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Well, a lot of things change from year to year.
One component of the game that hasn't changed very much over history is the bat itself
Yanks just drove in a 20 run game (9 HR), and scored 36 over their opening series (3rd most in MLB history)
We are now at an offensive turning point in the history of the game
My prediction is that the majority of hitters on all teams will be using these "new" shaped bats in the next 30 days
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
They call them Torpedo bats.
They call them Torpedo bats. Putting more wood in the sweet spot.
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That was always my goal
^^^Putting more wood in the sweet spot.
That was always my goal
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: donster
This Yankees fan is looking
This Yankees fan is looking forward to being at the ballpark 5-6 times this year .... and then there's post -season.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace
just wait till Trump hears
just wait till Trump hears MLB bats are made from Canadian maple...
America's (First) Game
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
So should we exclude torpedo
So should we exclude torpedo bat users from the Hall of Fame or put an * next to their records?
Great article on how the bat came to be.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44477141/mlb-2025-torpedo-bowling-pi...
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Don Drysdale would have
Don Drysdale would have drilled the first person using one of those.
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True that, Dave....
True that, Dave....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
There is nothing illegal
There is nothing illegal about the new bats. They are the same weight, composition, and length as the old bats. They just move the weight away from the end and toward the middle. That makes the batter bat speed faster - up to 3 mph and with more weight behind where you make contact it makes the ball go further.
Now it will be interesting to see if they roll back all the rule changes they put in place to create more offense.
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Thanks for the article.
Thanks for the article. Curious; I reviewed a little postseason footage of Giancarlo's at bats but couldn't find any where he was using the torpedo bat (or couldn't tell). He was using black Marucci bats mostly. They do make a torpedo bat but if G was using one I think the black color might mask the shape vs the natural wood color which may accentuate the shape a little. Maybe a zoner with a big HD tv can find us a good frame or two for confirmation.
https://maruccisports.com/wood-bats/torpedo-pro-model/?srsltid=AfmBOopwd...
I'm sort of flabbergasted this flew under the radar.
Since I started this thread; I've definitely seen Rays and Cubs batters using them as well.
Pitchers will be throwing fits about these bats soon enough, I think.
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Awesome to see Dustin May
Awesome to see Dustin May back on the mound after a 2 year absence from baseball.
He's had multiple pitching related surgeries and also a near death incident from choking on food during his recovery
He opened his first 2025 game throwing five innings and earning six strikeouts toward the dodgers 3-1 win over the braves
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Charlie Hustle could still be
Charlie Hustle could still be going to the hall, y'all
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-ineligibility-status-after-death-decision
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Both only eligible for the
Both only eligible for the veterans committee, but it looks like both will be in by I think 2028. I get it. Now ......
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whats the Vegas line on
whats the Vegas line for induction...
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It's dead in this place.
It's dead in this place
i guess zoners only care about MLB if the giants are having a winning season...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock
"It's dead in this place"
"It's dead in this place"
MLB is dead to me, and I loved baseball since I was a kid.
All the stupid rule changes, the constant noise and video in the parks destroying the "pastoral" quality of an afternoon in the sun, the obsessive striving to "speed up the game."
The obscene amount of money involved (as with most entertainment pastimes anymore).
The Designated Hitter is an abomination.
The debacle with the A's was the last straw.
Fuck You Major League Baseball!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
I lost interest, but when I
Too many players and games. I lost interest, but when I heard the Red Sox have beaten the Spankmees eight straight, I smiled.
But I don't care much about it all. As Roarshock mentioned "The obscene amount of money involved." Tickets, beers, parking, can't afford to take a family. And the salaries!?! Asinine.
The other day I was searching for a rehab place for a friend and the woman referred me to three places, and two didn't do what I needed.
When I spoke to someone else, I said "Ya know, if this woman was a major leaguer and went one for three on average, she'd have a million dollar salary. But that's not a good average for making referrals."
But my Mickey Mantle ornament will still be the first thing on my Christmas tree this year.
And I'm about over the college footbal hype already. Last three weeks, the locals sports were taken up with Utah and BYU preseason stories. Just shut up and let them play the games.
