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MLB Pseudo-Season 2020: Roger, Dodgers

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With Joe Maddon as manager I bet we get to see how does as a pitcher in one of his experiment lineups. Anyone ready for Trout on the mound while Shohei Ohtani plays shortstop while Andrelton Simmons switches to right while wearing catchers gear.


Jason
 
Jayson1 said:
With Joe Maddon as manager I bet we get to see how does as a pitcher in one of his experiment lineups. Anyone ready for Trout on the mound while Shohei Ohtani plays shortstop while Andrelton Simmons switches to right while wearing catchers gear.


Jason
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Maddon would be out of a job pretty quick if he put a $36 million dollar a year OF on the mound.
 
bigdaddy said:
Shhh... It's a big deal and we are going to cover it up for the good of the sport.
Or...
Shhh... We fucked up and are now backtracking like hell to cover our mistake.

(I have the feeling the reply will be 'yes'.)
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Like you said, probably just 'yes'. Suspect the biggest problem is that Dombrowski and Cora both have already left the Red Sox, and they said they aren't punishing the players, so trying to figure out what to actually DO about it. Should be less than the Astros' punishment, but with no one to suspend/fire, money and a draft pick look like a slap on the wrist, so what do you do?
 
Scout101 said:
Should be less than the Astros' punishment, but with no one to suspend/fire, money and a draft pick look like a slap on the wrist, so what do you do?
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Ban them from the 2020 post-season, not like anyone is going anyway. :lol:
 
Ban Cora, anyway. Astros didn’t receive any on-field punishments. How about the Red Sox forfeit all April and May games? :)
 
The Astro's punishment is the next season the team doesn't get to play in the MLB. They got to play in the minors and Cora has to dress up as Orbit the Astros mascot during the games.


Jason
 
An interesting object lesson in pitching. I watched MLB Network's rebroadcast of Mark Buerhle's perfect game in 2009. Counting Dewayne Wise's incredible catch in the ninth inning, there were at least half a dozen really hard hit balls by the Tampa Bay hitters - line drives to infielders, hard-hit grounders and rockets to the outfield. Pitchers who are afraid to pitch to contact should be required to watch that game. Buerhle only had six strikeouts with 21 balls in play that were all handled by the other eight fielders. Good things can happen to pitchers who throw to contact.
 
Jim Klag said:
An interesting object lesson in pitching. I watched MLB Network's rebroadcast of Mark Buerhle's perfect game in 2009. Counting Dewayne Wise's incredible catch in the ninth inning, there were at least half a dozen really hard hit balls by the Tampa Bay hitters - line drives to infielders, hard-hit grounders and rockets to the outfield. Pitchers who are afraid to pitch to contact should be required to watch that game. Buerhle only had six strikeouts with 21 balls in play that were all handled by the other eight fielders. Good things can happen to pitchers who throw to contact.
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Pitching to contact has been Kyle Hendricks' bread and butter for his entire career, and Joe Maddon's handling of him drove me utterly insane. He'd panic and toss in Tyler Chatwood or some other dogshit reliever the moment Hendricks got rattled.
 
Timby said:
Pitching to contact has been Kyle Hendricks' bread and butter for his entire career, and Joe Maddon's handling of him drove me utterly insane. He'd panic and toss in Tyler Chatwood or some other dogshit reliever the moment Hendricks got rattled.
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Here's hoping for a bounce-back season for Hendricks....whatever year that ends up being. When he's "on", he's fun to watch. Efficient, calm.
 
How does ARod get the Mets while Jeter gets the crappy Marlins? Totally unfair on a baseball cosmic level.


Jason
 
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