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Echoing the club purchase concerns. I'm left handed, and tall, which kept me from ever being able to borrow someone else's clubs. But I wasn't about to spend $1000 or whatever when I didn't have any idea what my swing even was, so I just picked up the box set from Strata off Amazon for a couple hundred bucks (and then a SW/LW). They're pretty terrible and definitely too short, so I'm trying to find the sweet spot of figuring out a comfortable/consistent swing to bring to a club fitting without just settling into bad habits from using bad clubs. The PGA Superstore in the Chicago suburbs does free club fittings, so hopefully I can string together a couple not-terrible rounds and then bring that approach into getting fitted for a decent set.
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Not smart enough to pull down and digest the pitch fx data, but I read somewhere last night that Kimbrel threw 15 curveballs and got zero swings on them. Tipping pitches isn't good, but it's infinitely easier to fix than 'being washed up'.
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Well, this would be Hendrick’s side day, right?
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No part of watching him makes me comfortable in the least.
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Heyward sitting on the bench right now seems like the first obvious miss for Ross.
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No statistical evidence to back this up, but this season will be a fun experiment on Lester just having diminished stuff and truly being a back end starter vs Lester letting his focus wander over a long season and running into total blow up outings 4-5 times a year.
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There's a lot of appeal in keeping track of at least your scores, in the same way I've always loved baseball statistics. Getting to the point where I can have a consistent handicap*, and figuring out how to improve it is definitely appealing to me, and also really like how you can use it to play against pretty much anyone else....some single digit handicap, my wife, my kid down the road, another hack, etc. * Related to the earlier conversation, I believe the handicap calculations have score limits per holes, or will basically throw out your worst/blow up holes. I've played with people who say a triple bogey is the max score, and some people that just double par. I don't see any point in writing down a 12 or whatever. It's going to ruin the rest of your round no matter how good you might be playing the other 17 just because you hit 4 straight wedges into the same pond or took 5 swings to get over the lip of the trap.
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I know these guys have to play at some point, but speaking purely offensively I'll take Happ/Heyward over Souza/Almora, and I think they have the edge defensively as well.
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As someone in the early stages of becoming a not-terrible golfer (hoping to break 100 by the end of the year), this has been a great page. The one piece of advice I'd give counter to your last point on the rules, the gimmies, etc....unless you plan on playing with some scratch golfers or in some serious league, just find a general approach and be consistent with it, and that way you'll still see the improvement without some of the frustration that comes with being awful. I'm not saying to not count water penalties or whatever, but if everyone else you're playing with is giving 2 footers, missing one to record an 8 instead of a 7 is not fun.
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Getting serious flashbacks to the conference tournament week this morning. As someone above mentioned, could theoretically just shut down the NL/AL East for a couple weeks and revamp their schedule with double headers, less days off, etc. But that seems like a one time fix, and having to play that card 3 days in is a terrible sign. Edit: Yankees-Phillies canceled. It's been fun guys.
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I don't know how you justify not shutting down the Marlins for 2 weeks, and I don't know how you do that without seriously screwing up the schedule for a bunch of teams. Hindsight is 20/20, but I wonder if it was an option to try and set up a schedule that allowed for one temporary shutdown. If you don't shut down the Marlins for an extended period of time, you're basically saying that you don't really care about the test results anymore, all of three days into the season.
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I saw that story pop up on Reddit last week and it was too depressing to even consider linking it here. Was almost relieved I didn't see it brought up until now. Just horrifying.
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Late July series with a team one game back in the division. Go take two out of three. (Pointedly ignoring the growing signs that none of this will matter in about three days)
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If you think we have better options in a game where we need 5 innings from relievers, you haven’t been paying attention.
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13 innings.
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I forgot that Lorenzo Cain broke last year. If he stays broken, which, the 8 hole isn't projecting a lot of confidence, that is a very poor lineup.
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The runner on second better be temporary too. I know it is weird, but one of my absolute favorite things about baseball is that a game can theoretically last forever. I have loved long extra inning games ever since I was a kid, and whenever I go to a game I am usually quietly hoping for a 15 inning marathon. Not only that, but there is something about lying in bed at 2am with the Cubs still playing long after everyone else has finished. I know I'm rambling, but this is one rule change that I just can't accept.Of all my favorite nights I've ever spent at Wrigley, the Lester walk off bunt game and the Soriano walk off slam game, both 12+ inning games, are in the top 3 (and seeing Bote's ultimate slam is the only reason they're not top 2). The idea of losing that possibility (or having it bastardized by nonsense rule changes) is depressing as hell. Credit TT for this, but starting with a runner on second is about the dumbest thing they could do in terms of trying to end games quicker (outside of just leaving it as is). Think we'll see a fair amount of teams matching single runs, since there is so much incentive to give up outs to get that first runner in. If you want to come up with stupid solutions for this non-issue, just start with the bases loaded.
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It isn't really bothering me much in terms of the empty seats behind home plate....watched enough Marlins, White Sox, etc games in the past. I just miss the buzz of the crowd as a moment gets bigger, or the noise increasing as a particular hitter comes to the plate, etc. Things that I think are going to be pretty tough for automated crowd noise to replicate, but the things that give those moments a sense of...importance. I don't know....still just kinda felt like a spring training game to me. Seemed like the hitters were pretty hesitant to argue on bad calls because obviously nothing is going to escalate to yelling in each other's faces. Not that I need that particular thing, but just something to show that these games 'matter'.
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Think I read somewhere that on a normal game day, teams go through 60 dozen (720) baseballs, and this year they are expecting the number to be closer to 110 dozen (1320).
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Still not sure this should be happening, or is actually going to happen....but there's a more naive part of me that thinks this short season and being the first to come back could generate a lot of attention/excitement. Really wish they would have tried to fill up the days more than they have. First game tomorrow starts at like 3:30 eastern, same with Monday and I assume the rest of the week days. As someone who's had Premier League/Bundesliga and then Thursday/Friday golf on in the background most days, would have been a welcome change.
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I remember reading the SS one and thinking there was a mistake because they had Baez as neutral defensively, even when talking up how good he is with the glove in the blurb, but looks like it wasn't updated. Wouldn't make sense based on his projections on his player page and his past numbers, but...who knows.
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Summer Camp Exhibitions Game Thread
squally1313 replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Game got ugly for a little bit there, but Hendricks looked good, and that's about the only meaningful conclusion you can draw from one game like this, so, whatever. -
Newest rumor I'm hearing is actually Pittsburgh, because there's only like 6 or 7 days of conflicts and the players complained about not playing in a major league park. Which, that means instead of 8 teams sharing the visitors clubhouse, you'd have 16. Not sure how high the ranks for importance.
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Still getting back up to speed with the roster. When Quintana went down, I figured there was a bunch of options to patchwork the fifth starter spot, just now realizing that this makes Chatwood our fourth 'starter'. So now we're dealing with wild cards pretty much half the time (with Lester being a coin flip).
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Anywhere besides Marquee to watch a couple innings?