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I've stopped watching and
I've stopped watching and haven't even been to an A's game in Sacramento. Not because of the rules I actually like most of the rule changes. My interest in sports has just gone way down. Part of the reason is having to pay about $80 a month to watch on TV. I'll turn it on again for the NFL season and watch the MLB playoffs but not much more than that. The only team I really follow anymore are the Sacramento Kings but that doesn't even translate into watching the rest of the NBA.
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I was more interested in the
I was more interested in the Giants before I heard some years ago about the owners' political contributions to people I fear and loathe.
My sports interest is just tennis these days.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
Ichiro Suzuki was inducted
Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame this summer
when I thought the man couldn't possibly have had a more perfect career; he again levels up with a very humbling speech
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAsHtxuSoA&pp=ygUaaWNoaXJvIGhhbGwgb2YgZmF...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
I still love baseball. I
I still love baseball. I still record and watch every Giants game. In the 2nd inning of today's game.
Have my bitches and gripes, but still a fan. I also do fantasy every yr. Sometimes even daily contests on fan duel and yahoo.
I watch/follow no other professional sports. I am enjoying the LLWS. Recording the championship game today and will watch it tonight.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
Despite the changes the game
Despite the newest changes the game is still the game.
There have been rule changes and other modifications made to the game of baseball for over a hundred years. The key is to learn to adjust to the changes so the beauty of the game is still visible. Unfortunately, in so many things we tend to lock in to whatever we first fell in love with and then expect/demand that things stay exactly that way, otherwise it's no good anymore.
That's one of the great things about sports in general and professional sports in particular; no matter how much the suits, money or modern ideas mess with it, when the actual game starts the brilliance and artistry of the players and the beauty of the game itself remain.
For me personally, with the exception of the new extra inning rule that is completely ridiculous (which the league itself admits by eliminating it from the post-season) the newest set of rule changes have made no noticeable difference or have actually improved the quality of the viewing experience. The extra inning rule is the worst rule change ever, taking over #1 from the designated hitter rule, which has been in effect for over 50 years. It's an abomination but is easy to avoid; I simply stop watching when a game goes to extras.
As with all things, it's easy to complain, it's easy to say it's not like it used to be, but baseball is still baseball. The beauty of a perfectly thrown curveball, an expertly turned double-play, the full field action and glory of a line shot into the gap with runners on base flying around the bases as the outfielder fields the ball and throws a seed to the cutoff man, then there's a play at the plate and everyone holds their breath as the umpire makes the call..... SAAAAFE!!!! That hasn't changed in over a hundred years.
The beauty is still there. Maybe we have to work a little harder to see it, maybe we have to make a compromise or two, but the beauty is still there.
You just have to be willing to look for it.
GIANTS IN ' 26!!!!!!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
"The extra inning rule is the
"The extra inning rule is the worst rule change ever, taking over #1 from the designated hitter rule"
This.
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>>>MLB is dead to me, and I
>>>MLB is dead to me, and I loved baseball since I was a kid.
Agreed. They really messed it up.
I lost a lot of respect when the astros didn't really get shit for their cheating.
"these included a $5 million fine (the maximum allowed), forfeiture of their first- and second-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021, and suspensions for General Manager Jeff Luhnow and Manager A.J. Hinch. While the investigation found players were involved, they were granted immunity in exchange for cooperation and no player penalties were issued. "
I'm sure they'd do it again for another ring.
The A's bs was really bad and still is. Not sure it could have been handled more poorly.
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fuck the astros
fuck the astros
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Without a salary cap, it's
Without a salary cap, it's daunting to be a fan of a small market team. While rooting for the underdog can be fun, it's tough to watch the major market teams spending lavishly, and watching the homegrown talent leave for greener pastures. MLB is not a level playing field. With the players union's intransigence about a cap, we are looking at a lockout/strike when the CBA expires after next season.
So for now, I try to enjoy the games while we have them. My team, the Orioles, screwed up any realistic post season hopes with a disastrous first two months of the season, but have played better than every team in the AL than Toronto since June 1. Locally, I get exposed to a lot of Mariners action, and they have some interesting pieces.
The games may move too fast, the in-house music may be overbearing, the cost of concessions, parking, and good seats may be exorbitant, and the Little League runner on 2nd extra-inning abomination that is a remnant of the COVID years needs to be ended, but it's still Baseball, and I'll always follow it.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Without a salary cap, it's
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DZ
Just watched the 30 for 30 on
Just watched the 30 for 30 on the 86 Mets this morning! What a great time to be a baseball/Met fan.
