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As ive eclipsed the 40 year mark I’ve realized some of the changes in my life that i would have assumed to be boring are now welcomed. MLB doesn’t care about me they know my eyeballs are as guaranteed as my mortage/kids college/car payment- and not necessarily in that order. In discussions with a wide strata of friends- what if we as fans could actually issue a baseballbill of rights?
1- chuck the oversized bases. 35 year old paul Goldschmidt should not have 7 stolen bases on may 20th. It’s stupid. I love the run we have been on but im tired of seeing guys with above avg speed get on base then steal 2nd..then 3rd..as if it 12U girls softball- and i bet the clip is probably worse to be honest.
Im a capitalist- but even new coke got a second chance to rebuild itself with an “vintage” stance. I miss my game. Is there any chance some of these changes can be rebranded or redacted?Rant over.
Goldschmidt has always been very good on the bases. In his younger days, he had a 32-steal season (in 37 tries). That is the same total as Edman’s best year to date. Goldy has more than 150 stolen bases over his MLB career with a very strong 82.4% success rate.
I’m gonna say the 3-4:inches closer the bases are is not the reason Goldschmidt has 7 stolen bases.
I do want automated balls and strikes.
I have the same view on both of these. Pitch clock and step off limitations play a bigger role in base stealing now.
Even though the Cards benefitted from a bad called strike last night, for some reason I tend to notice the ones against the Cards more. It’s irritating. Umps miss a lot behind the plate, too many. Tennis had the same issue with missed line calls. Amazing how many calls are missed and you can see them clearly with the super slo-mo, high res cameras on the lines. Happens several times every match that calls are overturned, often very obvious even without the aid of technology. Also, irritating just like it is in baseball, the players and everybody in the stadium usually know when a call is missed. Only the line judge and chair umpire seem to miss it. Human eyes have trouble following balls flying around at 140 mph. Tennis no longer has this problem. So many said it was a bad idea, resisted change and didn’t trust the technology. Now the consensus is just the opposite. Players like not getting screwed over on crucial points.
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