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2008 MLB Season

I know it's a bit late to say so, but man we needed that 12th inning win last night. Be nice to keep it going (and as of right now, we are) against the Dodgers tonight.
 
not a met fan (yankee fan) but i got free tickets to yesterdays game me and my friends moved down from the upper decks to the lodge seats which were absolutely amazing it was a good game even though i didnt really care if the mets won
 
Just got back from seeing Justin Masterson pitch for the PawSox against the Scranton Yankees tonight. He pitched well.. 6IP 4H 2R (0ER) 1BB 4K PawSox won 5-2

Scranton's starting pitcher Daniel McCutchen got thrown out in the 4th inning after he threw at Jeff Bailey on two pitches in a row in a response to Masterson accidentally hitting some Yankee player in the top of the 4th. Scranton's manager also got thrown out. :p
 
Randy ran out of gas, but managed to creep up to a tie for number 2 with Roger on the strikeout list.
 
The NFL, NBA, NHL, some NCAA sports and major tennis tournaments all employ a form of instant replay.

And there's Major League Baseball, which has forgone replay over the years but has the potential to set the highest standard of the practice if it maximizes the technology, an umpire supervisor said Thursday.

"Replay is coming," Rich Rieker, who serves as a liaison between MLB and its umpires, wrote in a chat with the Houston Chronicle's Web site. "If done properly we have an opportunity to set the gold standard in replay, learning from pros and cons from other sports. But we must do so in a fashion that will not delay the game further."
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Baseball also is calling for games, which border on an average of three hours each, to be sped up. During his chat, Rieker, a major league umpire for nine seasons before becoming MLB's supervisor of umpires, was asked if the plate ump would be the one to use replay.
"Probably not," he wrote in his Chronicle chat. "Use of a possible replay official could come into play and we really don't want to take the umpires off the field to look at replays.
"Replay could slow down the game, but it could also eliminate unnecessary arguments. So there might be a canceling effect. But surely, there will be some delay."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3418530
 
Baseball also is calling for games, which border on an average of three hours each, to be sped up.
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Stop having 5 minutes of ****ing commercials between every half inning then.
 
they'll have ads as long as they can make money. the viewer isn't going to win on this.

they may want to try the "side by side" stuff that espn/abc use during indy car races. :rolleyes:
 
The reason the games are slow has nothing to do with commercial breaks. Players stepping out is what slows the game.
 
MacNut said:
The reason the games are slow has nothing to do with commercial breaks. Players stepping out is what slows the game.
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And pitchers throwing to a base to hold a baserunner. Cut down on both and the game would move along much faster.
 
It is a game of cat and mouse. Both sides slow the game to a crawl. Some are worse than others.
 
Dice-K to DL

BALTIMORE -- Daisuke Matsuzaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Boston Red Sox, who opted to take a cautious approach after an MRI exam revealed a mild strain of his right rotator cuff.

Matsuzaka was examined in Boston by Dr. Thomas Gill. It is the first trip to the disabled list by Matsuzaka, who joined the Red Sox last season after pitching in Japan.

"The real good news is there were no structural changes," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "The best way we can see to attack this, we'll DL him, take the time down and get him ready to pitch the rest of the season. That's kind of where we are."

The move was retroactive to Wednesday. Matsuzaka is 8-0 with a 2.53 ERA in 11 starts this season. Opponents are batting .195 against him.

Francona said Dice K put up a mild protest, hoping to pitch through the injury.

"I think that's first of all good news because it means he feels good about himself," the manager said. "That's what good pitchers and good players do. That's part of the reason they're good.
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http://www.boston.com/sports/baseba.../matsuzaka_placed_on_dl_with_shoulder_injury/

The Red Sox recalled OF/1B Jeff Bailey from AAA Pawtucket to take Matsuzaka's place on the roster. Bailey will be with Boston until Tuesday, when he will be sent back down to Pawtucket. Justin Masterson will probably be called up to start against the Rays on Tuesday at Fenway to give all of the starters an extra day of rest. Masterson will probably then be optioned back to AAA and Clay Buchholz will be recalled to take Matsuzaka's spot in the rotation and start on Wednesday.

Oh, and Nancy Drew isn't playing today because he has vertigo. lol.

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Chamberlain to Make First Start on Tuesday

MINNEAPOLIS -- Joba Chamberlain received his long-awaited promotion, and the rookie right-hander will make his first start for the Yankees at home in the Bronx.

Manager Joe Girardi said the 22-year-old will take the mound at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night against Toronto and be limited to 65 or 70 pitches.

After deliberating about the decision during New York's off day Thursday and consulting with general manager Brian Cashman, Girardi said Friday he decided to keep Andy Pettitte on his regular throwing schedule and use the left-hander for Monday's series finale against the Twins.

New York has been grooming Chamberlain for the rotation since selecting him out of the University of Nebraska with the 41st overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft. After posting a 0.38 ERA in 19 appearances last season, Chamberlain had a 2.28 ERA in 20 games out of the bullpen this year.

After throwing on the side Friday, Chamberlain was excited.

"I feel great. Everything is going well. Every 'i' is dotted, and every 't' is crossed, so far," Chamberlain said.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3419355
 
MacNut said:
The reason the games are slow has nothing to do with commercial breaks. Players stepping out is what slows the game.
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yes it does. they stop the game for commercials. the time between a half inning doesn't have to take that long. at best it is combo of all three things. the third being if pitcher works slowly...
 
Red Sox steal a win in the 13th inning, 5-2.

what a brutal game.
 
i'm about done with these one run losses. we lost 8-7 to the reds via walkoff in extras, when at one point, we were a dp play from a 1 run win. we're 0-20 on the road in one run games. this is getting annoying. it's stupid. now we're just one game up on the mets as the phillies look to be running away and the marlins dropping off.
 
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