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An 82-game season? A universal DH? Key takeaways from MLB's 2020 proposal: MLB owners approved a proposal that aims to have Major League Baseball back in early July. Commissioner Rob Manfred reportedly plans to present the proposal to players Tuesday.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:31 AM on May 12, 2020 - 2 comments
VAR Has One Job, And It's Failing Miserably At It: The most common complaint against VAR—or any form of video review in sports—in one of aesthetics. If referees insist on stopping the game for several minutes to double check every key play, the thinking goes, all the drama and intensity and emotion of the biggest moments will be lost, and the celebrations of fans will be replaced by hesitance and trepidation while they wait to confirm that what they just saw with their own eyes actually happened. It’s a fine argument, one that at least a strong minority of sports fans would agree with. But most leagues around the world have chosen to ignore it. If the game gets delayed for a bit, they’ve decided, that’s okay, because it’s a small price to pay to avoid controversy and make sure officials are making an objectively correct call.
posted by bender to soccer at 04:34 PM on June 24, 2019 - 8 comments
Altuve Ruled Out on Fan Interference in ALCS Game 4: Mookie Betts tries to make a play at the wall on a Jose Altuve hit, and the umpires rule that a fan interfered and call Altuve out.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:22 AM on October 18, 2018 - 20 comments
Mesut Özil is leaving the German National Football Team over DFB's reaction to a photo he took with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in May.: Mesut Özil tweeted a three-part statement Sunday regarding the photo incident, his Turkish heritage, and the backlash he has received--particularly from DFB President Reinhard Grindel. He concluded, "It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect. I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't."
posted by bender to soccer at 01:27 PM on July 23, 2018 - 4 comments
TBT Announces Elam Ending to Be Used in All TBT2018 Games: First implemented during TBT’s play-in round in 2017, the “Elam Ending” – designed by Mensa member and basketball super fan Dr. Nick Elam – eliminates deliberate fouling at the end of games, ensures the final minutes are played at the same pace and flow as the rest of the game, and guarantees every game ends on a made basket. Under the rule, at the first dead ball after the four minute mark in the fourth quarter, the game clock shuts off. A Target Score is set by adding seven to the leading team’s score. The first team to reach the Target Score wins.
posted by bender to basketball at 04:14 PM on July 22, 2018 - 6 comments
So, on the new rules for this season, do we think the universal DH or the runner on 2nd for extra innings are one-and-done or here to stay?
I miss sports as much as anyone around here, but in addition to FLsportsman's concern, I'm also skeptical that the US will pull off any sustained sporting activities this year, as we don't appear to have the collective attention span or commitment to stick to the required COVID-19 measures. I'd very much like to be proven wrong on that.
posted by bender at 01:37 PM on June 26, 2020
I do not know much about NASCAR or Bubba Wallace, but even for a black (apparently) driver, this strikes me as a fairly significant statement given the venue. I hope some other drivers join him--which could really move the needle.
posted by bender at 11:26 AM on June 10, 2020
Indeed. (Re: Joey Votto)
posted by bender at 09:50 AM on June 08, 2020
Nobody say "Carpe Peloris!" around the President. He might get ideas.
posted by bender at 03:05 PM on June 01, 2020
Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle tweeted out a number of concerns regarding personnel safety and availability of testing he hoped to be addressed in the proposal.
posted by bender at 09:34 AM on May 12, 2020
ESPN had marble racing and slippery stairs among some other things on last night. I could live with that for at least a little while.
posted by bender at 11:20 AM on May 03, 2020
Only a meme shared by a high school classmate on facebook. It did not include a citation, but it didn't have any misspelled words either, so it seemed legit. No word on whether having drunk bleach was necessary to the outcome either.
posted by bender at 01:51 PM on April 28, 2020
Or they could use that Field of Dreams field they're building in Iowa and have the ghosts umpire the games. You can't get COVID-19 from a ghost, right?
posted by bender at 09:42 AM on April 28, 2020
Alex Cora is suspended through 2020? Apparently MLB's ban hammer is still in social isolation.
Every player and manager should file a grievance with the league over their current punishment, since they have the same sentence as the guilty folks.
posted by bender at 10:46 AM on April 23, 2020
I was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago.* If there is a sport to return first in the era of COVID-19, golf seems like the most straightforward for people to do a thing and generally stay away from each other. Also it's outside.
*I believe it was when I got a bit wistful that there would be no Masters (at least at the usual time) and was thinking that maybe there was a way to pull it off while also managing the highest-rated Masters of all time.
posted by bender at 06:17 PM on April 16, 2020
The Washington
Redskinsrcade, I was thinking the same thing about Redtails. I understand why it's different from the previous name, but do you really want to have to continually field questions like "How is [name redacted] offensive to Native Americans, but Redtails isn't offensive to African-Americans?" by people who never wanted it changed in the first place? That's an answerable question, but save yourself the hassle and go with something else.