Real Baseball Is Officially Back.

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hatvol96

hatvol96

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You can look at the scoreboard most every night and see it. Proper drug testing has killed the American League slow pitch softball style of play that besmirched the game for so long. Welcome back, Baseball. True fans really missed you.
 
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See, I made a comment like that on here a few weeks ago and people acted like I was crazy.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The pitching numbers don't lie.
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The people who thought I was crazy were more objecting to me implying that juicing was so widespread. I'm no Jose Conseco, but it seems like the drastic shift in the game indicates it WAS.
 
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IPorange said:
The people who thought I was crazy were more objecting to me implying that juicing was so widespread. I'm no Jose Conseco, but it seems like the drastic shift in the game indicates it WAS.
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Anyone who thinks the majority of players weren't dirty from the mid '90s til legit testing was instituted is being willfully blind or is really, really soft mentally.
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
didn't take long for a personal attack
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I just listed the parameters of the majority of the "Like see ball hit far" crowd. It's not my fault they aren't smart enough to mentally follow anything more intricate than the plot to a Jet Li movie.
 
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i think baseball is boring, the pace of the game is to slow. however i would much rather watch baseball than soccer
 
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I think it separates the truly great hitters from the rest of the pack. Albert Pujols is still raking, you see... while the brady andersons or ken caminitis of the world are nowhere to be found.

Hat, do you think both leagues should either recognize or do away with the DH Rule?? I was talkin to my buddy about that idea recently.
 
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Hahahaha alright. I thought i'd get a response like that. sure gives NL pitchers an advantage.
 
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Didn't quite wanna start a thread for this...

Bryce Harper coming down to the wire, as expected. As a nationals fan, I adore the potential there. Without signing him, we'd get our pick of Gerrit Cole and Matt Purke next year, as well as a top ten pick. We'll see how everything works out, but not signing him has a decent alternative.
 
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Dbake005 said:
Didn't quite wanna start a thread for this...

Bryce Harper coming down to the wire, as expected. As a nationals fan, I adore the potential there. Without signing him, we'd get our pick of Gerrit Cole and Matt Purke next year, as well as a top ten pick. We'll see how everything works out, but not signing him has a decent alternative.
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Not signing Harper would be a terrible mistake IMO. You would get a guy like Cole or Purke as compensation, but neither of those guys are talents like Harper is (not a knock on those 2 BTW).
 
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vols kick balls said:
Not signing Harper would be a terrible mistake IMO. You would get a guy like Cole or Purke as compensation, but neither of those guys are talents like Harper is (not a knock on those 2 BTW).
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Oh I know. The potential is really that much different. But for less money and as a compensation pick, those two are excellent. It'll be interesting to see if we sign him, or if he'll be a Pirate...?
 
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I would much rather watch 3-2 game then a slugfest.
I like that the game is getting back to normal...jut look at HR totals, it's amazing how they have fallen( as far as the leaders go anyhow ).
 
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GahLee said:
I would much rather watch 3-2 game then a slugfest.
I like that the game is getting back to normal...jut look at HR totals, it's amazing how they have fallen( as far as the leaders go anyhow ).
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The game is definitely a lot more recognizable for those of us that grew up watching baseball prior to the mid 90s. I can remember when 30 HRs defined a very good power hitter and getting to 40 was considered freakish.
 
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GAVol said:
The game is definitely a lot more recognizable for those of us that grew up watching baseball prior to the mid 90s. I can remember when 30 HRs defined a very good power hitter and getting to 40 was considered freakish.
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Guys were hitting 30 in the first half of the season.
 
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GAVol said:
The game is definitely a lot more recognizable for those of us that grew up watching baseball prior to the mid 90s. I can remember when 30 HRs defined a very good power hitter and getting to 40 was considered freakish.
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Dale Murphy will never have one of these * by his name.
 
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