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That 1998 team is one of my all-time favourites. I really enjoyed the whole MLB season in '98, in fact, because at that young age I didn't know or care about the steroid rumours, I was just so impressed by all the numbers and records being broken that year.
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I said it might just be the most unbreakable, and I referenced Tatis' 2 Grand Slams last week in a post about Kerry Wood's 20-K game, so I'm aware how rare a feat it is. I was thinking more of season records than game records. Obviously, 300+ IP/30-something Complete Games would be the most unbreakable going forward, yah, but it has been done many, many times in the live-ball era, as recently as 1980 for 300 IP and 1975 for 30 CGs, whereas the 56-game hitting streak stands alone (the two other longest hitting streaks in the past 100 years are 44 and 40—not close). My post, however, was more of a "today in baseball history," and the unbreakable record part was merely the coda. The point wasn't to make a statement on what the most unbreakable record in baseball is, but if it were, I probably would have picked Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games (Gehrig is second, with 500 games fewer, and then everyone else is way behind). And, hey, I'll apologize to you for calling you a 'right-wing JimCanuck' last month, because it's clear your bitter self-seriousness is more like a right-wing Max Silver
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Totally agree (but it's a little nit-picky to go to the first year of the live-ball era and pick the top pitcher that year, even if those records still stand, as I'm sure there are other more recent records that are a little more unattainable than the 56-game hitting streak).
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... Live-ball era.
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79 years ago today, Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-4 with an RBI single, starting his historic 56-game hitting streak. It's the longest streak ever, 12 games better than any other since. And considering the way the game has changed in the decades since, it might just be the most unbreakable record in baseball. During the streak, DiMaggio went 91 for 223 (.408) with 35 extra-base hits, 55 RBI and just 5 strikeouts. From May 15 to July 16, DiMaggio raised his average from .306 to .375 on the back of 22 multi-hit games (also, getting at least one hit a day tends to help in that department). His streak reached 18 against the Indians on June 1, when third baseman Ken Keltner couldn't quite handle a hard liner off Joe's bat. Keltner filed that away for later, though, and on July 17, when Yankees played the Indians again, Keltner made sure to play DiMaggio deeper, robbing him twice with backhanded grabs. And the streak was over that day. By the way, in his 13-season career, DiMaggio hit 361 homers ... and struck out 369 times. https://www.mlb.com/news/1941-joe-dimaggio-hit-streak-ted-williams-c184398148
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Looking back, I can't believe he got snubbed for the AL All-Star Team in '96. His 1st half was better than every SP's 1st half on that AS team. And then he went on to have an even stronger 2nd half, winning the ERA title and leading the league in WHIP.
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lol, had not come across this before.
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Yah, I'm surprised your contrarian streaks have taken you to where you're now defending the owners, but have at it, amigito.
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They're still getting cheques, although only through the end of May.
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lol, it was half a sentence, but ya tu sabes! CNN en Español Yes, I read that part, too. But the owners and the union came to an agreement back in March when that 'national emergency' clause was applicable, and so now they'll have to negotiate the next deal with that agreement as a starting point. I'm a pure Marxist when it comes to baseball. Marx believed in the labour theory of value, that labour creates all value and should get all the rewards. I'm almost that way in baseball. MLB is an enormous economic success, and that success is created by the players. Almost 2.5 million fans tuned in to see live MLB games last year—not one of them did so to see an owner. They all want to see the ballplayers, so the ballplayers ought to get most of the revenue. Who could object to that!? Movie stars make a hundred million dollars to star in Hollywood pablum. Who is contributing more to the national interest, somebody like Mike Trout or somebody like Robert Downy Jr.?
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Yah, I was rather surprised when I read earlier today that some players are considering sitting out the season. "Earlier this week, we spoke to a prominent agent who said that "no question" some players will sit out this season for this reason. They will look at the possibility of taking a further pay cut from an already prorated salary and deem the risk not worth the reward." Link is here And then later today: "Will those players be allowed to sit without pay -- but also without penalty from their employers? How will their service time be calculated?" Link is here It's going to be a giant mess no matter what, but beggars can't be choosers so I'll be happy just to watch at least some of them play ball for 80 games.
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"There's a strong Frank Grimes vibe coming out of this one."
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lol, frijoles... It doesn't matter what some woman agent said, dude. My point is that the union will not accept a deal that sets a bad precedent for them, especially going into next year's CBA negotiations, and so this revenue sharing plan is a nonstarter for them. And you seem to be confused as to what Force Majeure means exactly. It is included in the CBA between the owners and players in the NBA, but it doesn't apply to the current CBA in MLB, all of which can be found in the link here. Use Command-F to look for words and phrases like “force majeure,” “act of God,” “pandemic,” “epidemic,” or “virus” and you'll see that they're not included.
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That's not at all a comparable situation. In fact, you're not going to find an apple-to-apples comparison out there, as baseball's employer-employee situation is legally sui generis.
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All MLBPA concessions made in the eventual agreement for the 2020 season will set precedent for the CBA next year, and that's why the players are taking the stance they're taking. If they agree to this deal, they stand to lose money over many seasons, whereas the owners might lose money for just one season. It's not as simple as the players are being babies and the owners are being greedy. It's business.
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Barkerfan23 is "crying like a baby online. f*** him and f*** the rest of the [trolls]. shut this s*** down."
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https://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/misc.php?do=bbcode
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I get it, it’s this site that’s stupid and not you.
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Considering they speak about as much English as you speak Spanish, it’s obviously a joke...
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100% Tied baseball games used to happen all the time.
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Calm down, dude. I agree with you, and thanked your post earlier saying it'd be better to have ties, and I've thanked every post saying it's stupid to have a runner on 2nd in extra innings. My post was a response to Grant's question on whether the ad revenue from TV ratings in extra innings would be enough to offset the costs. For the record, I love extra inning games and do not support any rule changes that would effect their length.
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I don't have time to listen to all his old podcasts to see where he went into the ratings issue for extra inning games, so I just DM'd him directly: So, yah, that's his 19 seasons of looking at TV ratings. And it's rather obvious, as we're talking about games that go beyond 12 innings (because that's when they would place a runner on 2nd, like they do in the minors). And with the average runtime of over 3 hours for a 9 inning game, add on another 4 innings and we're looking at games going past primetime (which ends at 11 PM).
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Well, Grant, this is not only common sense, but also common knowledge around baseball. Here is a clip from last years ‘Business of Baseball’ program on the MLB Network where a bunch of GMs at the December 2019 Winter Meetings went on record saying the next rule change they’d all like to see would be “anything that would allow us not to have those roster-crushing games.” https://www.mlb.com/video/business-of-baseball-evolving-game If you’d like specific numbers, former Marlins president Dave Samson did half a podcast on how much it costs a team to go deep into extra innings. I can’t remember the exact episode, but it was about 4-6 weeks ago.
