Around Baseball 2019

[Jonn]

Would have been nice if they gave the players hand in designing the uniform. My guess is they would opt to go for a very classic and retro look with a lot of colour.

[Orgfiller]

Hmm, well I'm pretty sure the Braves position players weren't wearing white hats. Have to look more closely next inning. It just looks plain stupid to me.

 

Yeah the team with the white uniforms has the pitchers wearing black hats. The black uniforms are all black for everyone.

[Abomination]

Yeah the team with the white uniforms has the pitchers wearing black hats. The black uniforms are all black for everyone.

 

To me, it just looks plain stupid. So unless that's the message they're trying to associate with something, they're failing spectacularly.

[Orgfiller]

To me, it just looks plain stupid. So unless that's the message they're trying to associate with something, they're failing spectacularly.

 

The uniforms are awful. Whoever commissioned, designed and approved these made a spectacular failure and went completely against the spirit of Players' Weekend.

[glory]

MLB needs to hire a bunch of 20-somethings who are familiar with social trends and what a younger audience wants, and go from there. This is embarrassing. Provides absolutely no value to the viewer and is an eye sore. They won't gain a single fan with this s***.

[Orgfiller]

In baseball news, deGrom is on a ridiculous level of dominance currently. He's just mowing down the Braves.

[Orgfiller]

DeGrom has 12 strikeouts in 6 innings and now a homerun as his team's only run of the game. Talk about doing it all.

[Spanky__99]

That was hit on a pretty good pitch, too.

[Spanky__99]

The uniforms are awful. Whoever commissioned, designed and approved these made a spectacular failure and went completely against the spirit of Players' Weekend.

 

Wouldn't the players decide on them?

[Orgfiller]

Wouldn't the players decide on them?

 

I can pretty much guarantee that the players weren't clamouring for plain black and plain white jerseys where you can't even read their nicknames.

[Spanky__99]

Huh? deGrom is wearing a black hat contrary to every other player on the field. Matz in the dugout is also wearing a black hat.

 

The white hat isn't allowed for the pitchers, so the batters don't have trouble picking up the ball, lol.

[Spanky__99]

I can pretty much guarantee that the players weren't clamouring for plain black and plain white jerseys where you can't even read their nicknames.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Spanky__99]

Thomas Skaggs, lol... dumbass!

[Spanky__99]

Aristides "The Punisher" Aquino... another big game, the league just might have another superstar.

[Orgfiller]

The Braves just asked Charlie Culberson to bunt Billy Hamilton over to second, one of the best base stealers in the league...NL baseball is the worst.

[Jimcanuck]

Aristides "The Punisher" Aquino... another big game, the league just might have another superstar.

 

he's just like Austin Riley when he first came up

[Spanky__99]

he's just like Austin Riley when he first came up

 

Yeah, yeah, you own them, I get it.

[Jimcanuck]

Yeah, yeah, you own them, I get it.

 

pro tip - get J-Rod stock wherever you can

[Ex Player]

 

f***ing awful

Toronto cricket team

[Spanky__99]

pro tip - get J-Rod stock wherever you can

 

lol... pro tip???

[glory]

The Mets drew 3 straight walks in the 10th but due to the umps it resulted in 2 outs and a single.

 

Robo umps need to happen yesterday.

[Spanky__99]

What a play by Kemp!

[Spanky__99]

Wow... Dodgers!

[glory]

Hoping for a Yankees/Dodgers World Series. Two big markets and the two best teams. Good for baseball and baseball fans.

[Spanky__99]

Hoping for a Yankees/Dodgers World Series. Two big markets and the two best teams. Good for baseball and baseball fans.

 

I agree, best on best err... wait there's the Stros in this dance, oh Indians too??? Oh, Washington's peaking... look out.

[43211234]

Fangraphs added park factors to its pitch framing numbers.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/pitch-framing-park-factors/

 

They seem crazy high and I wonder if some of the commenters in the article are correct and maybe they're a function of slight differences in the instruments that measure the pitch location.

[saskjayfan]

Donaldson with a couple of bombs in the lead up to his trip back to Toronto.....Hope he gets a nice ovation from the crowd.

[Ex Player]

Donaldson with a couple of bombs in the lead up to his trip back to Toronto.....Hope he gets a nice ovation from the crowd

He better not get booed. He's done a lot for this club

[DigitalRock]

He better not get booed. He's done a lot for this club

 

Why would he get boo'd? Joey bats got a standing Ovation so will JD i'd wager.

[Ex Player]

Why would he get boo'd? Joey bats got a standing Ovation so will JD i'd wager.

There's always a few (drunk?) idiots in the crowd