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  1. OttoC

    Edes: JBJ down to AAA, Betts up

      Yes, but the question is what will be his line at the plate next year when he is 31 going on 32 and what will it be in 2016 when he is 32 going on 33? And he is signed through 2021.
  2. OttoC

    Edes: JBJ down to AAA, Betts up

      But you don't necessarily need to see the RF throwing out base runners. They may choose not to try to go from first to third or second to home because of his arm. If an RF with a noodle arm makes the 30 more catches but the runner always goes from first to third or scores from second on a...
  3. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      Oh, give me a break. 1018 IBBs that take, say, 20 seconds each, will add approximately 339 minutes to the total game times for the 2013 season. 339/(162 x 15) = approx. 14 seconds per game.
  4. OttoC

    MLB batting averages - WTF?

      One year I hit .290 and finished second in the AL batting race." --Danny Cater, 1968   Some of it is just statistical fluctuation but there has been a change in batters' approaches at the plate and I strongly suspect that the pronounced prevalence of shifts has an impact. Going into today's ...
  5. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      Well, as I pointed out, the instances of IBBs aren't really common either. The time they add to a game is almost negligible, so why not the (albeit extremely) rare chance of a batter breaking up the IBB? In 2013, there were 1018 intentional walks in 184873 plate appearances in the major...
  6. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

    There have been suggestions that intentional walks be made automatic as a time-saving measure. Through yesterday, there has been 370 IBB in the AL in 2040 games and 438 in 2044 NL games this year. That is .018 and 0.21 per game, respectively by league and given that it takes very little time to...
  7. OttoC

    Edes: JBJ down to AAA, Betts up

      You generally need more of an arm to play third base than you do second base. He is described on Sox Prospects as having a solid average arm in one place and in another it says that his arm strength is a question when it comes to switching to the shortstop position.
  8. OttoC

    Edes: JBJ down to AAA, Betts up

      Before the deadline, I suggested that trading Pedroia would be a good way to help rebuild the club. I think the politest way to describe comments I received would be to say they contained much derision. I thought it was a natural move. I don't think Pedroia is going to age well at the plate...
  9. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      I'm sure I understood that as well as you understood what I wrote.
  10. OttoC

    4G Android phone megathread

    Yes, and I didn't get that to work either.
  11. OttoC

    4G Android phone megathread

    Got an LG G3 today (T-Mobile). I think I'm impressed but it's going to take me about nine weeks to figure everything out )I'm coming from an Android Gingerbread phone). One thing that is irksome is that the email app lets you add several different sources but the one for Microsoft is Hotmail and...
  12. OttoC

    Is the National League Just Inferior?

    I think it has gone back and forth over the years going back to 1901, depending on relative batting and pitching strengths.
  13. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

    There have been 585959 pitches thrown in 4020 games so far this season in the majors. That works out to about 145.8 per team per game, or 291.6 per game for both teams. If an average of three seconds were cut between the time of each pitch then the time of an average game would be cut by nearly...
  14. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      The players could so something about them, though, by not using such thin-handled bats, being more careful about how they hold maple bats. But my main concern is getting something done before someone gets killed.
  15. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      One of the recent Sea Dog vs. Fisher Cat games had God Bless America, an honor for our Armed Forces, the Star Spangled Banner, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game. I could skip all four.
  16. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      Seems to me that would lengthen game times as there would be constant carping about the defense's positioning. Are they going to add extra lines on the fields to aid umpires in determining whether a corner infielder has exceeded his distance allowed? Is this going to be a rule like the one...
  17. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

    If batting gloves help players grip the bat better why am I seeing so many more players lose their grip on bats than I did back in the '50s, '60's? And for what it's worth, the baseball people I spoke with at the SABR convention earlier this moth tended to agree with me.   I am aware that MLB...
  18. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

    If I were commissioner, I think one of the first rules that I would implement would be that any broken bat that interferes with a player fielding a ball would result in the batter being called out for interference and any base runners would have to hold their positions. This would also go for...
  19. OttoC

    What sorts of issues would you like the new commissioner to address?

      Okay, I see what you are saying but the distance from the edge of the plate to the batter's box is 6 inches. That does not allow the pitcher much margin for error if he is trying to pitch inside to a batter, particularly if he is throwing a pitch that is supposed to break in towards the...
  20. OttoC

    Koji

      Yes, it was a small sample size but so were the numbers for all the other days of rest and one stuck out. However, would it not have been a better refutation of my post to expand the sample size to prove me wrong than posting a small sample size song?   And for what it is worth, here is a...
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