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  1. BruisedCrew
    Not a game thread goes by without some calls for “Robots” and/or claims that “a strike is a strike”. This article covers some of the challenges facing the possible implementation of automated balls and strikes. What is a strike The most “striking” things to me in this article are (1) that (no surprise) there is no consensus on where an automated strike zone should be drawn, and (2) the fact that the strike zones shown on TV telecasts are not the same as the zone on which umpires are graded. I remain in favor of automated balls and strikes if only to create consistency and to eliminate any risk of an umpire being influenced by players involved or the game and home crowd situation. But, in the meantime it would probably be a good idea not to get too excited about “blown” calls that are right on the edge of the TV graphic strike zone.
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    I used to enjoy watching the Home Run Derby, but my interest waned over the years and the new format completely turns me off. I understand the problems with the original format as players would take several pitches at a time both to rest up and wait for perfect pitches to hit. So something had to be done to introduce a time element. But I think the current machine gun format removes the enjoyment of seeing majestic blows sail into the stands, and wears the players out as the rounds proceed. I don’t care enough to think too much about it, but I think the event would be more watchable if they introduced a limit on how many swings each player got per round, and a time limit on getting those swings in. A new pitch could not be thrown until the ball lands on the previous pitch. It would make the event more like a 3 point shooting contest. For anyone old enough to remember the old Home Run Derby shows that aired in the late 50’s and used to be shown occasionally on the MLB network, a variation on a format like that with “innings” where each player got so many swings or “outs” per inning would be more entertaining to me than what they do now.
  3. BruisedCrew
    I think 538 is out of the sports projection business. Their projections were last updated on June 21.
  4. BruisedCrew
    The latest report on Woodruff is that he threw 25 pitches in the bullpen today and will throw another session on Thursday if he has no I’ll effects.
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    I’m not sure about who should start, but if the Brewers follow past practice they won’t start Burnes on Friday after the All Star trip. I’ll be surprised if they skip Peralta. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they hold Houser for the bullpen since they have an off day right away on Monday. I’d be a little skittish about letting the Reds see Miley again so soon. My guess is Peralta on Friday, Miley or Teheran on Saturday, and then Burnes on Sunday.
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    I didn’t see anyone questioning it when I predicted in about the fourth inning that it wouldn’t end 1-0.
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    Probably not until at least August. He still has to throw off the mound another time or two and then pitch a few rehab starts in the minors.
  8. BruisedCrew
    I’d say the odds were definitely in favor of that one.
  9. BruisedCrew
    It was somewhat bizarre, but the real thing for me was that I’ve never seen a pitcher fall asleep that badly before. DeLa Cruz stole second. Nothing unusual there. Then he took third on what amounted to defensive indifference. Anderson was way of the bag and he made no attempt to cover and risk opening a hole for the hitter. On what happened next, at the games we’ve attended, we have often seen runners take leads almost halfway to the plate when the defense is shifted and the third baseman is playing way off the base. The pitcher always keeps an eye on him (which is usually the intent of the runner) and some times the third baseman will move over to the bag to force the runner back. But here Peguero completely ignored him and Anderson must have been napping too, so with the pitcher’s back to him he took off for home with no chance of being caught. I get why the national media is gushing over it, but in my book it was much more a boneheaded mistake by the Brewers than brilliant baserunnjng.
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    A bold prediction. This game is not going to end 1-0. Therefore, more runs are recommended.
  11. BruisedCrew
    I have been paying more attention to the Reds since mid May when they started to show that they were better than indicated by their 7-15 start and might become a challenger in a weak division. It seems like a significant number of their games follow a pattern similar to yesterday's. They often fall behind early because their SP is weak, especially with Greene, Lodolo, and Ashcraft injured and/or ineffective. But, their offense often is able to bring them back and if they get into the middle innings close they win more than their share. They seem to have put together a solid bullpen featuring the guys who paraded into the game yesterday. If the Reds have an Achilles heel, it might be that they have an issue very similar to the Brewers. They often need to use 3-5 relievers to get to the end of games they win. As a result, their core relievers (Farmer, Diaz, Gibaut, Young, and Sims have appeared in 42, 41, 41, 39, and 36 games. That's even more than the Brewers have used most of their top relievers. If those relievers start to wear down, the Reds may start losing more of those games that they have been pulling out over the last month. At the deadline, I think the Reds priority should be trying to beef up the middle relief core, not trying to go high on the top available strters.
