Re: SPORTS
Posted: March 26th, 2023, 9:53 am
U Conn. is now the big favorite to win it all. But there are surprises every now and then. Texas, Miami, FAU and Creighton are capable of pulling it off.
G.C.
I am only singling out Altuve here, because he seems to get a pass in other baseball discussion groups I frequent just because he didn't use the banging scheme.laffite wrote: ↑March 25th, 2023, 11:02 am It would have been nice to have dissolved the Astros. The players to be chosen by other teams in a draft. The league would then put up a notice for a new city to have a baseball team. But it certainly would be difficult. Why is Altuve singled out here, wasn't it a collaborate effort? I am obviously not an expert on this subject.
I can’t stand the phantom runner in extra innings. It was fine during the Covid season but there’s no reason to keep doing it. Especially since the time clock is already shaving a half hour off the game. I think it’s very telling that they use it in the regular season but not the postseason. It’s like an admission that it’s a stupid gimmicky rule and they wouldn’t use for a “meaningful” game.Thompson wrote: ↑March 28th, 2023, 5:52 pm It's going to be interesting to see how these new time and other new rules to speed up the game play out. I assume they are going to keep that 20 second time clock on the bottom right of the TV screen inbetween pitches. It seems wrong to me, inflicting time upon the game. As a baseball fan i want an estimate time of a rain delay, nothing else, i want to be suspended in time, not rushed or ruled by time. Hate the phantom man on second in extra innings too.
Ugh, I hate the Manfred Man too. It's the dumbest rule they've come up with.Uncle Charlie wrote: ↑March 28th, 2023, 7:00 pmI can’t stand the phantom runner in extra innings. It was fine during the Covid season but there’s no reason to keep doing it. Especially since the time clock is already shaving a half hour off the game. I think it’s very telling that they use it in the regular season but not the postseason. It’s like an admission that it’s a stupid gimmicky rule and they wouldn’t use for a “meaningful” game.Thompson wrote: ↑March 28th, 2023, 5:52 pm It's going to be interesting to see how these new time and other new rules to speed up the game play out. I assume they are going to keep that 20 second time clock on the bottom right of the TV screen in between pitches. It seems wrong to me, inflicting time upon the game. As a baseball fan i want an estimate time of a rain delay, nothing else, i want to be suspended in time, not rushed or ruled by time. Hate the phantom man on second in extra innings too.
Tennis stopped using humans to call lines in all major tourneys after COVID hit. Before that, the technology was used only as a challenge backup. Now only the chair umpire can overrule the automatic line calls, and it rarely happens.laffite wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:15 pm I think ho,e plate umpires be retired and let the automatic television strike zone take over. I am fed up with the bad calls. Technology is so advanced that forgoing the human element can be eschewed without guilt.. We al know humans are fallible, time to move on.
Good point made in what appears to be a defense of laffite's argument here, Tex.txfilmfan wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:20 pmTennis stopped using humans to call lines in all major tourneys after COVID hit. Before that, the technology was used only as a challenge backup. Now only the chair umpire can overrule the automatic line calls, and it rarely happens.laffite wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:15 pm I think ho,e plate umpires be retired and let the automatic television strike zone take over. I am fed up with the bad calls. Technology is so advanced that forgoing the human element can be eschewed without guilt.. We al know humans are fallible, time to move on.
I don't know... Wimbledon goes back 135 years... The US Open is not far behind, starting in 1895. Tennis rules have changed very little, even with huge changes in the way it's played (relying more on powerful serves/shots rather than finesse these days). A form of tennis (so-called "real tennis," played indoors) goes back to 16th century Europe, mainly played by royalty. The modern game of lawn tennis arose in the 1860s.Dargo wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:52 pmGood point made in what appears to be a defense of laffite's argument here, Tex.txfilmfan wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:20 pmTennis stopped using humans to call lines in all major tourneys after COVID hit. Before that, the technology was used only as a challenge backup. Now only the chair umpire can overrule the automatic line calls, and it rarely happens.laffite wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:15 pm I think ho,e plate umpires be retired and let the automatic television strike zone take over. I am fed up with the bad calls. Technology is so advanced that forgoing the human element can be eschewed without guilt.. We al know humans are fallible, time to move on.
