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[D-train]

I also think pitch framing is a weird unsportsmanlike phenomena....

Do you think this is similar to playing the shift?

I hate shifts, but I am not sure I think they are unsportsmanlike. Here's an interesting article from last year:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... e-changes/

And then again, I kind of feel that, like, if your only job - one for which you get paid $4M a year - is to hit a baseball where the players ain't, surely to god you can pull the batting coach aside and ask how you can stop fucking pulling the baseball.

I love offense but I have zero issues with the shift. It is absurd to me to force guys to play where it is less likely the ball will be hit to them. It would be like telling basketball players they can only guard post players at the 3 point line or 3 point shooting guards in the paint. Hit it where they ain't!

Pitch framing is different because it involves deception, essentially slight of hand. Its not some steroid use like transgression but pitchers shouldn't be rewarded for throwing balls because the ump is impressed with how smooth the catcher is.

[Juliooooo]

I also think pitch framing is a weird unsportsmanlike phenomena....

Do you think this is similar to playing the shift?

I hate shifts, but I am not sure I think they are unsportsmanlike. Here's an interesting article from last year:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... e-changes/

And then again, I kind of feel that, like, if your only job - one for which you get paid $4M a year - is to hit a baseball where the players ain't, surely to god you can pull the batting coach aside and ask how you can stop fucking pulling the baseball.

I love offense but I have zero issues with the shift. It is absurd to me to force guys to play where it is less likely the ball will be hit to them. It would be like telling basketball players they can only guard post players at the 3 point line or 3 point shooting guards in the paint. Hit it where they ain't!

Pitch framing is different because it involves deception, essentially slight of hand. Its not some steroid use like transgression but pitchers shouldn't be rewarded for throwing balls because the ump is impressed with how smooth the catcher is.

I hate pitch framing because it punishes players with a good eye at times. The shift only punishes players because of the holes in their games

[D-train]

Do you think this is similar to playing the shift?

I hate shifts, but I am not sure I think they are unsportsmanlike. Here's an interesting article from last year:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... e-changes/

And then again, I kind of feel that, like, if your only job - one for which you get paid $4M a year - is to hit a baseball where the players ain't, surely to god you can pull the batting coach aside and ask how you can stop fucking pulling the baseball.

I love offense but I have zero issues with the shift. It is absurd to me to force guys to play where it is less likely the ball will be hit to them. It would be like telling basketball players they can only guard post players at the 3 point line or 3 point shooting guards in the paint. Hit it where they ain't!

Pitch framing is different because it involves deception, essentially slight of hand. Its not some steroid use like transgression but pitchers shouldn't be rewarded for throwing balls because the ump is impressed with how smooth the catcher is.

I hate pitch facing because it punishes players with a good eye at times. The shift only punishes players because of the holes in their games

Great Points!!

[ddraig]

Get rid of the high strike zone and scores will go up, SO's go down, and the game will be more interesting.

[Bil522]

Do you think this is similar to playing the shift?

I hate shifts, but I am not sure I think they are unsportsmanlike. Here's an interesting article from last year:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... e-changes/

And then again, I kind of feel that, like, if your only job - one for which you get paid $4M a year - is to hit a baseball where the players ain't, surely to god you can pull the batting coach aside and ask how you can stop fucking pulling the baseball.

I love offense but I have zero issues with the shift. It is absurd to me to force guys to play where it is less likely the ball will be hit to them. It would be like telling basketball players they can only guard post players at the 3 point line or 3 point shooting guards in the paint. Hit it where they ain't!

Pitch framing is different because it involves deception, essentially slight of hand. Its not some steroid use like transgression but pitchers shouldn't be rewarded for throwing balls because the ump is impressed with how smooth the catcher is.

I hate pitch framing because it punishes players with a good eye at times. The shift only punishes players because of the holes in their games

The opposite is true as well, where pitchers throw strikes and they are called balls no matter how great the pitch framing is. Even with instant replay some calls are missed. Robo umps are not flawless. Instead of a garbage can, the Astros will somehow hack the cameras and robo umps to gain an advantage and no one will be the wiser. Or better yet, a gambling syndicate hacks into the robos and changes the parameters of a strike so that they make tons of cash.

And those are just the criminal things that could happen. Batters will learn what the exact strike zone is, so no more flailing at the slider that breaks a foot....or the splitter in the dirt that the hitter lunges at to make the final out of an inning. The pitcher will have to be within the strike zone for every pitch because that robo ump will punish you otherwise. Batters will learn anything not straight just let it go because it will probably drift outside the strike zone. Game times will increase because every pitch will have to be perfect.

I like instant replay but I hate the idea of robo umps.

[D-train]

I love offense but I have zero issues with the shift. It is absurd to me to force guys to play where it is less likely the ball will be hit to them. It would be like telling basketball players they can only guard post players at the 3 point line or 3 point shooting guards in the paint. Hit it where they ain't!

Pitch framing is different because it involves deception, essentially slight of hand. Its not some steroid use like transgression but pitchers shouldn't be rewarded for throwing balls because the ump is impressed with how smooth the catcher is.

I hate pitch framing because it punishes players with a good eye at times. The shift only punishes players because of the holes in their games

The opposite is true as well, where pitchers throw strikes and they are called balls no matter how great the pitch framing is. Even with instant replay some calls are missed. Robo umps are not flawless. Instead of a garbage can, the Astros will somehow hack the cameras and robo umps to gain an advantage and no one will be the wiser. Or better yet, a gambling syndicate hacks into the robos and changes the parameters of a strike so that they make tons of cash.

And those are just the criminal things that could happen. Batters will learn what the exact strike zone is, so no more flailing at the slider that breaks a foot....or the splitter in the dirt that the hitter lunges at to make the final out of an inning. The pitcher will have to be within the strike zone for every pitch because that robo ump will punish you otherwise. Batters will learn anything not straight just let it go because it will probably drift outside the strike zone. Game times will increase because every pitch will have to be perfect.

I like instant replay but I hate the idea of robo umps.

I couldn't disagree more with pretty much any of that....