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Post subject: Official Sports Thread
 Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 05:46 AM
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Figured it was a good time to start my general baseball thread, for those interested.
Just watched the Brewers thump the Cardinals 12-0 and I keep asking myself, "Can this possibly be true?"
Please keep it up, Crew!!! |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 05:57 AM
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| Would be cool to see the Brewers make it to the World Series. |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 06:35 AM
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A baseball thread on the WSBBS
A baseball thread on the WSBBS.
Do you know how many times I've tried?
I wish you luck, and I'm in  |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 06:40 AM
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I've tried before too, and it tends to go over like a lead balloon.
But no reason to give up.
So, how long does Bobby Cox manage before retiring? |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 06:52 AM
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He retires next year.
I love Bobby, but the Braves need a change, something special.
I'm so mad at Francouer I can't see straight, but we keep him.
Changing the coach has been an often abused tactic.
I have seldom agreed with it, but I saw it happen at UGA.
Mark Richt came in and damn what a difference it made.
They thought he wasn't tough enough. They were wrong.
It was 4th and 1 against Auburn, I think. He went for it,
made about 3 yrds, that's when I knew we had a coach! |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 04:43 PM
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The Brewers did sweep the Pirates! I like Baltimore but they're really trying to lose more than 80 games this year. It's a great stadium to see a game, that Camden Yards.
I can't believe the Phils knocked out the Mets for 1st. Maybe they can make the playoffs, but it must be tough to play in Philly. If you're having a bad day in Philly, don't count on any support from the fans. |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 07:43 PM
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This instant replay nonsense is anti pre-1920's. The polar opposite of pre-1920! What does everyone think about this? What about Phillip Wellman, the madman? Will he stop using the rosin bag as a grenade?
AP - Aug 26, 4:09 pm EDT MLB Gallery NEW YORK (AP)—Umpires will be getting a third choice on potential home runs down the line: fair, foul or replay.
Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday after Major League Baseball, guardian of America’s most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay.
“Every team can go home and sleep better at night if they know the call was right,” Oakland designated hitter Frank Thomas said.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who described himself as “old fashioned” when he made the announcement Tuesday, softened his opposition following a rash of blown calls this year.
For now, video will be used only on so-called “boundary calls,” such as determining whether fly balls went over the fence, whether potential home runs were fair or foul and whether there was fan interference on potential home runs.
“Any time you try to change something in baseball, it’s both emotional and difficult,” Selig said. “There’s been some concern that, well, if you start here, look what it’s going to lead to. Not as long as I’m the commissioner.”
Replay will go into use with three series scheduled to open Thursday: Philadelphia at the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota at Oakland and Texas at the Los Angeles Angels. For other games, replays will be available to umpires starting Friday.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella wondered whether a team could challenge a call.
“I’d love to be able to throw a red hankie or a green hankie. Imagine being able to throw something on the field and not be ejected,” he said. “I shouldn’t say it’s not going to work, but this could turn into a little bit of a fiasco initially.”
The NFL first used replay to aid officials in 1986, the NHL in 1991 and the NBA in 2002. Even at stuffy old Wimbledon, technology has been used on line calls since 2006. Replay equipment to help determine calls was in place at this year’s Little League World Series.
Fan interference has been a big issue in baseball, with almost constant debate since Jeffrey Maier reached over the wall and gave Derek Jeter a home run during the 1996 AL championship series. Many blown calls have occurred at newer ballparks, where fans are closer to the field and have the ability to reach over fences.
“Everybody was tired of hearing about it. So they finally had to step up and do something to make a change,” Angels pitcher Jered Weaver said.
Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers called the decision “a slap in the face of umpires that have been here for a long time” and said the decision might have been made because Alex Rodriguez lost a home run on a blown call May 21.
“It overshot the mark by far just because, what, in a Yankee game someone didn’t get a homer? Please. It’s happened thousands of times,” Rogers said. “That’s part of the game. It’s the beauty of the game. Mistakes are made.”
Baseball general managers voted 25-5 last November to recommend use of the technology, and baseball’s lawyers spent recent weeks finalizing agreements with the unions for umpires and for players.
“I find it very strange that, with 30 games to go in the season, that they would start it now. I find that very peculiar,” Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. “If they wanted it so bad, what took them so long to get it going and why wait until this particular point in time?”
Baseball officials wanted to avoid having a situation in the postseason where fans with access to televisions and viewers at home knew what the correct call was but the umpires on the field did not.
“Some people thought that we ought to wait until the postseason,” Selig said. “I’d rather go into the postseason knowing that we’ve already used it.”
Leaving the dugout to argue a call following a replay will result in an automatic ejection. Replays of the boundary calls will not be shown on stadium video boards, MLB executive vice president for baseball operations Jimmie Lee Solomon said.
MLB said replay delays will be offset by fewer arguments.
“So if the game is held up for a couple of minutes a couple of times a year, I think that’s OK,” New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina said. “It’s certainly not going to be seen as often as it is in the NFL.”
Umpire Gary Cederstrom said his crew had a training session Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
“We talked to the technicians and he explained what they’re going to be doing,” he said. “We just basically did a dry run.”
AP Sports Writers David Ginsburg in Baltimore, Mike Fitzpatrick in New York and Alan Robinson in Pittsburgh, and freelance writers Mark Didtler in Tampa, Fla., Amy Jinkner-Lloyd in Atlanta and Paul Harris in Detroit contributed to this report. |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 08:56 PM
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| Any update on the Mets? How's their season going? |
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I was thinking about you! It was buried in one of my long-winded, saying nothing posts.
The Metropolitans are one half game behind the Phils. So, they're in 2nd place in the NL east. They're playing the Phillies tonight, I believe. An important game. |
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Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 10:35 PM
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| Johnny_Turbo wrote: | I was thinking about you! It was buried in one of my long-winded, saying nothing posts.
The Metropolitans are one half game behind the Phils. So, they're in 2nd place in the NL east. They're playing the Phillies tonight, I believe. An important game. |
That was the game I went to. Mets v Phils at the Shea. We saw a grand-slam that night, a rare occurence so Gornie tells me.
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| So what do you guys think about this instant replay thing introduced into baseball come tomorrow? |
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| AquinasWI wrote: | | So what do you guys think about this instant replay thing introduced into baseball come tomorrow? |
Is it going to be used for close decisions? If so, I'm dead against it. I don't believe in technology being used in sport. It's all part of the event, human error, the occasional glaring balls up. Sport is getting to the point where referees are redundant. Tennis with its ridiculous 'challenge' rule is making a daft sport dafter (Sorry, Chuck!) |
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I believe it's only going to be used for foul balls vs. home runs.
I don't quite understand how it's going to work, but it's limited only to that. |
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I still think the city of Anaheim and Disneyland should take the City of LA back to court and reverse the name of LA Angels back to the Anahiem Angels. I mean.. c'mon they DO play in Anaheim and LA has its OWN FREAKN team.. the LA Dodgers... dammit...
sorry.. couldn't help that. I am sick of LA being such whiners.  |
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| AquinasWI wrote: | | So what do you guys think about this instant replay thing introduced into baseball come tomorrow? |
If it's just a case of foul/fair HR/wall and its just
too far away to see, I think a short delay to get
the call right is OK |
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