However, considering the idea that Baseball especially has always been much more "history-bound" than the sport of Tennis, I would think such a drastic change as taking away the homeplate umpire position isn't likely to happen in our lifetime, anyway.
(...and thus the reason why my earlier suggestion would seem to be a more logical and practical move that would and could be done by the MLB)
And another good argument made here, Tex.txfilmfan wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 7:33 pmI don't know... Wimbledon goes back 135 years... The US Open is not far behind, starting in 1895. Tennis rules have changed very little, even with huge changes in the way it's played (relying more on powerful serves/shots rather than finesse these days). A form of tennis (so-called "real tennis," played indoors) goes back to 16th century Europe, mainly played by royalty. The modern game of lawn tennis arose in the 1860s.Dargo wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:52 pmGood point made in what appears to be a defense of laffite's argument here, Tex.
However, considering the idea that Baseball especially has always been much more "history-bound" than the sport of Tennis, I would think such a drastic change as taking away the homeplate umpire position isn't likely to happen in our lifetime, anyway.
(...and thus the reason why my earlier suggestion would seem to be a more logical and practical move that would and could be done by the MLB)
Most rule changes of late (since standardization in 1924) regard tiebreak scoring. Wimbledon and the French Open resisted last set tiebreakers, which is why Wimbledon had a 138 game fifth set with John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in 2010 (6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68). It's the longest tennis match ever played, lasting 11 hours, 5 minutes of court time, spread over 3 days (time called due to nightfall the first two days). 2022 was the first year all the Grand Slam tourneys employed a last set tiebreaker consistently.
Sure. There's going to be a lot more fans, and a lot more games (162*32 teams) per season. So more griping. I think tennis fans generally favored automatic line calling anyway.Dargo wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 8:44 pmAnd another good argument made here, Tex.txfilmfan wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 7:33 pmI don't know... Wimbledon goes back 135 years... The US Open is not far behind, starting in 1895. Tennis rules have changed very little, even with huge changes in the way it's played (relying more on powerful serves/shots rather than finesse these days). A form of tennis (so-called "real tennis," played indoors) goes back to 16th century Europe, mainly played by royalty. The modern game of lawn tennis arose in the 1860s.Dargo wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 6:52 pm
Good point made in what appears to be a defense of laffite's argument here, Tex.
However, considering the idea that Baseball especially has always been much more "history-bound" than the sport of Tennis, I would think such a drastic change as taking away the homeplate umpire position isn't likely to happen in our lifetime, anyway.
(...and thus the reason why my earlier suggestion would seem to be a more logical and practical move that would and could be done by the MLB)
Most rule changes of late (since standardization in 1924) regard tiebreak scoring. Wimbledon and the French Open resisted last set tiebreakers, which is why Wimbledon had a 138 game fifth set with John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in 2010 (6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68). It's the longest tennis match ever played, lasting 11 hours, 5 minutes of court time, spread over 3 days (time called due to nightfall the first two days). 2022 was the first year all the Grand Slam tourneys employed a last set tiebreaker consistently.
However, wouldn't you admit that the number of rabid and traditionally-minded Baseball fans who could give you minutiae stats about the game and its many players who have taken the field during this same amount of time and thus one manner which is used to "rate" the players in a historical context past and present, would far out-number, and especially in America, the number of rabid Tennis fans who might be able to do the same in that sport.
(...and so in essence what I'm saying here is that anything and any changes the MLB Rules Committee might consider, they always have to take into consideration the high number and percentage of traditionalist fans that comprise their fan base)
You might be right here. And in fact, you probably are. And perhaps ever more now days, when the whole concept of "Traditionalism" seems to be on the wane.txfilmfan wrote: ↑March 29th, 2023, 8:49 pm
Sure. There's going to be a lot more fans, and a lot more games (162*32 teams) per season. So more griping. I think tennis fans generally favored automatic line calling anyway.
But as for baseball, I think the loudest protest would come from the umpire's union!