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MLB General Discussion (Official Thread)

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ScriptOhio said:
Unfortunately for MLB this season.....

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Apparently not, Manfred was just bluffing (again)....



For the first time since Pandemic Baseball began, it appeared Rob Manfred was finally taking seriously the perilous state of his sport.

Hours after Friday’s Cardinals-Brewers game was postponed because two St. Louis players had tested positive for COVID-19, Manfred reportedly told Tony Clark, the head of the players association, that he would shut down the season if there was another surge of cases or if the players continued not to follow the league’s safety protocols.

The coronavirus called his bluff.

By Saturday morning, when it was reported that an additional Cardinals player and three St. Louis staffers tested positive for the coronavirus, it was clear there was a second outbreak in MLB. This one, unlike the fallout in Philadelphia, is completely separate from the Marlins crisis.

Certainly, this would halt the season, right? To quote another incompetent leader with no grasp of how to handle the pandemic: “Wrong.”

Less than a day later, Manfred rescinded his threat in an interview with ESPN’s Karl Ravech.
 
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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...d-sparks-talk-over-baseballs-unwritten-rules/

How has this not been on this forum, yet? Did I miss the thread on this?
For those of you who haven't followed this, the way I understand it, the Padres were winning 10-3 in the top of the 8th inning. Bases loaded by at least 2 walks, and then this Tatis dude steps up to the plate. He takes 3 balls for a 3-0 count. Next pitch - opposite field home run. Baseball's "unwritten rules" are broken because he's supposed to take that pitch. From what I've read, most fans are agreeing that the rule is dumb.
Tatis apologized and his manager supported him. The Rangers manager was upset about it. They took the pitcher out after that and the first batter the next pitcher faced got a pitch thrown behind him.

My take is that this is part of what makes baseball very difficult to watch. "If you're up by 7 in the 8th inning, with a 3-0 pitch, don't try to hit the next pitch." He shouldn't have to feel he needs to apologize for hitting the ball. This reminds me of when Mike Leach was on a football radio show. He was awesome. He said he wanted his offensive players trying to score a touchdown on every single play. Their job is to score points. If there's 5 minutes to go in the game and you're up by 28, and the quarterback hands you the ball, you do what you can to score a touchdown.

There's a small (very small) chance that if Tatis takes that pitch, and then hits into a double-play and no more runs are scored that inning, the Rangers may have come back from 7 runs down. It's a small chance but it's happened. I'm betting that there's a much, much smaller chance that the Rangers' can come back from 14-3. Who was it? Herm Edwards? "You play to win the game." If you're up to bat with runners on base, your job is to score those runners. If you're on base, your job is to score. I don't care what the score is.
 
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Don't throw a batting practice fastball 3-0. How about that? How about throw some strikes period.

Is he supposed to take there, then jack one out 3-1?

Like it or not, there are individual stats on the line here too, that kid is gonna see less and less good pitches to hit, so, I don't blame him for taking a hack when the guys has to throw him a strike.
 
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Baseball's "unwritten rules" seem to have been crafted by a 10 year old kid with a short fuse, who can't deal with defeat.

Only a child throws a ball at your head because you hurt his feelings.

But they were ahead by 7 runs! Oh wait, the Phillies just blew a 7 run lead and lost last night.

"Baseball" need to grow a pair and STFU. It's not your opponents' job to make sure you don't feel embarrassed.
 
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Jake said:
Baseball's "unwritten rules" seem to have been crafted by a 10 year old kid with a short fuse, who can't deal with defeat.

Only a child throws a ball at your head because you hurt his feelings.

But they were ahead by 7 runs! Oh wait, the Phillies just blew a 7 run lead and lost last night.

"Baseball" need to grow a pair and STFU. It's not your opponents' job to make sure you don't feel embarrassed.
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I was going to mention that a 7 run lead with 6 outs left, while it shouldn't be a problem, sometimes it is. Other guys get a GS in the bottom of the inning and presto change-o you're in a save situation, when you were in let my long reliever get some work and get out if here saving my premium bullpen arm mode.

60 games... They all matter... You have to think about tomorrow in this kind of season too.
 
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The Tigers just put up a 7 spot on the Indians in the 4th last night to go up 7-5. The entire rally took about 4 minutes.

Baseball's unwritten rules are horseshit. Plain and simple. If you're a pitcher and throw at a guy because somebody hit a grand slam up 7 runs then you should do one of two things, Either make a better pitch, or save the hitter the embarrassment of under performing and just walk off the field and quit. Until they put in a "mercy rule." play the game the way its supposed to be played.
 
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