Papelbon whines about radar guns

[Schwarber Fan]

Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon has more pressing concerns. This game is certainly for the fans but he doesn’t want everything to be about the fans every day. His crusade: Baseball should consider eliminating radar guns on stadium scoreboards and facades.

 

“It’s a total advantage to a hitter,” Papelbon, who has 20 saves, said here Monday. “If I’m throwing 98 [mph] pitch after pitch, a batter can get set for what’s coming. If I’m throwing 93, they might know I’m not feeling as well.

 

“Why don’t we just tell guys what’s coming? It’s terrible. They’ll know what range your fastball is and what your offspeed stuff is. I have no idea why they started doing this.”

 

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That's just whining, IMO

[weis21]

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[jersey cubs fan]

stupid complaint

[Omar]

Wrigley doesn't have radar guns. He should come pitch for the Cubs.

[Yeti]

Wrigley doesn't have radar guns. He should come pitch for the Cubs.

who wants to break it to Omar?

[WindyCity]

Wrigley doesn't have radar guns. He should come pitch for the Cubs.

 

Wrigley does display pitch speed -- its on the long flat panels along each side of the upper deck. Not exactly in easy view for the batter though.....

[Have a seat, Neifi]

I don't think radar guns should be removed, but there should be a little more oversight than there currently is. I recall reading an article recently where several MLB pitchers commented that certain parks adjust the radar gun readings on the scoreboard downward for opposing pitchers. Thinking is, if a pitcher takes a glance at the board to see his velocity (which many do apparently) and sees he's "only" at 89 or whatever, he'll try to unnecessarily ramp it up or alter his effort/delivery to get back up to where he thinks he should be. Likewise, apparently several parks inflate the readings of home pitchers to psyche out visiting hitters who may take a glance at the board between pitches. Not a fan of that at all.

 

To me, it's similar to NBA arenas needlessly blaring unusual jingles or purposely annoying music when a visiting team has the ball in a crucial situation.

[sethuel1]

To me, it's similar to NBA arenas needlessly blaring unusual jingles or purposely annoying music when a visiting team has the ball in a crucial situation.

 

Gotta love the NBA, the only sport where the product is so boring that they have to play music while the game is actually going on.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

To me, it's similar to NBA arenas needlessly blaring unusual jingles or purposely annoying music when a visiting team has the ball in a crucial situation.

 

Gotta love the NBA, the only sport where the product is so boring that they have to play music while the game is actually going on.

No kidding. I once fell asleep at a Wizards game. I'm serious. I did see a few games at the United Center back in 96-98 and even those were a bit dull compared to the college games I've been to (not surprising).

 

The most egregious example of an NBA piping in distracting music I can think of was during the Bulls/Magic "Nick Anderson steal" game back in the '95 playoffs. If I recall correctly, the Magic played the theme from Psycho while the Bulls had the ball (the REE REE REE one). That's just dumb.

[seanimal]

Papelbon should exercise his thinking muscle more.