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Baseball

Auggie

(31,915 posts) Sat May 29, 2021, 01:55 PM May 2021

The insanity of MLB [View all]

Rob Manfred whines about the lack of offense but allows the league to schedule games with 4:15 pm start times when infield shadows make it the most difficult time of day to hit a pitched ball (but TV can maximize ratings profits).

Giants vs Dodgers today, 4:15 PST. I'll predict this low-scoring game is decided in the late innings by a Max Muncy home run.

Anyone else?

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The insanity of MLB [View all] Auggie May 2021 OP

Seems like it'd be easy to compile statistics that would (dis)prove your thesis ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #1

Batters say it's really difficult to see the ball Auggie May 2021 #4

You're talking anecdotal evidence, I'm saying it should be easy to prove or disprove this idea Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #7

TV ratings always seem to rule over all professional sports starting times. Diamond_Dog May 2021 #2

+1 Auggie May 2021 #5

I would whine about the lack of huge hitters like Teddy Baseball, The Babe, empedocles May 2021 #3

At least they didn't make you play in the rain in a game they knew they'd never finish NightWatcher May 2021 #6

Correction: no infield shadows at start time in Dodger stadium Auggie May 2021 #8