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Maybe Dodgers pitchers wouldn't get hurt if they were trained to go more than 90 pitches.

You know how many Dodgers starters have hit 200 innings in a season since 2015?
Walker Buehler in 2021. That's it.

LA babies the fukk out of their pitchers. No wonder they can't go 3 months without tearing shoulder or some shyt.

Throwing max effort for those 90 pitches doesn't help either
 

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Throwing max effort for those 90 pitches doesn't help either
It's quite possible the radar gun has ruined pitching.

Yes it's true that the harder a guy throws, the more difficult it is to hit.
But the most successful pitchers in history didn't throw 98 mph all game.

Clemens had a splitter that was in the low 90s or high 80s most of the time.
Pedro had a changeup that was like 78 miles per hour, and his change was like 85.
Maddux came up throwing hard but movement and location was his thing.
Randy Johnson didn't get good until he started learning how to throw strikes, so his 99 mph heaters didn't even matter for the first few years of his career.

People don't even remember that Nolan Ryan had a pretty damn good curveball.

I say all this and it's not exactly like the Dodgers have a rotation of 5 Jordan Hicks out there. I'm only saying...if you focus on what actually matters...location and changing speeds, you don't need to cap pitchers at some stupid number like 90 or 100 pitches or 170 innings or whatever.

I'm not saying anything new. Baseball has known pitching is all about location and changing speeds for 100 years. So why does every team go out here trying to find a guy who throws 97 for 5 innings, then bring in 3-4 relievers who each throw 100 to close it out?

It's just stupid.
 

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It's really dumb as hell that the Dodgers are being willy nilly and just throwing Mookie Betts out there in short.
Crazy mookie agreed but yanks allowed jeter to play ss for years regardless how awful his defense was
 

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MLB really need a new marketing department, it’s opening day and espn only had 1 game..

I know the league has become regional fan base only but damn step your game up
 

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Oakland with the good old 12,000 fans

MLB really need a new marketing department, it’s opening day and espn only had 1 game..

I know the league has become regional fan base only but damn step your game up
I was watching the Giants game and I forgot that Jon Miller was still alive. I always associated him with Sunday Night Baseball and Joe Morgan.
I'm not sure I'd say Miller is a great broadcaster, but I do enjoy his games.

Some guys just sound like they belong in the booth.
Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer...granted, those were two Yankees guys but you know what I mean.

I'll tell you who I don't really like is Matt Vasgersian.
Not a fan of John Sterling either if I'm talking Yankees, even though he's a radio guy.
 

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corbin burnes performed his ass off yesterday. i might have to go downtown for some O's games this year
 

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corbin burnes performed his ass off yesterday. i might have to go downtown for some O's games this year
I'm thinking of taking the Amtrak down to Baltimore to watch a game at Camden Yards this season.
But I might just need to Uber from the station to the hotel, to the park.

Baltimore doesn't sound like the place to stroll around.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, some athletes work hard until they get that fat contract, once they do they have no interest in playing the game anymore. They just wanna sit home and collect the money and for people to leave them alone. Rendon looks like one of these guys, he has zero interest in anything related to baseball anymore. Another example is Yoennis Cespedes.
 

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Mets introduced the team translator on field to great applause from the crowd. Its nice having a translator not under federal investigation.

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