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Love how applying sabermetrics leads to kooky baseball strategy
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:05 PM Author: Greedy free-loading toilet seat Like this: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23558800/tampa-bay-rays-forefront-rotation-revolution
Cliffs: Rays start the same guy on back-to-back days. He pitches ~1 inning each day. |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:06 PM Author: Sticky volcanic crater party of the first part I doubt their retarded manager has ever played an inning of baseball in his life. These states nerds are ruining every sport. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36099946) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:07 PM Author: Greedy free-loading toilet seat (goon) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36099951) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:10 PM Author: Sticky volcanic crater party of the first part (Kevin Ca$h) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36099968) |
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Date: May 21st, 2018 7:11 PM Author: milky stain brunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36099971) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:11 AM Author: Irate deer antler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cash
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:19 AM Author: Doobsian Pearl Mother Crrrrr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103291) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:25 AM Author: Odious Prole Orchestra Pit Is the batting order locked in at any point before the game, or could the manager start with 4,5,6 batters if he saw them doing starting the reliever? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103333) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:28 AM Author: twinkling diverse garrison manager has to give a written batting order before the game, and is stuck to it.
A crafty manager could have a designated "first-pitch" pitcher who is listed as the starter, comes out and throws one pitch, then comes out for the real starter. That way they never know if you're throwing a lefty or a righty. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:29 AM Author: Wild stead He has to turn in the order before the game starts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103348) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:38 AM Author: Dun Hairless Institution funny you should say that, the mets batted out of order in the first inning recently after submitting the wrong lineup card. short answer, NO you cant change after the game has started
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/05/mets-lineup-batting-hitting-out-of-order-video-reds-scoring-cabrera-bruce-mlb-rules |
Date: May 21st, 2018 7:06 PM Author: milky stain brunch kooky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36099945) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 8:47 AM Author: Greedy free-loading toilet seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103143) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 8:48 AM Author: concupiscible shimmering corner The Houston Astros did an insane shift recently. Like 6 dudes in right field. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103146) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 8:52 AM Author: Greedy free-loading toilet seat ljl is there a vid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103159) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:11 AM Author: Wild stead Every time the bases are empty they do it to Joey Gallo, who has a very well known pull to right. He's hit into it like five times this season and it's always super lolzy. He must be insanely frustrated he can't go left.
The third baseman is in centerfield and Gallo hits it straight down the middle of the shift.
https://www.mlb.com/video/astros-use-loaded-shift-on-gallo/c-2032329283 |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:13 AM Author: twinkling diverse garrison why not just bunt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103249) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:14 AM Author: Wild stead He's done that once and got out then too. I don't know why he doesn't close his stance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103261) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:26 AM Author: twinkling diverse garrison This is probably like saying "why not just bat right handed?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103336) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:28 AM Author: Wild stead He can have the same stance, he just needs to orient himself 10 degrees counter clockwise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103345) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:16 AM Author: Chocolate turdskin Gallo is a fat mongoloid and can't comprehend doing anything w/ a bat except taking big dick swings for the fences (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103270) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:18 AM Author: Wild stead basically (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103281) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:21 AM Author: Wild stead In 2017, Gallo batted .209 with 41 home runs. So now, everyone is asking the question that every power hitter hates: "Why don't you just bunt?" "I'm sure I'll try to lay one down here and there, but it's not like I've been a master bunter all my life," Gallo said, via The Star-Telegram. "Everyone sees the left side of the infield and says, 'Just bunt it. Just bunt it.' It's not that simple." The reason you don't have Gallo bunt is simple. First: All of the shifting in the world won't take away a home run. If Jeff Banister had Gallo bunt every time he took the plate, A.J. Hinch doesn't have to worry about that part of the lineup in the same way. Batting Gallo second is as cute as you're going to see Banister get with his best power hitter. Gallo had a .333 OBP last season, not to mention .537 slugging. He had a lot of four-base at-bats. So when you take a pretty bad batting average and mix it with solid slugging, you know where your guy's forte lies. Second: When's the last time anyone saw Gallo bunt? Sure he probably does it in batting practice, but that's more "get your two out of the way so we can get to the good stuff." When you're taking BP, you treat guys like Gallo differently. He could foul off four in a row, but if you're a manager you eventually shrug and go "good enough." It's not the same as the guy batting first or sixth. With a batter like Gallo, you want him to do what he's good at. The people asking about this are likely the same people asking why Aroldis Chapman doesn't start a game in emergencies. It's not what they're trained to do. Third: The guy on the mound matters -- something that Gallo himself acknowledged. Against Justin Verlander isn't where you start trying to move out of your comfort zone. "It's not that easy against a guy who is throwing 107 with a ton of movement like Verlander. I don't want to come out of my game to do it. If I bunt and don't reach, it's like 'what the hell are you doing?' It's kind of a lose-lose situation," he said, per SportsDay. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:25 AM Author: Greedy free-loading toilet seat .209 with 41 HRs lol jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103332) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:29 AM Author: twinkling diverse garrison tcrlol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103351) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:18 AM Author: Wild stead Nevermind, it worked once but not against the Astros:
https://www.mlb.com/video/gallos-bunt-beats-the-shift/c-1977036883 |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:15 AM Author: Doobsian Pearl Mother Jfc mlb is turning fagggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103263) |
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Date: June 9th, 2018 8:21 AM Author: Wild stead He did it! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36212191) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:12 AM Author: Smoky contagious set electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103246) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:09 AM Author: twinkling diverse garrison this is extremely common in college for midweek games. lol @mlb-mos acting like they're inventing the wheel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103232) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:14 AM Author: massive faggot firefighter I always thought it would make sense for teams to use their "closer" in the first inning to face the 1-2-3 batters rather than whatever hitters happen to be up in the 9th inning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3983186&forum_id=2#36103256) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2018 9:14 AM Author: Wild stead I like how the weird rules can lead to totally bizarre plays. Look at the diagram here:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20294816/skunk-outfield-how-most-epic-trick-play-history-broke-baseball |