GDT 8/20 DALLAS BRINGS THE FISH SMOKER

[nsacpi]

Metropolitans win again

 

[UNCBlue012]

Huge win. We were on the brink of being FINNISH

 

[bravesfanforlife88]

Huge win. We were on the brink of being FINNISH

We’ll still blow it in the playoffs (To go with the Major Leagues references)

 

[Heyward]

3rd game in 4 nights for Greene

Guessing he'll be unavailable on Wednesday and just about everyone else should be available.

 

[Jaw]

Metropolitans win again

They may have won the game, but they're losers every day.

 

[weso1]

It was worth getting Hechavarria just to watch that one play.

 

[Jaw]

I have the best contributions. Best.

A lot of really smart people have said so.

 

[Heyward]

Pittsburgh takes a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth.

Stras was only at 92 pitches, and he got pulled, with Doolittle out, kinda a weird decision. Especially since he threw 110 pitches last game in a blowout.

 

[Hulavol]

Great win tonight. Very enjoyable game.
Really like how Dallas pitched.
Fingers crossed Hecc and Mac are ok!

 

[striker42]

Somehow MLB has created a situation where a pitcher can throw at a hitter, have the hitter's team effectively barred from revenge, and have the hitter's manager ejected.

This is what happens when baseball players aren't allowed to police the game themselves.

 

[tululush]

Somehow MLB has created a situation where a pitcher can throw at a hitter, have the hitter's team effectively barred from revenge, and have the hitter's manager ejected.

This is what happens when baseball players aren't allowed to police the game themselves.

And then later in the game hit someone else, accident or not, and not get punished. So our best player gets hit in the ribs on the first pitch of the game, our manager ejected, everyone warned, the same pitcher hits another one of our players and incurs zero punishment. Yeah, that makes total sense. If these are the new rules I hope we come out tomorrow and absolutely smoke their lead off hitter in the ribs. Take our warning and then prevent them from hitting us without ejections.

 

[The Tariff King]

SWING AND A DRIIIIIIIVVVVVEEEEE OOOOOOOFFFFF THE WAAAALLLLLL IN RIIIIGHT

SWENNNNNNGGGGG ANNA DRIVEEEEEE BELTED

 

[Chipper]

SWENNNNNNGGGGG ANNA DRIVEEEEEE BELTED

SWENNNNNNGGGGG ANNA DRIVEEEEEE BELTED!!!!

 

[Tapate50]

Joyce with another good game.

Thank goodness we didn’t pick up someone like Brandon Guyer instead.

 

[thethe]

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[thethe]

Joyce with another good game.

Thank goodness we didn’t pick up someone like Brandon Guyer instead.

Derp

 

[thethe]

Metropolitans win again

Nice of them for taking out the dodgers for us

 

[striker42]

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If McCann is going to miss more than maybe 1 day you pretty much have to add another catcher. You don't want to have play Culberson behind the plate and can't run Flowers out there every day.

 

[thewupk]

Braves are at 85.3% to win the division and 99.7% to make the playoffs

 

[striker42]

And then later in the game hit someone else, accident or not, and not get punished. So our best player gets hit in the ribs on the first pitch of the game, our manager ejected, everyone warned, the same pitcher hits another one of our players and incurs zero punishment. Yeah, that makes total sense. If these are the new rules I hope we come out tomorrow and absolutely smoke their lead off hitter in the ribs. Take our warning and then prevent them from hitting us without ejections.

With the way MLB does it, the aggressor is hugely favored. The Marlins were able to drill Acuna knowing that if Keuchel even grazed a Marlin, it would be seen as retaliation and Keuchel would be tossed. This means Keuchel has to be extra careful about going inside (a benefit for the Marlins).

If Keuchel does accidentally hit someone, he gets ejected and the Braves have to nuke their pen for the rest of the series (another possible good result for the Marlins).

And since the Marlins were the initial aggressor, they had not motive for revenge. Hitting a batter later in the game was clearly an accident and so Hernandez wasn't tossed.

MLB's direction on how to handle these situations allows a team to throw at a batter and then enjoy all kind of protections while not really suffering any drawback. It makes zero sense.

If you're not going to toss Hernandez then you don't need to warn the benches. Either let the players police it or toss the pitcher whenever you have to warn the benches. A team having to go to their pen after one pitch would be motivation for managers to keep a leash on their pitchers.