench at that point. :lol:

Also, has the Trop always had no "real" bullpens, or did they recently turn them into like the 3 different field level party deck areas they have? I couldn't believe they were using on-field bullpen mounds. Still my least favorite ballpark that I've been to. Just ugly all around.
 
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