2021 MLB Thread

[ztejas 43244]

Christ Joey. Not a good start.

[Radical Larry 28523]

Should’ve let Folty pitch.

[Scraps 13531]

Story should get smoked

Good call

[gsoda3 3234]

Beasley is not a good pitcher for this

[Gourmand 7774]

I knew Gallo would choke just because of this

 

Barstool hired her this week and immediately started pushing Gallo in the HR Derby. GET THAT BOOST Y'ALL!!!

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

Son of a bitch. 

[ztejas 43244]

Beasley didn't do him any favors but that was poor. Oh well. Fun to have a guy in the thing at least. 

Edited July 13, 2021 by ztejas

[Surly Bevo 24692]

If Gallo would spray singles and doubles like he did for most of those first 3 minutes he would be a much better player.  

[ztejas 43244]

Alonso going offff

[Scraps 13531]

Sal just throw in the towel

[shadow_operative 15931]

Jauss was throwing some beautiful pitches to Alonso. 

[ztejas 43244]

5 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

Jauss was throwing some beautiful pitches to Alonso. 

Yeah. They were dialed in. 35 is absurd. Makes me think he overexerted himself. 

Shit... 28 ain't bad either. 

Edited July 13, 2021 by ztejas

[Radical Larry 28523]

Jauss was throwing some beautiful pitches to Alonso. 

[Scraps 13531]

Soto should trade for Jauss immediately

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

ESPN gonna send the rest of this to Ocho if Shohei fails. 

[Scraps 13531]

Polar Bear laughs at these attempts

[shadow_operative 15931]

double OT.

[Scraps 13531]

If they get to pick their pitch then this.may last all night

[shadow_operative 15931]

Juan Soto is strong.

[Scraps 13531]

Well that was wack

[Helobious 9477]

That was badass. 

[Biff Tannen 45477]

Hell yeah that was fun. 

[shadow_operative 15931]

🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️

[shadow_operative 15931]

^^^ that was weird. i posted three polar bear emojis and it turned into that, lol.

[shadow_operative 15931]

Mancini puts the pressure on with a good 22 HR performance. 

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

The belts are fucking awesome

[shadow_operative 15931]

this is gonna be close. 

[shadow_operative 15931]

that was fucking awesome. pete alonso is an ANIMAL. 

[BigOrange1 6416]

ok that was a pretty awesome way to end things.

[shadow_operative 15931]

i mean he CRUSHED six in a row to end it. can't do it any better than that. 

[Biff Tannen 45477]

Wow. That dude is just a beast. 

[Beau Vine 53965]

I had bad seats, but at least they were expensive.

[Scraps 13531]

He just hit one into the basket of Boss Hogg's rascal lmao

[miguelito 11204]

Maybe y'all already know this, but apparently the balls used in the derby were signed by the batter hitting them (ahead of time, of course).  That's pretty cool.  I wonder how many balls each player signed. 

[Herbie Hancock 7302]

Not as many as your mom /obligatory

[shadow_operative 15931]

wow:

 

[huge 3788]

4 hours ago, Scraps said:

I think Soto hit 520, which is the all time Statcast record.

[Guest Lobo]

Good for you, Will.  It's not like they have internet technology in South Korea.  

[Wally Pryor 5240]

I like the idea of the HR Derby but the rapid fire format sucks. Part of the greatness of the event is watching the flight of the ball until the very end and then absorbing that awesomeness for a couple seconds. As is, next pitch is being thrown before you even get to see where the previous ball lands.  

Go back to the 10-out rule or whatever it was. 

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Edited July 13, 2021 by Wally Pryor

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

27 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

I like the idea of the HR Derby but the rapid fire format sucks. Part of the greatness of the event is watching the flight of the ball until the very end and then absorbing that awesomeness for a couple seconds. As is, next pitch is being thrown before you even get to see where the previous ball lands.  

Go back to the 10-out rule or whatever it was. 

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Yeah but then you have guys taking 15 to 20 pitches in a row until they get something in their wheelhouse. You have to cut it down to like three or five outs tops if you wanted to go back to that format. You could cut down participation to 4 instead of 8, or so away with the bracket and go to 1 round only otherwise you're looking at a long ass derby.

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

This will please most of you. 

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Seven-inning doubleheaders and starting extra innings with runners on second are likely to be dropped by Major League Baseball after this season.

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, speaking Tuesday to the Baseball Writers' Association of America, said he views both innovations as specific to the coronavirus pandemic.

They were both adopted for the shortened 2020 season and kept on for 2021.

Manfred said they were implemented based on medical advice and aren't being contemplated as permanent. He said that while the health situation had improved with increased vaccinations, changes could not be made midseason.

[Beau Vine 53965]

48 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

I like the idea of the HR Derby but the rapid fire format sucks. Part of the greatness of the event is watching the flight of the ball until the very end and then absorbing that awesomeness for a couple seconds. As is, next pitch is being thrown before you even get to see where the previous ball lands.  

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This was honestly a real pain in the ass in person, much worse than on TV.

[Wally Pryor 5240]

21 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Yeah but then you have guys taking 15 to 20 pitches in a row until they get something in their wheelhouse. 

Easy.  Limit how many pitches they can take.   Maximum of 3 but have to swing on the 4th pitch.

The participants are selecting who pitches to them.   If they can't find someone to put the ball in the right spot on every 3rd or 4th pitch then the participant needs to do a better job of selecting who throws to them.

[Wally Pryor 5240]

5 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

This was honestly a real pain in the ass in person, much worse than on TV.

Way too chaotic.  More isn't always good.   Go back to the old format and limit the # of takes. 

If Berman had been doing the pxp last night they'd been looking for defibrillator 4 to 5 minutes into the thing.  In that scenario, I'd have been happy with this rapid fire format.

[Helobious 9477]

4 minute round, one timeout, can’t throw a pitch until previous ball has landed. Total homers would go down but the batters might like it more as they would be a little less strenuous.

[WBT 20397]

Who gives a shit how many you can hit off of bp pitching?  Or how fast you can do it?  Each guy should get 10 HRs per round, greatest cumulative distance advances.

It also hasn't been the same since Berman retired, imo.

Edited July 13, 2021 by WBT

[Texas Wahoo 3383]

51 minutes ago, Helobious said:

4 minute round, one timeout, can’t throw a pitch until previous ball has landed. Total homers would go down but the batters might like it more as they would be a little less strenuous.

Didn't they try to implement a system where you cannot throw the next pitch until the last one landed a couple of years ago and the guys that did the best had pitchers that were willing to cheat?

 

Here is a reference to it:

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/there-are-home-run-derby-truthers-accusing-bryce-harpers-dad-of-cheating/

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Per Derby rules, the pitcher is supposed to wait until each batted ball lands before delivering the next pitch. In Harper's case, he was off Schwarber's final-round pace of 18 home runs by five with less than one minute on the clock. Harper began closing the gap, and as the clock wound down, Harper's pitcher -- his dad, Ron, it should be noted -- appeared to break that "wait until the ball lands" rule on multiple occasions.

 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Texas Wahoo

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

24 minutes ago, WBT said:

Who gives a shit how many you can hit off of bp pitching?  Or how fast you can do it?  Each guy should get 10 HRs per round, greatest cumulative distance advances.

It also hasn't been the same since Berman retired, imo.

Agreed, it's not the same. It's way fucking better without that blowhard

[miguelito 11204]

Why not use a pitching machine for the derby?  Let each player have it adjusted.

 

Or use this guy:

 

 

 

[shadow_operative 15931]