So which team should have forfeit, and why?

Plus baseball players can sleep in almost every day, nothing is getting messed up other than late flights tonight and needing to rest bullpen arms a bit more the next couple days. Both teams can call up a fresh arm if needed.

Also, now in sole possession

1. Reds

Lol what a dumb division

After 12 innings they should do a tee-ball shootout or something

It shouldn't piss me off, but people underestimating the physical requirements of playing the field, really irks me. Especially a 6 hour game. Those dudes won't be getting in their regular lifting schedule.

The Cubs actually get a blessing and a boning by having a couple of off days within a week of each other this early in the season.

Would have loved to see Chris Carter find a way to strike out in a tee ball shootout

I mean, they played an entire extra game of baseball that they wouldn't have played if the rules weren't broken. But we play until somebody dies because this is AMERICA.

I find it so strange that the number one love of my life is a curious physical activity played by strangers.


But when this Big Hurt fan eats s***, they only need throw "baseball" on his tombstone.

Yanks sweep the cubs?


oh man is that ever sweet

yea but you're a ***** and front running clown

pretty sure ushers and **** get paid per hour
my friend worked security at yankee stadium and they were all hourly

Huh? Bryant can't touch a Chapman fastball if Joe West calls actual strikes. Instead they get a situation where 1 pitch cost them a run.

I want Clippard being the Yankees closer. Chapman is too hit or miss for me. He's a guy I want to bring in if I need 2k's to end an inning or a big spot where we need a strikeout. Doubt Girardi would ever do that, but it's the only thing keeping the Yankees from having a better record. Also, lol sCrUBS.

Lol it's baseball, not football. Instead of getting to the park at 2pm today, they will get there at 5:30 and probably not take BP. No big deal. Plenty of college teams sometimes play 12 games in 4 days, during those Florida tournaments.

i dont think you watch much baseball , have you watched clippard trying to be a closer for the past decade?

Maybe they can trade Frazier back to the Indians for Miller.

what a stupid collection of words

Eddy gonna Eddy.

Eh, I kinda understand what he's saying. There's just something to the Chapman type closer that is discomforting. His career FIP is a full run lower than Rivera's, he strikes out twice as many guys per 9, gives up less homers per 9, he by all accounts has performed better than Rivera (although obviously for not nearly as long). With that being said, I can't imagine there's a single person who has watched both of them pitch who would truly rather have Chapman pitching than Rivera in a 1 run game. And that matters for the guy who is consistently going to be pitching at the end of close games.

I'm not saying he's "not clutch" or anything like that. I obv understand that over the course of a season Chapman is an extremely valuable pitcher, I just don't think volatile high variance pitchers were made to pitch the highest leverage situations. Even if it's not "right", I understand, as a fan, where Eddy is coming from and why he said what he said. For example, I bet Cubs fans feel a lot more comfortable watching late games with Wade Davis on the mound than Chapman.

God forbid you guys had someone who actually sucked

There'd be riots based on this thread.

Just enjoy your Betances/Chapman setup and be happy about it.

Rivera was a guy who could give up a hit or a walk and still get out of it. Chapman, you can tell immediately if he is on or not. And last night Girardi needs to be a manager and recognize that and get him out of there.

Uh, ok? I do enjoy it. I understand Chapman is a very good pitcher and am glad he (the pitcher, not so much the human being) is on the team I root for. What does that have to do with the post I made?

a "high variance" pitcher is one who gives up nothing or a lot of runs.

if you have two guys who give up 10 runs over 50 innings, in one-run games I'd rather have the guy with 47 shut out innings and 3 blow ups than 10 innings where he gives up 1.

of course none of what eddy is saying is statistically true so the argument doesn't even make sense on it's face

nothing about what they're saying makes any sense