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View Poll Results: Who will win the World Series?

Yankees

17 17.71%

Red Sox

13 13.54%

Indians

5 5.21%

Astros

15 15.63%

Angels

5 5.21%

Nationals

4 4.17%

Cardinals

3 3.13%

Dodgers

11 11.46%

D'backs

3 3.13%

Shuster

20 20.83%

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03-29-2018 , 10:33 PM

#151

xnbomb

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mariners about to be on their 3rd string catcher on opening day lol

I've never gotten how a catcher lets their glove get hit on a swing...its not like they don't know where the swing plane is

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03-29-2018 , 10:41 PM

#152

hard2tel

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**** yea baseball

Braves 1-0 **** yeaaaaaaaa

weeeeeeeeeeeeee

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03-29-2018 , 11:12 PM

#153

IRAZERIVER

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Originally Posted by xnbomb

mariners about to be on their 3rd string catcher on opening day lol

I've never gotten how a catcher lets their glove get hit on a swing...its not like they don't know where the swing plane is

The closer you are to the plate the easier it is to make balls look like strikes when framing pitches. Also hitters take some very odd swings at pitches they are not expecting so it's not entirely predictable.

Spoken as a former HS catcher.

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03-29-2018 , 11:18 PM

#154

xnbomb

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Figure out the closest you can get to a hitter with there being a 0% chance of him lunging at pitch he completely misjudged, and set up there. Just don't think an extra couple strikes over the course of a season is worth the injury risk.

Spoken as a former emergency little league catcher.

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03-29-2018 , 11:19 PM

#155

Heroball

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Humidor prevented a Jake Lamb grand slam.

Charlie Blackmon looked like Yas out there.

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03-29-2018 , 11:32 PM

#156

IRAZERIVER

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Originally Posted by xnbomb

Good pitch framers get several extra strikes per game. For there to be a 0% chance of getting hit you'd have to set up 5+ feet behind plate. I caught for like 10 years and had catcher's interference called on me less than 5 times.

With 30 teams playing 162 games there are bound to be a few fluke injuries. How many times does a catcher even get hit each season across all 30 teams? Gotta be less than 100 over many thousands of plate appearances and most them are the bat just barely knicking the glove.

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03-29-2018 , 11:37 PM

#157

IRAZERIVER

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Also some batters set up way the **** back in the box so the place you normally set becomes in the swing path when it really shouldn't be. The back line of the batters box is totally gone after the first inning or so due to hitters standing on it.

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03-30-2018 , 12:43 AM

#158

Heroball

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Jake Lamb: 4 plate appearances; 3x w/bases loaded.

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03-30-2018 , 12:46 AM

#159

Heroball

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Indians think it’s Game 7 already?

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03-30-2018 , 01:01 AM

#160

Bighurt52235

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Why are they not using the bullpen car in Arizona?!

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03-30-2018 , 01:03 AM

#161

Heroball

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Archie GOAT

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03-30-2018 , 01:31 AM

#162

fuluck414

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That was stressful.

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03-30-2018 , 01:36 AM

#163

ec_outlaw

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I'm pretty disappointed nobody has used a bullpen cart tonight. Should be mandatory imo

Also, those who voted Dbacks are correct.

Last edited by ec_outlaw; 03-30-2018 at 01:50 AM.

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03-30-2018 , 03:23 AM

#164

Bighurt52235

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Successful first day IMO!

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03-30-2018 , 12:45 PM

#165

Bighurt52235

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Happy for the two rainouts yesterday. Now weve got all day action! Really easy to watch baseball 10a-10p, or what have you.

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03-30-2018 , 01:16 PM

#166

TheGramuel

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I knew Jordan Zimmerman had a bad year last year, but just saw his actual stats. 6.08 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 2.34 K/BB, in 29 starts. Yikes.

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03-30-2018 , 01:26 PM

#167

Bighurt52235

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I wonder if Miguel Cabrera intends to bounce back. .329 OBP is shocking for him.

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03-30-2018 , 03:42 PM

#168

Kidman411

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Originally Posted by PunkRockHec

X-posting from the STT...

*****

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03-30-2018 , 04:19 PM

#169

Matt24

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what is up with suarez's hair?

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03-30-2018 , 04:27 PM

#170

zdye724

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Is that former CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER SHANE GREENE blowing the save?

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03-30-2018 , 04:28 PM

#171

TheGramuel

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Obviously I have Tigers over for the season. Sigh.

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03-30-2018 , 05:15 PM

#172

hard2tel

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Scherzer is ridiculous

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03-30-2018 , 05:16 PM

#173

xnbomb

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Joey Votto is batting .345 vs former Cy Young winners, 2nd only to Ted Williams. NUTS!!

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03-30-2018 , 05:24 PM

#174

TheGramuel

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Very annoying change to the mlb.tv this year. Even if you have the volume on the game muted, some (all?) of the ads play out loud. It's very annoying. Have to use chrome's mute site feature.