July 31, 20206 yr Too much messing with the sanctity of the game. Too many rule changes. Dumb...dumb...dumb.
July 31, 20206 yr 22 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said: Is this put in place because of wearing down bullpens or something? Weather plus virus postponements.
July 31, 20206 yr Well, it makes sense for this year. On some level I appreciate the fact MLB is able and willing to modify on the fly, on the other hand it is painfully obvious MLB management is an incompetent mess. We are basically one week into this thing and MLB has within the past seven days had a team quarantined, tweaked how the playoffs are set to run, and now determines this seven inning double-header thing.
July 31, 20206 yr This whole so called baseball season is turning into one large bucket of crap. What a nightmare.
July 31, 20206 yr Author 2 hours ago, nkypete said: Weather plus virus postponements. I understand why they would do double headers, but I was curious about them being shortened to 7 innings.
July 31, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, MJAlltheWay24 said: I understand why they would do double headers, but I was curious about them being shortened to 7 innings. I guess they need to be prepared if they need to do multiple double headers several days in a row. MLB not looking good right now in that area.
August 1, 20206 yr How many innings does a starting pitcher have to pitch in a seven inning game to qualify for a win? A save? Four? Two thirds?
August 1, 20206 yr I've figured out how the Reds win it all, double headers are only 7 innings this year, flood the field every other game, never use the pen and collect a ring.
August 2, 20206 yr 21 hours ago, mcpapa said: How many innings does a starting pitcher have to pitch in a seven inning game to qualify for a win? A save? Four? Two thirds? That's a good point papa maybe still 5 but at least 4 I'd think. However with my above post trying to be funny Bell would probably now start pulling pitchers after 3 or 4 innings instead of the 5th or 6th.
August 2, 20206 yr Author Looks like we are getting the Reds first double header today in Detroit, unless the weather doesn't cooperate.
August 2, 20206 yr I think it's fine for this year. Doubleheaders had become pretty uncommon, and obviously that will change this year, as each team only has 6 or 7 scheduled off days all year. Doubleheaders are going to be common with so few off days, and teams could be seeing a couple or more doubleheaders a week. I like the idea that new things are being tried and I think some improvements will come about as a result of this abbreviated season. For example, I thought I'd hate starting with a runner on second in extra innings. Turns out, it's not so bad. Baseball more than any other sport has hard core traditionalists, that are keeping the game from evolving. Let's give things a chance before proclaiming we hate them.
August 3, 20206 yr Hey I may be on to something the Reds pick up a sweep in today's two 7 inning double header sweep.
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