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Lareux
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Because if they choose to go for 2, they are only awarded 6 points..until they convert the 2 pt conversion. Is this really that confusing?
Elimination of the Extra Point
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Because if they choose to go for 2, they are only awarded 6 points..until they convert the 2 pt conversion. Is this really that confusing?
KowboyKarl
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I don't know how similar it really is, but, it was undoubtedly humorous.
orangemonk
Creep - Dee oh double gee
Let's just take hockey goalies off the ice because sometimes players score on them so WHATS THE POINT AM I RIGHT?!
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Lareux
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How about the intentional walk in baseball? How many times does the pitcher actually throw a ball away? Why not just let the batter take his base when the team in the field says they want to walk him? It's pretty pointless to throw the 4 pitches.
nbafan88
Pretty much a regular
im fairly certain more people would watch hockey and soccer in the US, if there were no goalies
KowboyKarl
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Shootouts would get really interesting.
nbafan88
Pretty much a regular
punishes the team for intentionally walking a guy though by raising the pitch counts...
nbafan88
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Lareux
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You realize they rarely throw those pitches full bore though, so it's not really doing anything to their pitch count. That's like saying their pitch counts go up when they throw warm up pitches between innings. Also, many of the IBBs are done by relief pitchers whose pitch count doesn't really even matter too much if the IBB pitches were really taxing the pitcher (which they are not).
nbafan88
Pretty much a regular
it doesnt matter, nowadays so many managers take pitchers out when they reach a certain number of pitches... its minimal but it still does add pitches
obviously for relief pitchers it doesnt matter... only starters
KowboyKarl
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Wrong turn in Albuquerque.
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Lareux
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It doesn't matter because they don't throw those IBB pitches full bore, they are thrown similar to warm up pitches in between innings. You're missing the point I think if you are still contending that those 4 pitches are adding to their "pitch count."
JumpOnBoard
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there have been two walk off wins in minor league games by IBB thrown away...it's rare but happens...
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Lareux
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Of course it happens, but it's probably pretty damn close to the same percentage as a missed XP. It doesn't happen anymore than 1 in 100, that's for sure.
nbafan88
Pretty much a regular
do you think when a pitcher reaches 100 pitches, the manager goes back and says "he had two intentional walks, lets give him 8 more pitches"?
i know its silly, trust me im just giving counterpoints
... and also by the logistics of the entire thing... do you want to just add 4 balls to the pitchers stats automatically?
baseball is very big on numbers/stats/records blah blah blah...
JumpOnBoard
CTG Partner
nah I'm sure they count those pitches the same they do the warmup pitches each inning/prior to the game.
Joe Public
Gabibbo's Finest
spoken like a strategist.
So guilty.
So guilty.
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Lareux
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Yes, that definitely factors into a decision on whether to take a pitcher out (having thrown 4 IBBs which are basically warm up pitches). For the few guys that there may be a hard pitch count, it definitely would come up when the pitcher got close to that count #. Really though, there aren't too many dudes pulled after exactly 100 pitches, even if that's what they said before the game.
Adding 4 balls to the pitchers' stats? Baseball isn't that big on stats nbafan...I'm not sure you know too much about baseball tbh.
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