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    That sure looks like a BS call followed by a BS ejection. I think umpires have to file some kind of a report to the league about ejections but I wonder if the teams submit something with their “complaint“ about an incident like that. I understand why they don’t want things aired out too much in public, but the supervisor of umpires has to be able to look at it objectively and not automatically take the umpire’s side. I don’t think anybody wants to turn the clock back to the beginning of the 1988 season when they decided to enforce the pitchers coming to a one second stop before delivering a pitch. The result was a complete farce of balk after balk and eventually they had to pull back on that. if what Uribe did was a balk, I think there would be dozens of them every game.
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    This looks like an Oriole fan’s “would you do this” proposal for discussion, not an actual rumor.
  14. BruisedCrew
    That’s really the point. At this time they don’t have better guys. Coming into the season they thought Tellez, Voit, Winker, and Urias would be better guys to play in the infield,. But, whether due to injury or otherwise, those guys are not better options right now.
  15. BruisedCrew
    Releasing Miller doesn’t accomplish anything. The fact that he is playing first base and batting fourth is a symptom of the Brewers problem, not the cause of it. Being at the game yesterday and seeing stats on the scoreboard just rubbed in my face the massive gulf between the Brewers batting order and the Reds’. You really don’t have to go any further than seeing Miller, Tapia, and Perkins batting 4-5-6. I thought coming into the season that the Brewers offense would anchor the team to a win total in the low 80’s, but I didn’t envision a heart of the order this pitiful. The irony right now is that the Brewers are in the midst of the longest stretch of consistent production that they have had all season. In the last 9 games they have scored 5 runs or more in every one except one, and then they scored 3. Up to this they were good for a couple,of games or mor with 2 runs or less just about every week. Unfortunately, because the pitching has been a little leaky the Brewers are only 5-4 in these 9 games. I wish I could convince myself that the recent offense can be the norm going forward. But there are a lot of holes in that lineup that require more than Yelich maintaining his pace and a couple of hot games from Adames.
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    The other thing to add to this is what Hiura did in previous tours at Nashville. Also, unless he has improved significantly he does nothing to address the defensive issue at first base.
  17. BruisedCrew
    Screw Reds fans. Reds fans my age got to enjoy the Big Red Machine and two World Series and a few other playoff appearances in the 70’s and then another World Series in 1988. And that was when making the playoffs was difficult. They’ve had enough other good seasons to entertain them. As far as I’m concerned 3 World Series titles for your favorite team is more than any fan should get and any more than that is just greedy. Their younger fans have plenty of time to wait. Maybe I’ll have some sympathy for them in 2039 if they reach 26 years in between playoff appearances (not counting the COVID year, which I really don’t count for the Brewers). (Note: this is a little tongue in cheek, but not entirely. As a sports fan I tend to follow the advice of Mr. Applegate from the book “The Year The Yankees Lost the Pennant” (which was the basis for the musical “Damn Yankees”) His credo was “Never Feel Sorry for Anybody”.
  18. BruisedCrew
    I doubt that there will ever be any kind of replay system that would affect a call like that. Our lives will be much calmer if we accept that a certain number of bad calls are inevitable and hope that they balance out.
  19. BruisedCrew
    I have a feeling that was the Brewers last best chance. From our seats we could tell strike 1 to Yelich was a terrible call. Might or might not have made a difference in the result of the AB but still sucked.
  20. BruisedCrew
    You can’t pitch around every good hitter in a strong lineup.
  21. BruisedCrew
    I would say adding De La Cruz and Votto gives the Reds a better offense than when the Brewers played them in June.
  22. BruisedCrew
    I cringe when I see the words “If he can consistently control it”. That’s always the key isn’t it? As shown last night, if a pitcher can’t get the ball over the plate, even with a 5 run lead, he isn’t going to help except to eat an inning in lost cause situations. Hopefully Uribe can help fill the hole in the bottom part of the bullpen.
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    He also hit the game winning HR in the 10th inning against a RHP yesterday so, even if he doesn’t do it well, he CAN hit RHP. I don’t care who it is, in a game that went like today’s did I don’t want to see the tying run at the plate.
  24. BruisedCrew
    Absolutely had to win that one after the early lead. If they had blown that lead, especially after all,of the squandered scoring chances, I think I would have given away our tickets for tomorrow.
  25. BruisedCrew
    That would be a long foul. 😁 Just keep adding on.
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