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MLB 2020 Offseason |OT| - (K)BO Knows
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because thats what they got punished for. There's no rule in the MLB rulebook that says sign stealing is illegal. The "illegal" part was using either a "mechanical device" as denoted by a memo from the MLB office in 1960 or 61, or an "electronic device" as from a memo in the early 2000s from the MLB office. And finally the memo from Manfred in 2017 after giving the red sex an undisclosed slap on the wrist for using "electronic devices" to relay signs.
the problem is like everything else MLB has ignored this issue and in fact didn't discourage it. After replay review was introduced in 2014 teams asked the league office if they could use those to "decode signs" and the big brains at the league office, despite literal decades of "illegal" sign stealing, said yea sure, you can do that. Teams even asked if they could set up cameras as "training devices" trained on the catcher. And not a single person at the league office said, man i bet these guys will use that to steal signs in real time?
The league doesnt care about this shit. The only reason they did anything about PEDs is Consecos book. The only reason they are pretending to now is because Fiers went public. From my reading on the subject, the Astros along with a host of other teams have been repeatedly turned into the league office for "illegal sign stealing." And every time the league does nothing. They don't care because offense puts butts in seats. In fact they care so little about it, i haven't found a single instance of a player or team being punished for illegal sign stealing before the 2017 Red Sox were punished for it.
even doing a modicum of research you come up with story after story like this. about "illegal" sign stealing, PEDs, corked bats, pitchers using foreign substances, scuffing balls, you name it. Literally every article ive found on the subject has some team using a mechanical or electronic device to steal signs and in most of the articles its often treated as "unwritten rule" don't make it too obvious, IE having pine tar on your neck when your pitching, and everyone stays mostly mum about it.
Season almost starting and Yasiel Puig remains unsigned. Jeter Downs and Josiah Gray for Puig and Alex Wood is looking like an all timer.
Which is stupid as hell. There should be plenty of teams that could benefit from Puig. What's going on?
Goddamn, New York must have some fucked up karma or something.
Yeah, he would be an upgrade for at least half of the teams, that's a bizarre situation.
Hes not good enough to warrant whatever contract he might be seeking, even as a one year deal. He's not really improved much over the years, and his production for a corner outfielder just isn't that special. Some team with anemic OF depth will eventually pick him up, but it just dawned on me today because I was reading Keith Law's top 100 prospects list and both Downs and Gray made it. Not a good look for the Reds.
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sounds like the Rockies are interested, which would probably be a smart play if he wants to pad his stats in search of a bigger deal next year, but unless he figures out how to take a pitch I don't see much more interest.
A few years ago didn't we sue the St. Louis Cardinals and win the suit?I forgot how the Cards were cheating off us, but I know they cheated using the Astros for something
nah. one of their guys literally got caught hacking into the astros system. Dude went to jail for 4 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/...o-four-years-for-hacking-astros-database.html
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I have become accustom to the big injuries that plague this team.
Kinda surprised it was not posted already, but it was discovered that Madison Bumgarner was participating in rodeo events under the alias Mason Saunders 😂. He even took first place in a team roping event and won 26k. No one in the DBacks front office had any idea this was going on 😆.
That sounds like something a relief pitcher would do. Mason Saunders is a great alias, though.
Bumgarner is always doing crazy shit in the off-season, my guess is his contract allows it somehow
potentially, if he gets hurt, though I suspect he doesn't give a shit. He's probably already got more money than he'll ever need.
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When asked, Mike Hazen declined to answer anything about contracts. My guess is they had a talk and both sides move forward.
Thanks, that's another $5 more a month... They really want to push people back to cable.
if the regular season goes like spring training it will be a good season for the white sox and I don't know if I will make it.
white sox are 3 and 2
in their three wins they won in the 9th, won in the 9th, and won decently, but going into the 9th it was a 3-2 game and they added 4 runs.
in their two losses they had the tying run on third with 1 out in the 9th and got blown out in a split squad game
they also have a tie which they... tied it up in the 9th
white sox are 3 and 2
in their three wins they won in the 9th, won in the 9th, and won decently, but going into the 9th it was a 3-2 game and they added 4 runs.
in their two losses they had the tying run on third with 1 out in the 9th and got blown out in a split squad game
they also have a tie which they... tied it up in the 9th
And how many players involved in these 9th inning heart attack games will be playing in the majors?
I'd have to go through, but a lot of times it's been players I actually know :P
it's also what the white sox did all last season though, I think the team chemistry just really leads to a never give up until its over mentality.
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So I got season tix this year but it's just ballpark access. Last year of the two dozen or so games i went to (with actual seat tix) my buddies and I just stood at the 1st base line area coz the bar is right behind you and it's a great view.
Anyway, I'm good with standing for an entire game especially because there's a counter there you can lean on but I was thinking of buying that "bionic chair" shit for longer games or when it's hot as balls or I'm hammered and wouldn't mind sitting for a bit:
Anyone know if ballparks would let you bring this in? Lol.
Anyway, I'm good with standing for an entire game especially because there's a counter there you can lean on but I was thinking of buying that "bionic chair" shit for longer games or when it's hot as balls or I'm hammered and wouldn't mind sitting for a bit:
Anyone know if ballparks would let you bring this in? Lol.
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Great early start but hope he's got the legs to go the distance.
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I use this one: https://unlocator.com/pricing/
It is $5 a month ($10 if you want a VPN as well).
Easy to set up on my laptop. I did set it up on the MLB.TV Fire TV stick app, but there were some issues where I had to clear out the cache every day to watch it. Seemed like a problem with the app and not their service. Never set it up on my phone so can't speak to that.
For the last two years they had a promo for baseball season where it would cost $3.71 a month when you signed up. Usually towards the end of March if I remember correctly. Might be sooner this year since opening day is at the end of March.
Awesome. Its exactly what I want and using a Fire Stick 4k as well.
neat fan graphs is giving the white sox a 1.6% chance to win the world series this year and a 28% chance to make the playoffs
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dodgers have the best chance to make the playoffs at 97.5% and the astros are the favorite to win overall at 20.2% (follow by the dodgers at 19.9)
the only team that fan graphs gives no chance to go to the playoffs are orioles, and mariners
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the only team that fan graphs gives no chance to go to the playoffs are orioles, and mariners
Judge, Stanton likely to miss Opening Day
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees will be without two of their most prominent sluggers to begin the season. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are both considered unlikely to appear in the Yankees’ Opening Day lineup, general manager Brian Cashman said on Tuesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Judge...
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Good. Hopefully that should give this locked and loaded Sox team a huge boost.Judge, Stanton likely to miss Opening Day
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees will be without two of their most prominent sluggers to begin the season. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are both considered unlikely to appear in the Yankees’ Opening Day lineup, general manager Brian Cashman said on Tuesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Judge...
*glances at pitching staff*
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