1. That's probably pretty close to my letter carrier's accuracy
2. Their job allows *slightly* more reaction time and clearer boundaries and targets that move less
Baseball 2024
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2. Their job allows *slightly* more reaction time and clearer boundaries and targets that move less
The Mariners 2024 payroll is the 16th or 18th highest depending on the source- right in the middle. The Twins, Royals, Orioles, Guardians all have lower payrolls and better records. The Blue Jays, Rangers, Angels, White Sox and Rockies all have higher payrolls and worse records. The management is cheap line is pretty thin.
Bruce Baker
Life of the Party
I was at the Mariner's game today. Great seats (from a friend's friend), great weather, and the they won!
ifsteve
Steelhead
There are two major issues with umps calling balls and strikes.
1. The pitches are hard to track. So much movement and velocity just make it overly difficult.
2. Every ump has their own "strikezone" and some of them are flat ridiculous. A hitter just never knows one at bat to the next just what is or isn't a strike.
Easy solution too.
1. The pitches are hard to track. So much movement and velocity just make it overly difficult.
2. Every ump has their own "strikezone" and some of them are flat ridiculous. A hitter just never knows one at bat to the next just what is or isn't a strike.
Easy solution too.
Blackdogfishing
Steelhead
The Mariners management is CHEAP
line is spot on. Per the article below (google it) the Mariners had the highest profit in the league at 82.6 million dollars in 2023. The team is valued at 2.2 billion dollars. The Mariners’ owners are cheap. But hey it’s ok to still like them and root for them. I still root for them but I wish the owners were not so cheap so they would go out and get the players they need to try to win a World Series and to make the team more enjoyable to watch. If they could hit they would be more enjoyable to watch.
Yankees continue reign with $7B valuation; Athletics post top 5 profit in Forbes' 2023 MLB report
Awesome!! I'm more than a bit jealous. Only thing that could have been better is if it was a win against Houston.
I'm admittedly not a baseball player or geek at all but I saw an interesting video about how some (good?) catchers get closer to the plate so low pitches can't drop as far, may even partially obscure the umpire's vision of the ball with their glove, then use movement of their glove to "steal" strikes.
ifsteve
Steelhead
Yeah and it just goes away, like it should, with robo umps. And if you want to watch crazy calls watch how umps react when the guy on first breaks for second. The catcher starts to stand as the pitch comes in and the umps has no clue if its a ball or strike.
... Me too, tough couple of games, and lost their leading RBI guy for the rest of the season with a broken thumb. They are in the middle if a tough stretch, 12 games in a row against division leaders. Need a win badly tonight.
Go Royals!!!
Go Royals!!!
Well it's a good day in Cleveland. Had hoped for both of my teams in October but I'll take a division winner for one.
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Guardians win AL Central: Cleveland clinches Saturday with Kansas City loss
For the fifth time since 2015, the Cleveland Guardians are AL Central champs
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BDD
Steelhead
Was Ohtani's game the other night the best hitting performance (for a single game) of all time? 6-6, 3 homers, 2 SBs, 10 RBI's to reach a milestone of 50 homers and stolen bases in a single season that has never been done before in the history of western civilization? (that last part is a tribute to Bill Walton).