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02-15-2020, 10:51 PM | #244 | |
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Here's a simple thought. If this is just a silly boy's game, then how about hitters guess the pitch that's coming to them. Instead of being tipped off to it. In what ****ing world would a fan be excited about watching a game where every hitter knew exactly what pitch was going to be thrown to them. |
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02-16-2020, 09:03 AM | #246 | |
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Or let's keep it simple... You don't need all this counter espionage shit if teams stopped cheating. Seems like a much simpler solution than expecting teams to go through all this stressful nonsense. |
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02-16-2020, 09:11 AM | #247 | |
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It’s clear you don’t understand the game of baseball, or your argument would make a lot more sense. You can’t just let pitchers throw whatever they want, without the catcher knowing. Have you seen what happens when they get signs mixed up? When a catcher expects a curve but gets a fastball? Catcher sets up inside for a fastball but the pitch become a slider down and away? If you knew what happens when those 2 aren’t on the same page you wouldn’t even suggest something so ignorant. What you are arguing between competitive edge and cheating, is fine. Though you are comparing pitch tipping to setting up cameras, which are two completely different things. Which shows you really don’t understand the difference and are arguing out of ignorance. Here is the difference again, a pitcher holds his glove up above his letters every time he throws a fastball. When he throws an off speed pitch, he holds his glove lower, this is pitch tipping. Not cheating, this is a competitive advantage that is a natural part of the game. A pitcher twists the ball in his glove on a breaking ball, and it moved his glove. He doesn’t do this on fastball pitches, batters notice this. Competitive edge not cheating. A defensive lineman notices the left tackle will set his outside foot further back on passing plays. That same tackle will keep his feet more even on run plays, competitive edge and not cheating. Setting up cameras in the outfield pointed at the catcher, sending that signal to the home dugout. So that players can watch, steal signals, then beat garbage cans on off speed pitches. Cheating. Watching coaches talk to players and reading lips, competitive edge. Using microphones to pick up what they are saying cheating. It’s really not that blurry of a line or even hard to distinguish. It’s why baseball doesn’t have rules against pitch tipping or sign stealing, but they do have rules against using electronic equipment. Being used to sign steal or figure out pitch tipping. |
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02-16-2020, 09:29 AM | #249 |
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Perhaps to combat this they could go to radio comma (in the MLB) for pitchers, catchers, and the dugout (where the dugout can call the suggested pitch and the pitcher can wave it off).
A huge change to the game and the rules, but it would work.
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Yup. At this point you have to. Of course you have to worry about patriots nonsense where stadiums might still try to bug their way into hearing the chatter. But with wearables and cameras it might just be too hard to prevent cheating otherwise.
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the pitchers should wear earflaps around the temples anyway put some microphones in there and call it a day
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