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PepsiWithCoke 03/15/18 8:07:04 PM #1:	https://twitter.com/kyleaglaser/status/973960767555997696 Oh boy. Minor League Baseball announces new pace of play rules including: Extra innings will begin with runners on 2nd base at ALL levels of the minors, beginning this year. Clearly, This is better for pace of play then making them actually play instead of doing stupid fucking "rituals" between each pitch. I can't wait for the day somebody throws a losing perfect game. --- https://i.imgur.com/fEKRafh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hgwNfD8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/cgQKJhR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0CU0ivF.gifv <cite>PepsiWithCoke posted [p:897880355] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/kyleaglaser/status/973960767555997696 <quote>Oh boy. Minor League Baseball announces new pace of play rules including: Extra innings will begin with runners on 2nd base at ALL levels of the minors, beginning this year.</quote> Clearly, This is better for pace of play then making them actually play instead of doing stupid fucking "rituals" between each pitch. I can't wait for the day somebody throws a losing perfect game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeneralKenobi85 03/15/18 8:14:57 PM #2:	Yeah saw that the other day. Incredibly dumb. --- Ah, yes, the Negotiator: General Kenobi <sneaky beeping> <cite>GeneralKenobi85 posted [p:897880815] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>Yeah saw that the other day. Incredibly dumb.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 03/15/18 8:15:48 PM #3:	That's fucking moronic what the hell --- A thousand eyes, and one. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:897880875] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>That's fucking moronic what the hell</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 03/15/18 8:17:16 PM #4:	--- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:897880954] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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uwnim 03/15/18 8:18:15 PM #6:	That seems fine. I mean it is minor league baseball, who really even cares about that? --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:897881001] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>That seems fine. I mean it is minor league baseball, who really even cares about that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
E32005 03/15/18 8:20:06 PM #7:	misleading topic title --- http://i.imgur.com/LAvnefi.gif http://i.imgur.com/6kW9fXL.gif <cite>E32005 posted [p:897881113] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>misleading topic title</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 03/15/18 8:21:16 PM #8:	MiLB* you mean --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:897881183] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>MiLB* you mean</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 03/15/18 8:24:12 PM #9:	I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! <cite>Medussa posted [p:897881347] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ehhwhatever 03/15/18 8:24:44 PM #10:	I wish in the majors you had to take the pitch once in the batter's box, you can't call time to grab your crotch and spit. --- Why did they have to go and name the sitcom "Big Bang Theory"? <cite>ehhwhatever posted [p:897881382] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>I wish in the majors you had to take the pitch once in the batter's box, you can't call time to grab your crotch and spit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/15/18 8:25:07 PM #11:	It's a bad rule --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:897881403] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>It's a bad rule</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DavidWong 03/15/18 8:25:11 PM #12:	Medussa posted... I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then? --- Nice guy? I don't give a s*. Good father? F* you! Go home and play with your kids. If you want to work here, close! <cite>DavidWong posted [p:897881406] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacadamianNut3 03/15/18 8:26:02 PM #13:	Wrap dat shit up, b --- Roll Tide & Go Irish <cite>MacadamianNut3 posted [p:897881445] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>Wrap dat shit up, b</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 03/15/18 8:26:23 PM #14:	DavidWong posted... Medussa posted... I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then? Let them go on as currently. Like how hockey had ties in the regular season but not playoffs --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:897881458] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>DavidWong posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then?</quote> Let them go on as currently. Like how hockey had ties in the regular season but not playoffs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WilliamPorygon 03/15/18 8:27:02 PM #15:	At least they're not redefining what it means to "catch" the ball --- Love dolphins and whales? Come hang out at Cetacea Cove! https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1404-cetacea-cove <cite>WilliamPorygon posted [p:897881499] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>At least they're not redefining what it means to "catch" the ball</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 03/15/18 8:27:06 PM #16:	[laughs in umpire] --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:897881506] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>[laughs in umpire]</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Squirtle_ 03/15/18 8:28:49 PM #17:	The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. they should just be able to throw again immediately. --- http://i.imgur.com/nkfrakV.jpg <cite>_Squirtle_ posted [p:897881593] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. they should just be able to throw again immediately.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 03/15/18 8:31:42 PM #18:	E32005 posted... misleading topic title Bio1590 posted... MiLB* you mean --- http://m.imgur.com/BtD5etN?r https://m.imgur.com/a/jclul http://i.imgtc.com/etNW2apANm.jpg <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:897881746] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>E32005 posted...</cite> <quote>misleading topic title</quote> <cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote>MiLB* you mean</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sada_Pop 03/15/18 8:32:42 PM #19:	_Squirtle_ posted... The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. they should just be able to throw again immediately. This is dumb as fuck --- People would have you believe that the accusation of racism is more offensive than ACTUAL racism. <cite>Sada_Pop posted [p:897881789] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>_Squirtle_ posted...</cite> <quote>The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. they should just be able to throw again immediately.