It was nice to watch them win the world series again...
Jerry was in a coma so no fall tour, the Mets filled the void for a bit!
With all the streaming, all sorts of different games come on at different times.
Usually put them on and half pay attention.
But if a game comes on in the car it stays on. Something about baseball on the radio.......
Back when Mike Krukow was on the radio, he went to this whole bit about stealing a base:
"If you can get that bag you have do whatever it takes to get that bag."
He went on and on and you knew he was talking about scoring a bag of weed.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock
I listened to so many
I listened to so many baseball games over the years on radio. Either on road trips, at the park, or hanging around the house. Comforting sounds of the ballpark and the crack of the bat.
We have had some great broadcasters in the SF Bay Area. Kruk and Kuip are great. If the game gets slow, Jon Miller may fill the time with some history of ancient Rome. Of course, we had to endure Lindsey Nelson and Joe Angel, but that is kind of where the Giants were in those years. My favorite broadcast team of all time was Bill King and Lon Simmons for the A's. Monty Moore was a pre and post drug high. Ray Fosse was baseball's most far out color man this side of Joe Garagiola.
San Francisco Giants radio broadcasters.
Russ Hodges: 1958–1971
Lon Simmons: 1958–1973, 1976–1978, 1997–2002
Bill King: 1958–1962
Bill Thompson: 1965–1973
Bill Rigney: 1969
Al Michaels: 1974–1976
Art Eckman: 1974–1975
Joe Angel: 1977–1978, 2002–2003
Lindsey Nelson: 1979–1981
Hank Greenwald: 1979–1986, 1989–1996
Dennis Higgins 2000
David Glass: 1981–1985
Phil Stone: 1986
Ron Fairly: 1987–1992
Wayne Hagin: 1987–1988
Duane Kuiper: 1992, 1996–present
Joe Morgan: 1992
Ted Robinson: 1993–2001
Barry Tompkins: 1993
Mike Krukow: 1994–2003, 2006–present
Jon Miller: 1997–present
Dave Flemming: (2003 substitute only) 2004–present
Greg Papa: 2004–2009
Joe Ritzo: 2021–present
F. P. Santangelo 2022–present
Oakland A's broadcasters.
Shooty Babitt 2014; 2023*
Roxy Bernstein 2014–present
Steve Bitker 2001–2011
Dallas Braden 2017–present
George Bryson 1963–1964
Chris Caray 2024–present
Harry Caray 1970
Herb Carneal 1954
Jenny Cavnar 2024–present
Betty Caywood 1964
Eric Chavez 2015**
Vince Cotroneo 2006–2024 (radio)
Johnny Doskow 2023–present
Ed Edwards 1957–1958
Bob Elson 1971
Lynn Faris 1966–1967
Curt Flood 1978
Ray Fosse 1986–2021
Bud Foster 1978
Hank Greenwald 2004–2005
Bill Grigsby 1958–1961
Wayne Hagin 1981–1984
Claude Haring c. 1940–1954
Merle Harmon 1955–1961
Scott Hatteberg 2012–2013***
Al Helfer 1968–1969
Reggie Jackson 1991–1992
Harmon Killebrew 1981–1982
Bill King 1981–2005
Ken Korach 1996–present
Bob Kozberg 1978
Glen Kuiper 2004–2023
Jon Miller 1974
Monte Moore 1962–1980, 1985–1992
Greg Papa 1990–2003
Jim Peterson 1978
Jim Piersall 1972
Hal Ramey 1979
Larry Ray 1955–1956
Bruce Rice 1962
Bill Rigney 1974, 1983–1984, 1991–1992
Bip Roberts 2023
Ted Robinson 1980, 1985–1987
Tim Roye 2004–2006
Red Rush 1965, 1971, 1979–1980
By Saam 1938–1954
John Shrader 1988–1989
Lon Simmons 1981–1995
Dick Stockton 1993–1995
Chuck Thompson 1946–1948
Dom Valentino 1980
Wayne Walker 1976–1980, 1985
Bob Waller 1975–1977
Ken Wilson 1996–1998
Jim Woods 1972–1973