MLB Baseball

[AbrahamG]

Glorious day of baseball.  Tigers moving on and the Red Sox going home to crybaby nation. 

The Tigers/Yankees win!  The Tigers/Yankees win!!

[Coach is Back!]

Glorious day of baseball.  Tigers moving on and the Red Sox going home to crybaby nation. 

The Tigers/Yankees win!  The Tigers/Yankees win!!

Both great games. It’s this time of the year I work mostly from home

[AbrahamG]

Both great games. It’s this time of the year I work mostly from home

Wore my Dodgers hat the other day.  When I was ready to stop being a Tigers fan.  LOL.  Glad the Dodgers are moving on.  That Terry Francona got the Reds into the playoffs is a testament to how great a manager is. 

[Grape Ape]

It really was a glorious day for baseball.

LA got their pitching right in the last month, so they are going to be extremely tough.

Hope someone eliminates them.

But I still think WC 2 and 3 are an abomination, and it shits on the grind of 162.

[AbrahamG]

It really was a glorious day for baseball.

LA got their pitching right in the last month, so they are going to be extremely tough.

Hope someone eliminates them.

But I still think WC 2 and 3 are an abomination, and it shits on the grind of 162.

I agree. Should be 3/5 and every round after that should be 4/7.  I actually want 8 teams from each league like in every other sport.  The more baseball the better.  If 4 more teams are in the hunt for playoff spots, how can it not help attendance throughout the whole leage.  I loved the covid year playoffs.  They should have kept that and gotten rid of that runner on 2nd bullshit in the 10th inning. 

[Grape Ape]

I agree. Should be 3/5 and every round after that should be 4/7.  I actually want 8 teams from each league like in every other sport.  The more baseball the better.  If 4 more teams are in the hunt for playoff spots, how can it not help attendance throughout the whole leage.  I loved the covid year playoffs.  They should have kept that and gotten rid of that runner on 2nd bullshit in the 10th inning.

You mean 8 teams total or 8 from the AL and NL each?

[AbrahamG]

You mean 8 teams total or 8 from the AL and NL each?

8 from each.

[Grape Ape]

8 from each.

I respectfully disagree.

The way baseball works, any team can beat any team in a small sample.  It's baseball math.

If you bother to play 162 games, and then give an 81 win team a chance to move on vs a 95 win team by winning two games, it rips apart the absolute grind it takes to play well over 162.

The 162 has to matter.  The more teams let in goes against that.

[AbrahamG]

I respectfully disagree.

The way baseball works, any team can beat any team in a small sample.  It's baseball math.

If you bother to play 162 games, and then give an 81 win team a chance to move on vs a 95 win team by winning two games, it rips apart the absolute grind it takes to play well over 162.

The 162 has to matter.  The more teams let in goes against that.

I respect your valid opinion but I still have to disagree.  Playoff baseball is amazing. 

[Grape Ape]

I respect your valid opinion but I still have to disagree.  Playoff baseball is amazing.

It IS amazing.

Which is why it should be extremely hard to participate in it.

Hope we see each other in the ALCS.

[Irongrip400]

I agree. Should be 3/5 and every round after that should be 4/7.  I actually want 8 teams from each league like in every other sport.  The more baseball the better.  If 4 more teams are in the hunt for playoff spots, how can it not help attendance throughout the whole leage.  I loved the covid year playoffs.  They should have kept that and gotten rid of that runner on 2nd bullshit in the 10th inning.

I don’t follow baseball. What’s the second base in the 10th inning that thing?

[AbrahamG]

I don’t follow baseball. What’s the second base in the 10th inning that thing?

In an effort to avoid multiple extra innings in games, each team starts the 10th inning with the batter who made the last out in the 9th inning on 2nd base.

[SF1900]

What an utterly boring sport.

[GymnJuice]

In an effort to avoid multiple extra innings in games, each team starts the 10th inning with the batter who made the last out in the 9th inning on 2nd base.

WTF. I don't follow baseball closely, so I didn't even realize that had happened. That sucks.

[SF1900]

WTF. I don't follow baseball closely, so I didn't even realize that had happened. That sucks.

You don’t watch it anymore because it’s utterly boring. Imagine a four hour sport game that is so slow moving and unexciting.

[joswift]

In an effort to avoid multiple extra innings in games, each team starts the 10th inning with the batter who made the last out in the 9th inning on 2nd base.

So whos on first base?

[Humble Narcissist]

What an utterly boring sport.

The more exciting and violent sports have made baseball a shell of what it used to be.

[webstar]

I’m not sure if I am a fan of the best of 3 wild card.

I do like the one and done

But October baseball is great.

NFL is in the thick of the season as well 

[Grape Ape]

WTF. I don't follow baseball closely, so I didn't even realize that had happened. That sucks.

The players actually like it, because it doesn't drag out extra inning games.

I'm not a fan, but I get it.

They don't do it in the playoffs though.

[Humble Narcissist]

I’m not sure if I am a fan of the best of 3 wild card.

I do like the one and done

But October baseball is great.

NFL is in the thick of the season as well

With both college and pro basketball starting soon. A sports bettor's dream.

[Grape Ape]

You don’t watch it anymore because it’s utterly boring. Imagine a four hour sport game that is so slow moving and unexciting.

Imagine thinking it's a four hour game.

The average length of nine-inning MLB games continues to fall well below the three-hour mark. Nine-inning games during the 2025 season have, on average, clocked in at 2 hours, 38 minutes through Thursday, marking the third straight season in which the average game time was 2:40 or shorter.

Epically uninformed

Monster misinformation to belabor a point

Brutal ignoring of data

https://packaged-media.redd.it/0wpvq4maclsf1/pb/m2-res_1080p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1759518000&s=5dd24d3620e48e22767a8d90ee962a8485156cad

[SF1900]

Imagine thinking it's a four hour game.

Epically uninformed

Monster misinformation to belabor a point

Brutal ignoring of data

https://packaged-media.redd.it/0wpvq4maclsf1/pb/m2-res_1080p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1759518000&s=5dd24d3620e48e22767a8d90ee962a8485156cad

I just googled it. Im getting between 2 hours and 40 minutes to 3 hours.

Still too long to watch. Its about as exciting as watching paint dry.

[SF1900]

The more exciting and violent sports have made baseball a shell of what it used to be.

I can tolerate going to the stadium and watching a game while eating a 10 dollar hotdog and 10 dollar beer (or whatever the price). And even then, after the 6th inning, I want to go home.

[Irongrip400]

You don’t watch it anymore because it’s utterly boring. Imagine a four hour sport game that is so slow moving and unexciting.

You’re thinking of golf.

[njflex]

the kid that started for yankees pitched a game of games 2 and 4 seam fastballs avg 98/100 per pitch 8 innings very justin verlander like ,,all he needed was 1 run they scored 4 ..