General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Hunter]

Ok, so my source on this is sketchy, I admit...but apparently there are people that datamine the Funko servers to find out what Pop's are being planned and they're supposedly going to be releasing a bunch of MLB ones, including Rizzo, if that trips anybody's trigger....

 

MLB

Mookie Betts

Robinson Cano

Nelson Cruz

Bryce Harper

Aaron Judge

Clayton Kershaw

Yadier Molina

Wil Myers

Buster Posey

Anthony Rizzo

Chris Sale

Max Scherzer

Noah Syndergaard

Mike Trout

 

 

 

https://www.funko.com/blog/article/toy-fair-new-york-reveals-mlb

 

I find it hilarious that they are listed this way on that page:

 

[Banedon]

Scherzer's is the best though.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I hate Funko figures mostly out of jealousy that I didn't come up with the idea in the first place.

[17 Seconds]

i'm still banking on pogs coming back around

[CaliforniaRaisin]

i'm still banking on pogs coming back around

 

Alf pogs?

[Banedon]

Man, I hate Funko figures mostly out of jealousy that I didn't come up with the idea in the first place.

 

"What if we made some bobbleheads...but..wait....get this.....these bobbleheads....they don't bobble!"

 

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[Cubswin11]

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[UK]

Can they call it the "Lenny Harris Rule"?

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

That is a worse idea than the horsefeathering blue shell in Mario Kart.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Shut up with that horsefeathers and give the NL the DH already

[Clem Fandango]

That is objectively the dumbest horsefeathering idea of these "How can we bring people back into baseball!" desperation tactics.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's not my favorite idea, but I don't have the visceral negative reaction to it. I do like it better as a tool to limit extra innings, although among these options I like 'start with the bases loaded' best: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22466504/three-box-answers-baseball-extra-innings-issue

[Cubswin11]

I’d rather just have the game end in a tie after the 12th inning, or whatever inning, than implementing any of these silly rules

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I always liked the idea of being able to send out the players in any order you want until you've gone through the entire lineup, then repeat the process.

[Clem Fandango]

I know it sounds great if we can throw Bryant, Rizzo, and Contreras into the 9th if we're trailing, but if we're facing someone like the Dodgers and in the bottom of the 8th we're winning and we set down Seager, Bellinger, and Turner or whoever in order I don't want to come back into the bottom of the 9th to face them again. That is objectively stupid to allow that to happen. "Hey remember when you got out of that jam an inning ago? Well tough horsefeathers you have to do it again"

[CubinNY]

I know it sounds great if we can throw Bryant, Rizzo, and Contreras into the 9th if we're trailing, but if we're facing someone like the Dodgers and in the bottom of the 8th we're winning and we set down Seager, Bellinger, and Turner or whoever in order I don't want to come back into the bottom of the 9th to face them again. That is objectively stupid to allow that to happen. "Hey remember when you got out of that jam an inning ago? Well tough horsefeathers you have to do it again"

Yeah, why not just shorten the game to one inning. That will keep people on the edge of their seat.

[Sammy Sofa]

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[treebird]

the ninth inning thing is a terrible nonsense nightmare, but i like the make-your-own-lineup thing quite a bit for both teams starting in the eleventh or something. as the sam miller piece argues, if we’re going to negate the fun of long extra innings, let’s install something that would be even more fun. this would accomplish that.

[Gilby]

Hasn't Brady won most of his super bowls while watching the deciding play from the sidelines at the end of the game?

[weis21]

the ninth inning thing is a terrible nonsense nightmare, but i like the make-your-own-lineup thing quite a bit for both teams starting in the eleventh or something. as the sam miller piece argues, if we’re going to negate the fun of long extra innings, let’s install something that would be even more fun. this would accomplish that.

yeah as much as i hate the 9th inning idea i am pretty much with tree here (i think, i thought about this for about 20 seconds). i'd just say do this starting the 12th inning, though. or don't do anything. i'd be cool with either.

[Bull]

the ninth inning thing is a terrible nonsense nightmare, but i like the make-your-own-lineup thing quite a bit for both teams starting in the eleventh or something. as the sam miller piece argues, if we’re going to negate the fun of long extra innings, let’s install something that would be even more fun. this would accomplish that.

yeah as much as i hate the 9th inning idea i am pretty much with tree here (i think, i thought about this for about 20 seconds). i'd just say do this starting the 12th inning, though. or don't do anything. i'd be cool with either.

Or just make position players who have been removed from the game available again after the ninth. You removed Javy in the 7th for a double switch? Now he's a bat looming on your bench in the 10th. I don't like it, but it at least makes sense. No more starting pitchers pinch hitting or running bases.

[imb]

After the 9th inning you can bat whoever you want in the 10th. HOWEVER if you do that you have to bat all pitchers in the 11th. If you make it to the 12th, you can bat whoever you want again, but the pitchers have to run the bases. In the 13th inning, your coaches have to hit. In the 14th inning you can reset your lineup again but all the players have to run backwards. In the 15th inning you can bat the same batter repeatedly, but he has to hit with the opposite hand.

[Derwood]

In the 16th innings, the game will be decided by a cupcake baking competition, the theme of which is decided by a Twitter poll

[UK]

In the 16th innings, the game will be decided by a cupcake baking competition, the theme of which is decided by a Twitter poll

 

You should've left it when it was good.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

In the 16th innings, the game will be decided by a cupcake baking competition, the theme of which is decided by a Twitter poll