World Series Thread

[desbcoach]

Pretty sad to see such shitty home plate umpire with his crappy balls and strike calls. Changed the out come of this game 3 IMO

[Bil522]

I can't even think of the weapon to beat the shit eating grin off of his face. I bet John Stanton pays him to fuck his old hag wife. So gross.

But how do you really feel about Bradford?

An even better question is who is the Mariner equivalent of Bradford, although that's an easy one: Dylan Moore.

That is unfair, Dilly has had good games for the M's over the years...has Bradford had a good game for the Seahawks yet?

[Bil522]

Will Klein was traded by the M's to the Dodgers on June 2, 2025

[Michael K.]

Turned on game 3 after the 6th inning tonight. What a game..

Amazing game!

[Sibelius Hindemith]

To me, playing an additional 9 inning game was stupid and unnecessary. It doesn't make it a great game just a long and tortuous one. That's how i felt about the extra inning game against Houston 3 years ago.

[bhofferb]

To me, playing an additional 9 inning game was stupid and unnecessary. It doesn't make it a great game just a long and tortuous one. That's how i felt about the extra inning game against Houston 3 years ago.

Sadly, a game like this will probably make MLB decide to use the ghost runner in the playoffs, which is a stupid idea

[Michael K.]

To me, playing an additional 9 inning game was stupid and unnecessary. It doesn't make it a great game just a long and tortuous one. That's how i felt about the extra inning game against Houston 3 years ago.

Sadly, a game like this will probably make MLB decide to use the ghost runner in the playoffs, which is a stupid idea

I've never understood how this makes the game end sooner? It's not like only one team gets a chance to score the runner from second. The only way this is an advantage is if the visiting team doesn't score. Then you can easily bunt the runner over and try to win it with a fly ball. But how does giving both teams a runner at second base ensure that the game will end sooner?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Playing 18 innings is a stupid idea. Can you imagine staying up until 2:15 in the morning just to see your team lose after enduring 8.5 additional scoreless innings? That would turn me off baseball for life.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Basically those last 9 innings was like watching two Mariner teams playing against each other with every player hacking away hoping to get lucky and hit one out.

[D-train]

To me, playing an additional 9 inning game was stupid and unnecessary. It doesn't make it a great game just a long and tortuous one. That's how i felt about the extra inning game against Houston 3 years ago.

Sadly, a game like this will probably make MLB decide to use the ghost runner in the playoffs, which is a stupid idea

I've never understood how this makes the game end sooner? It's not like only one team gets a chance to score the runner from second. The only way this is an advantage is if the visiting team doesn't score. Then you can easily bunt the runner over and try to win it with a fly ball. But how does giving both teams a runner at second base ensure that the game will end sooner?

Because it dramatically increases the chances of scoring at least one run every inning.

Before the "ghost runner" rule, extra-inning MLB games averaged about 11.3 innings, while after the rule was implemented (in 2020), the average length decreased to around 10.3 innings. The ghost runner rule, which places a runner on second base to start each extra inning, was designed to increase scoring and shorten games, and data shows it has been successful in reducing the average number of innings played.
Before the ghost runner rule (pre-2020)
Average innings: Approximately 11.3 innings.
Average game time: While a precise average isn't consistently available across studies, games went longer, with some studies indicating an average of 11.3 innings, which is one inning longer than after the rule was implemented.
Longer games: A significant percentage of extra-inning games (around 19% in 2019) lasted 13 or more innings, a number that dropped dramatically after the rule was introduced.