Baseball's unwritten rules? The pitcher shakes off the catcher 8 times and then the batter steps out...
Seriously how much of this is the pitcher playing mind games and then the batter tries to return the favor?
Baseball guys- how much of this is gamesmenship?
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Baseball's unwritten rules? The pitcher shakes off the catcher 8 times and then the batter steps out...
Seriously how much of this is the pitcher playing mind games and then the batter tries to return the favor?
I’d probably like baseball more if it wasn’t for baseball players.
Wow. That is mindful of watching Fisher trying to send in plays. Come on, man.....we only have like 8 plays in the whole damned play book....how hard can it be to pick one???
How many pitches does this guy have in his repertoire? Glad to see they’re speeding up the game...RME.
I'd say it more than just the number of pitches he throws. It is location as well. It doesn't appear that there are any runners on base, so that does take away some of the signals he could be receiving from the catcher. That said, shaking off a catcher 8 times is ridiculous.
62Nole
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Yeah first thing I thought of-- what about the initiative of speeding up the game? Sheesh.
Baseball needs a pitch clock and don't allow batters to call timeouts in the box. Also, get rid of extra innings and decide the game with a homerun derby if it's tied after 9....
You have to allow batters to call timeout once in the box. If they get something in their eye or become distracted by something it can become a safety issue.
Also, have you ever had to stand there waiting for a pitcher? Once you get set as a batter and have to wait you eventually get "locked" and can't react. Might as well not even be in the box as there is no way you will hit the pitch.
There are other things they can do to shorten games. I would think shortening the time between innings, shortening time for pitching changes, and stuff like that. There is definitely dead time during games and it seems to have gotten a lot worse than what I recall back in the early 90's.
Also, have you ever had to stand there waiting for a pitcher? Once you get set as a batter and have to wait you eventually get "locked" and can't react. Might as well not even be in the box as there is no way you will hit the pitch.
There are other things they can do to shorten games. I would think shortening the time between innings, shortening time for pitching changes, and stuff like that. There is definitely dead time during games and it seems to have gotten a lot worse than what I recall back in the early 90's.
They've been testing a pitch clock in the minor leagues. I've been able to observe it at the Wahoos games in Pensacola. It works well, doesn't seem to have a negative, and you never really see major delays. Every now and then a pitcher will once or twice and the umpire seems to let it go. I imagine if it became more frequent they'd use the clock to stop it. But well over 90% of pitches seem to leave before that clock expires.
I see nothing wrong with any of it. Baseball hasnt changed. People with shorter attention spans dependent on social media/phones have.
62Nole
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Has my flip phone caused my memory loss as well as the shorter
attention span?
And the only thing I do fast anymore is get tired.
attention span?
And the only thing I do fast anymore is get tired.
Sometimes you just get "stuck" and need a reset. Seems like that's the case here, although it's often used as gamesmanship. Same thing with a runner on first where the pitcher holds the ball indefinitely until the batter asks for timeout.
It does seem to work well here, it will be in the majors soon. Plus they use a clock between innings and for visits from the dugout.
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