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TheHarbinger said:
The real causes of downtime in sports have nothing to do with the game on the field but everything to do with running more commercials and advertisements for gambling websites. NFL games are stopped dead in their tracks for 'TV timeouts'. NASCAR runs staged racing to take planned commercial breaks after so many laps. MLB games were usually under two hours before televised games became the norm.

You could easily have the average game length be under 120 minutes if you never paused for advertisements.
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It's always funny listening to sports reporters sperg about the length of a game (Michael Kay comes to mind) yet never address this real issue
 
Iron Hamster said:
It's always funny listening to sports reporters sperg about the length of a game (Michael Kay comes to mind) yet never address this real issue
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TheHarbinger said:
The real causes of downtime in sports have nothing to do with the game on the field but everything to do with running more commercials and advertisements for gambling websites. NFL games are stopped dead in their tracks for 'TV timeouts'. NASCAR runs staged racing to take planned commercial breaks after so many laps. MLB games were usually under two hours before televised games became the norm.

You could easily have the average game length be under 120 minutes if you never paused for advertisements.
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The other day the Mets vs Astros game was on Apple so I listened to Howie Rose on the radio and he was talking about exactly this. (After welcoming in all the new listeners that tuned in because they refuse to watch Apple TV) the game started 12 minutes late or whatever and he said there's always one network stooge holding everything up for reasons.
 
TheHarbinger said:
The real causes of downtime in sports have nothing to do with the game on the field but everything to do with running more commercials and advertisements for gambling websites. NFL games are stopped dead in their tracks for 'TV timeouts'. NASCAR runs staged racing to take planned commercial breaks after so many laps. MLB games were usually under two hours before televised games became the norm.

You could easily have the average game length be under 120 minutes if you never paused for advertisements.
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You forgot college football making the clock keep running to squeeze in more ads, taking away 56-49 Big 12 classics.
 
CapricornusRex said:
Yes, they did use them in spring training. I have a feeling they will be banned very quickly because these new bats are designed for the hitter's sweet spot. So the reason why they're cranking is because the barrel of the bat is now where they kept missing. So instead of rewarding the pitcher with an out on a poorly hit ball because he missed the pitch, the pitcher is now punished for making a good pitch because of a weird shaped bat. A weird shaped bat that now has 2 contours, so how will they try and explain the shape of the bat away?

They should be forced to make the head of the bat bigger to match the new shape of the bat, see how much heavier they get and if it's still worth it.
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The only real difference is that instead of having the end cupped in for weight removal, they just kept it solid and took it off the outside circumference. It's legal and goofy looking, I'm not sure how much of a difference it is in weight distribution or swinging power but I'm sure everyone is watching to see how it plays out. No one really cared when they switched wood species to allow different bats even though they broke at significantly higher rates.
 
I would like to report that in 5 games and a week of regular season baseball, the clown Rafael Devers is still hitless! 0 for fucking 19.

He even bitched and moaned about being a full-time DH just before the star of the season, insisting that Boston's new big free agent signing Alex Bregman play 2nd instead so he can continue botching groundballs at the hot corner, and now? The Mexican baseball league might be his next career opportunity, lmao.
 
Tommy John Surgery said:
I would like to report that in 5 games and a week of regular season baseball, the clown Rafael Devers is still hitless! 0 for fucking 19.

He even bitched and moaned about being a full-time DH just before the star of the season, insisting that Boston's new big free agent signing Alex Bregman play 2nd instead so he can continue botching groundballs at the hot corner, and now? The Mexican baseball league might be his next career opportunity, lmao.
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You missed the best part, FIFTEEN strikeouts as of this post. And even better, he has 1 more RBI(1) than Bregman and Triston Casas combined(0).
 
Tommy John Surgery said:
I would like to report that in 5 games and a week of regular season baseball, the clown Rafael Devers is still hitless! 0 for fucking 19.
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Everytime I see Devers, all I can think about is that he looks like a cartoon woodchuck.
 
Nathan Eovaldi has a complete game with 99 pitches, 4H, 0ER, 0BB, 8Ks. I believe it is the first complete game of 2025. I was shitting my pants the entire game tbh.

 
Max Muncy The Dodgers gifted the Braves 5 runs through a sequence of errors and they still fucking lost to an Ohtani walk-off, lmao. I'm actually starting to feel bad for Atlanta now.

With those two still undefeated, I can't wait for the annual Padres-Dodgers catfight in the NLDS (that is until Blake Treinen and Alex Vesia become unhittable again and the Padres go out on another whimper)
 
Looseleaf Paper said:
Nathan Eovaldi has a complete game with 99 pitches, 4H, 0ER, 0BB, 8Ks. I believe it is the first complete game of 2025. I was shitting my pants the entire game tbh.

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That is a MADDUX baby! We have an early contender for Dawg of the Year.

Jack Leiter went 5 and gave up only one hit on 70 pitches yesterday. He probably could have kept going if he didn't have a blister. More and more of my hat is going into the frying pan.

The lack of offensive production is extremely concerning and my heart is in my throat every time I see a 1-0 Rangers lead keep going for several innings. I don't want my favorite team to turn into the Iowa football of baseball, although it would be extremely funny.
 
The Blue Jays are 5-2 to start the year after eking out a split at home against the Orioles and playing slightly better than the Nats for 3 days in a row for a home sweep.

The last time the Jays were 5-2 to start the year was 2011 with Alex Anthopoulos in the front office, Jojo Reyes starting 18 games and Frank Francisco as closer.
 
Akashic Retard said:
Was watching As vs Cubs and noticed the As have Max Muncy on their team. “The Dodgers traded Muncy?” I thought. Nope, just another guy named Max Muncy.
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I think I made mention of the junior Muncy way back when he was drafted, but to make things even weirder, not only were they both drafted by the A's, but they even share the same birthday.
 
So glad baseball is back. Even happier that my Pads are on a heater and locked up Jackson Merrill. Dude is an absolute dawg and an instant legend for signing such a team-friendly contract.
 
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