Wiretowire
Pretty much a regular
YTD +3725
4-4 last
Ok, I have to say a few things about MLB as it's played today.
- Hitters suck worse than I have ever seen them. You can use whatever excuse you want but these guys are still guessing. They are still swinging at pitches that bounce into the plate. They are still standing there with the bat on their shoulder as a medium fastball comes slowly across the middle of the plate for strike three and they just turn and walk away. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Rule changes have NOT made the game better. Period. Quicker? Maybe a little but not a better game. No shift? No result. Hitters can't hit and that was supposed to really open up the offenses. Bigger bases? Big deal. Steals are up some but not by everyone. Pitch clock? You are starting to see the injury effect that will have on pitchers. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Every team playing every team is supposed to make the game more exciting. But they are traveling from city to city so frantically it looks like a playground at a preschool. Run here. Run there. Play only a couple of games within your division and god help you if there is a rainout so we will have the fans wait for 3+ hours trying to get a game in that we can't make up. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Umpires make more mistakes than ever before. And the strike zone is a joke. Let's make the game really fucked and go to an auto strike caller. "And here's the pitch..... (everyone turns to look at what the machine called). After what seems like an eternity the auto ump called strike three and now the pitcher can celebrate by pumping his fist in the air. Wow! That's the pitchers 2nd strikeout in 6 innings. How about that guy and his dominance!" Is that the worst thing? No.
- They tried to cover over the horrible hitting by taking the focus away from batting average and trying to throw in OPS so they could add all kinds of factors to make the numbers look impressive. Maybe they should start adding the hitters weight, age, and birth date to the numbers to increase them. And what the fuck is OPS+? The league average OPS+ is 100 and all these guys have an OPS+ of 120 or so. If all of them have an OPS+ of 120 then how the fuck is the league average 100? They are just making shit up at this point. Is that the worst thing? No.
- They had a red carpet walkway to introduce the All Star players. Was that the worst thing? Oh, fuck yes.
All x50 each
Cle/Pitt over 9 - A reliever starting and a newbie. This is a high total but it could get ugly.
Seattle ML -130 - Gilbert pretty solid and Gray's last was really bad.
GL
4-4 last
Ok, I have to say a few things about MLB as it's played today.
- Hitters suck worse than I have ever seen them. You can use whatever excuse you want but these guys are still guessing. They are still swinging at pitches that bounce into the plate. They are still standing there with the bat on their shoulder as a medium fastball comes slowly across the middle of the plate for strike three and they just turn and walk away. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Rule changes have NOT made the game better. Period. Quicker? Maybe a little but not a better game. No shift? No result. Hitters can't hit and that was supposed to really open up the offenses. Bigger bases? Big deal. Steals are up some but not by everyone. Pitch clock? You are starting to see the injury effect that will have on pitchers. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Every team playing every team is supposed to make the game more exciting. But they are traveling from city to city so frantically it looks like a playground at a preschool. Run here. Run there. Play only a couple of games within your division and god help you if there is a rainout so we will have the fans wait for 3+ hours trying to get a game in that we can't make up. Is this the worst thing? No.
- Umpires make more mistakes than ever before. And the strike zone is a joke. Let's make the game really fucked and go to an auto strike caller. "And here's the pitch..... (everyone turns to look at what the machine called). After what seems like an eternity the auto ump called strike three and now the pitcher can celebrate by pumping his fist in the air. Wow! That's the pitchers 2nd strikeout in 6 innings. How about that guy and his dominance!" Is that the worst thing? No.
- They tried to cover over the horrible hitting by taking the focus away from batting average and trying to throw in OPS so they could add all kinds of factors to make the numbers look impressive. Maybe they should start adding the hitters weight, age, and birth date to the numbers to increase them. And what the fuck is OPS+? The league average OPS+ is 100 and all these guys have an OPS+ of 120 or so. If all of them have an OPS+ of 120 then how the fuck is the league average 100? They are just making shit up at this point. Is that the worst thing? No.
- They had a red carpet walkway to introduce the All Star players. Was that the worst thing? Oh, fuck yes.
All x50 each
Cle/Pitt over 9 - A reliever starting and a newbie. This is a high total but it could get ugly.
Seattle ML -130 - Gilbert pretty solid and Gray's last was really bad.
GL