</quote> This is dumb as fuck</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 03/15/18 8:34:50 PM #20:	DavidWong posted... Medussa posted... I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then? Exactly how hockey works. Game goes on until someone wins. And I agree with Medussa, I still really despise the shootout in the NHL. It should just be 3 v 3 continuous OT until someone scores. I can't see that lasting more than one extra period except rare instance. This baseball rule is just beyond dumb. It makes no sense. --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign Twenty million starving and writhing in pain <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:897881880] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>DavidWong posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> Sometimes you need to break ties, like playoffs? What do you propose then?</quote> Exactly how hockey works. Game goes on until someone wins. And I agree with Medussa, I still really despise the shootout in the NHL. It should just be 3 v 3 continuous OT until someone scores. I can't see that lasting more than one extra period except rare instance. This baseball rule is just beyond dumb. It makes no sense.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muffinz0rz 03/15/18 8:38:40 PM #21:	someone else proposed something (nobody officially with the MLB i don't think) incredibly stupid and i'm livid i cant find it he suggested in the bottom of the 9th, the team can send up any eligible batters in any order. so like say your setup man gets through hitters 2-4 in the bottom of the 8th, then the other team can just send those exact same hitters up again in the bottom of the 9th i laughed so hard i almost crashed the car lmfao EDIT: Holy shit it was an actual "mlb executive" http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/rich-eisen-mlb-9th-inning-batters/ --- Not removing this until Pat Benatar is in Super Smash Bros. (Started 8/31/2010) 2018 NFLB Summersim (0-1): https://i.imgur.com/7cjNtgQ.png <cite>Muffinz0rz posted [p:897882069] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote>someone else proposed something (nobody officially with the MLB i don't think) incredibly stupid and i'm livid i cant find it he suggested in the bottom of the 9th, the team can send up any eligible batters in any order. so like say your setup man gets through hitters 2-4 in the bottom of the 8th, then the other team can just send those exact same hitters up again in the bottom of the 9th i laughed so hard i almost crashed the car lmfao EDIT: Holy shit it was an actual "mlb executive" http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/rich-eisen-mlb-9th-inning-batters/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mizznox 03/15/18 8:39:15 PM #22:	PepsiWithCoke posted... Clearly, This is better for pace of play then making them actually play instead of doing stupid fucking "rituals" between each pitch. _Squirtle_ posted... The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. You guys realize that they've enacted rules regarding this stuff over the past few years, yeah? --- https://i.imgur.com/qUAL3fG.gifv <cite>Mizznox posted [p:897882101] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>PepsiWithCoke posted...</cite> <quote>Clearly, This is better for pace of play then making them actually play instead of doing stupid fucking "rituals" between each pitch. </quote> <cite>_Squirtle_ posted...</cite> <quote>The pitcher should be able to throw whenever he wants once the batter steps up. A lot of the time the batter will walk away after a ball/strike and the pitcher will just wait 20 seconds until he comes back. </quote> You guys realize that they've enacted rules regarding this stuff over the past few years, yeah?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
uwnim 03/15/18 8:41:29 PM #23:	Muffinz0rz posted... someone else proposed something (nobody officially with the MLB i don't think) incredibly stupid and i'm livid i cant find it he suggested in the bottom of the 9th, the team can send up any eligible batters in any order. so like say your setup man gets through hitters 2-4 in the bottom of the 8th, then the other team can just send those exact same hitters up again in the bottom of the 9th i laughed so hard i almost crashed the car lmfao Now this on the other hand would be dumb. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] <cite>uwnim posted [p:897882224] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>Muffinz0rz posted...</cite> <quote>someone else proposed something (nobody officially with the MLB i don't think) incredibly stupid and i'm livid i cant find it he suggested in the bottom of the 9th, the team can send up any eligible batters in any order. so like say your setup man gets through hitters 2-4 in the bottom of the 8th, then the other team can just send those exact same hitters up again in the bottom of the 9th i laughed so hard i almost crashed the car lmfao</quote> Now this on the other hand would be dumb.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GallisOTK 03/15/18 8:43:04 PM #24:	Medussa posted... I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. Fuck that. I'd rather determine a winner with the stupidest gimmick ever or stay up all night to see the end of the game than see a game end in a tie. --- "WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN' ON OUT HERE!?" ~ Vince Lombardi https://i.imgtc.com/rGEHq8T.gif <cite>GallisOTK posted [p:897882312] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> Fuck that. I'd rather determine a winner with the stupidest gimmick ever or stay up all night to see the end of the game than see a game end in a tie.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cj_WlLL_VVlN 03/15/18 8:45:34 PM #25:	uwnim posted... That seems fine. I mean it is minor league baseball, who really even cares about that? They use minor league as tests before proposing in MLB. It's linked. --- The gamefaqs moderation team knows dogs capable of being offended, cant laugh at a joke, and like to punish jokes that are acceptable on prime time TV pg shows. <cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted [p:897882442] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>uwnim posted...</cite> <quote>That seems fine. I mean it is minor league baseball, who really even cares about that?</quote> They use minor league as tests before proposing in MLB. It's linked.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 03/15/18 8:46:54 PM #26:	GallisOTK posted... Medussa posted... I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball. Fuck that. I'd rather determine a winner with the stupidest gimmick ever or stay up all night to see the end of the game than see a game end in a tie. for the record, I don't want ties. I'd be more than happy with games going until they end. There's a reason playoff hockey OT is so amazing. but logistically, if that's not possible, ties > gimmick. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders! <cite>Medussa posted [p:897882516] in MLB is con... [t:76419644]...</cite> <quote><cite>GallisOTK posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Medussa posted...</cite> <quote>I've hated this since it was first suggested. if you are so opposed to the random 12+ inning game, just live with ties. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in soccer. I hate the gimmick tiebreaker in hockey. and I don't want a gimmick tiebreaker in baseball.</quote> Fuck that. I'd rather determine a winner with the stupidest gimmick ever or stay up all night to see the end of the game than see a game end in a tie.</quote> for the record, I don't want ties. I'd be more than happy with games going until they end. There's a reason playoff hockey OT is so amazing. but logistically, if that's not possible, ties > gimmick.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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