OT: Other Sports 72

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Big start for the illini tonight

Really shit the bed after that though

 

[Teemu]

Really **** the bed after that though

Somehow still in it though. One point game now.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Shit down their leg big time. At least they didn’t blow it at the very end like they did earlier in the year.

 

[clydesdale line]

‘Dark Arts’ and ‘Codebreaker’: The Origins of the Houston Astros Cheating Scheme

On Sept. 22, 2016, an intern in the Houston Astros organization showed general manager Jeff Luhnow a PowerPoint presentation that featured the latest creation by the team’s high-tech front office: an Excel-based application programmed with an algorithm that could decode the opposing catchers’ signs. It was called “Codebreaker.”
This was the beginning of what has turned into one of the biggest scandals in Major League Baseball history. Throughout the 2017 season and for part of 2018, Astros baseball operations employees and video room staffers used Codebreaker to illegally steal signs, which were then relayed to batters in real time. Another Astros employee referred to the system as the “dark arts.”

 

[Clownish]

I wonder how someone like Harold Reynolds, who watches baseball all the time and makes a living pointing out any nuance on the MLB Network shows, or an ESPN guy they have in the dugout never heard any of this. Even Deshaies--seems like half the season he's bored out of his mind trying to find something to talk about in the 5th inning of game number 109. If it can be heard on a telecast, someone nearby or within a few hundred feet had to say, what's that noise? Once the noise is recognized, then it would be pretty easy for an ex-player to say, hmm it seems like it's always on off-speed pitches.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Good, hopefully I can start paying attention to the NBA again. It's really hard when the Bulls suck.
Also,

Yes, please. Troll baseball traditionalists. Kings of Swag.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

 

[clydesdale line]

MUCH better deal for Boston.

 

[Mrfenn92]

White sox agree to a contract with international free agent pitcher
Norge Carlos Vera from Cuba. $1.5 million signing bonus. The sox have $3.9 left to use. He's 19 years old. Can be official on July 2nd.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Former sox gordan beckham signs a minor league deal with San Diego.

I was completely wrong about him. Thought he was going to be a stud.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Starting pitcher Taijuan Walker to audition for the cubs in their camp.
No deal has been agreed upon but he would fit in the offseason of meh cheap moves.
Audition is over walker signs with the mariners.

 

[clydesdale line]

Whaaaaaa?!?!

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Still can't get over how dumb this idea is.

 

[Illinihockey]

I love the idea of getting to pick the team you play

 

[HawksBeerFan]

I have always liked the idea of letting teams choose their opponents but I hate the expanding the playoffs to 7 teams idea.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Cubs projected with 84 wins and a wild card berth in PECOTA. Sox at 83 in 3rd.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Still not a fan of having a playoff series before the divisional round like this. All that does is rust up the teams with byes. This is a half measure for those that think eight teams in the playoffs per league is too much. If they're going to do this, then just go to two or four divisions per league with four to six wild card teams, with a best of three for the wild card round, a best of five in the divisional round, and a best of seven for the championship series and World Series.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Its a stupid idea and when the Manfred era ends MLB will be in disarray

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Baseball is truly a wonderful game for surviving as long as it has despite the idiots that have been in charge of it for decades.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

Baseball is truly a wonderful game for surviving as long as it has despite the idiots that have been in charge of it for decades.

I actually liked Manfred at the start of his tenure, he seemed willing to listen to fans and was interested in making positive changes to the sport.

He's become an absolute joke.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Manfred and Silver both looked great because their predecessors were horrible. And then we discovered they sucked and/or catered to idiotic owner demands just as much as the old bosses.

I'm honestly of the belief that Bettman is the least bad of the big four commissioners at this point.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Manfred and Silver both looked great because their predecessors were horrible. And then we discovered they sucked and/or catered to idiotic owner demands just as much as the old bosses.

I'm honestly of the belief that Bettman is the least bad of the big four commissioners at this point.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

David Stern was bad? What?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Manfred and Silver both looked great because their predecessors were horrible. And then we discovered they sucked and/or catered to idiotic owner demands just as much as the old bosses.

I'm honestly of the belief that Bettman is the least bad of the big four commissioners at this point.

Stern was good commish

Only the Seattle situation tarnishes his legacy

 

[x Tame Impala]

Something about a 162 game season being decided by a single wildcard game or a best of 3 series doesn’t fit. It seems gimmicky.

What would be wrong with 8 teams from the AL and 8 from the NL being seeded #1-#8 and handling it like the NBA?