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Bucky Dent and Aaron Boone were part of the biggest playoff moments in baseball history precisely BECAUSE they're random Joes.
Nobody cares about them but their fan bases

you need legendary dudes to expand your game. shyt meantba whole lot more that it was Freddie going crazy in the WS than if it was Tommie Edman
 

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Bucky Dent and Aaron Boone were part of the biggest playoff moments in baseball history precisely BECAUSE they're random Joes.
fukk them. :unimpressed:

This rule isn't gonna go through but I do think it'd be wildly entertaining during the regular season.

There was outrage about the man on second i extras, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about the pitch clock, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about three batter minimums for relievers, but it's been awesome.
 

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Nobody cares about them but their fan bases

you need legendary dudes to expand your game. shyt meantba whole lot more that it was Freddie going crazy in the WS than if it was Tommie Edman
Yeah. You're wrong.
 

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fukk them. :unimpressed:

This rule isn't gonna go through but I do think it'd be wildly entertaining during the regular season.

There was outrage about the man on second i extras, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about the pitch clock, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about three batter minimums for relievers, but it's been awesome.
The runner on second in extra innings rule will always be dumb.
:unimpressed:
 

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fukk them. :unimpressed:

This rule isn't gonna go through but I do think it'd be wildly entertaining during the regular season.

There was outrage about the man on second i extras, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about the pitch clock, but it's been awesome. There was outrage about three batter minimums for relievers, but it's been awesome.
I'm sure you cry yourself to sleep that poor Robert Horry made those game winners instead of Kobe.
 

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I'm sure you cry yourself to sleep that poor Robert Horry made those game winners instead of Kobe.
One flaw of baseball is that the best players don't always settle things in the final inning. It's the only sport that can say this.

I'm not dismissing the purity aspect of this and needing 1-9 to contribute but from a purely entertainment standpoint, this sucks. Juan Soto hits a three run HR in the bottom of the eighth to bring his team within two but he's not gonna hit in the ninth takes some air out of the moment.
 

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How can I be wrong about this lol

this would make baseball more fun

welp Griffey 5 batters away


game over tv off lol



naw fukk that

Griffey leading off

boom solo Homer

tied game
This would make the games much more fun during the regular season, which is an absolute slog.
 

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Just gonna throw more ideas out:
When this golden batter rule is activated, the opposing team should be allowed to swap either a position player or pitcher from the other team. Gotta be fair.
:manny:
 

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One flaw of baseball is that the best players don't always settle things in the final inning. It's the only sport that can say this.

I'm not dismissing the purity aspect of this and needing 1-9 to contribute but from a purely entertainment standpoint, this sucks. Juan Soto hits a three run HR in the bottom of the eighth to bring his team within two but he's not gonna hit in the ninth takes some air out of the moment.
It's not a flaw.
You have a team for a reason and there is so much variance in baseball you can't even guarantee a big moment even if you try to rig it.

We just saw Aaron Judge flop all goddamn October. If this stupid ass idea was in place you'd have likely just seen MORE failures out of this guy and this dumb ass golden bat idea would look even more fukkin stupid.

Part of the magic of sports is that you never know what is going to happen or who is going to rise to an occasion.

This is BASIC stuff
 

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It's not a flaw.
You have a team for a reason and there is so much variance in baseball you can't even guarantee a big moment even if you try to rig it.

We just saw Aaron Judge flop all goddamn October. If this stupid ass idea was in place you'd have likely just seen MORE failures out of this guy and this dumb ass golden bat idea would look even more fukkin stupid.

Part of the magic of sports is that you never know what is going to happen or who is going to rise to an occasion.

This is BASIC stuff
This would just be for the regular season, not the playoffs. :unimpressed:
 
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