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*** Official 2021 MLB Postseason Thread ***
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I know just don't like how the Rays got punished because Renfroe doesn't know how to play a ball off the wall and it bounces off him and goes over the fence.
CycloneErik
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Sure. If that wall is costing runs in the playoffs, that wall is a problem.
Can't have the precedent that bad defense takes runs off the board like that.
Just stop. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? That field has been the same for over 100 years. What about the Ivey at Wrigley? What about the catwalks at a Tropicana? What about all the foul territory in Oakland? How about the extremely short porch in right at yankee stadium? You see where I’m going with this? The stadiums are what the are, both teams play the same field, and they aren’t going to change it because of some fluky occurrence like this.
CycloneErik
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It is a dumb thing. Baseball is what it is. Ballparks are different, within the rules, and it’s fair for both teams. They each have the same advantages and disadvantages when the game is played. Not going to change.
CycloneErik
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Meh. It wouldn't hurt a thing to create some fair standards across the league.
Parks constructed after 1958 are 325 minimum to right and left and 400 to center. There have been some exceptions to this rule but that is the general guideline. Not sure why this bugs you that much. It’s not like the players don’t know the fields they are playing on. Equal to each player every game. Fair isn’t it?
Great win for the White Sox last night! (12-6) Houston was playing about as perfect as a team could in games 1 and 2.
Love them getting called out too for their cheating ways:
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Love them getting called out too for their cheating ways:
White Sox P implies Astros may have stolen signs
White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera implied that Houston may have been stealing signs in Games 1 and 2 of their AL Division Series after Chicago won the third game Sunday night.
CycloneErik
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Apparently not fair, if you can lose a run due to poor defense.
I enjoy your little "nothing can change because the quirkiness is cute" rager going here.
We found a spot in the rules that doesn't work. When you find them, you fix them and move on. It's pretty simple.
I enjoy diversity of the fields....it's the ground rule double rule that needs to be changed. If it is hit so hard and bounces over the fence on it's own, thus allowing the defense no chance....then yeah...the rules as stated are fair. If it bounces off the fence, hits the defender and bounces back OVER the fence......then there needs to be some allowance for the offense i.e. triple instead of double.
If a SS airmails one into the stands or dugout all runners get awarded one base. It seems like it would be fair enough to apply it similarly in the OF, just give everyone 2 bases. If the runner on 1b is over halfway to 2nd, he scores, if he wasn't halfway he probably wasn't going to score and should be on 3rd.
This. Changing the fields and standardization is stupid. But that rule absolutely needs fixed.
On c'mon, allowing field quirks can be fun, and what's the worst that co.....
Ok fine maybe you have a point.