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Old 08-29-2007, 08:45 PM
jt082005 jt082005 is offline
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Default Re: 60 Minutes Andy Rooney\'s baseball thoughts

he has some points,

Yankees do make playoffs or win it a ton

A lot of teams do pull starting pitchers too early I would say and it does get annoying when you get 7 pitchers in one game
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Old 08-31-2007, 01:55 PM
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I actually think it would be interesting if a starting pitcher HAD to play a certain number of innings before he could be replaced.

And then any subsequent pitcher had to play AT LEAST one full inning, so no calling in the lefty to face one batter and then replacing him immediately afterwards.

It sure would speed the game up.

I'm actually mostly serious about this.

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Old 08-31-2007, 02:18 PM
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I actually think it would be interesting if a starting pitcher HAD to play a certain number of innings before he could be replaced.

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This wouldn't speed up the games if he was getting hammered and they couldn't pull him. Watching him throw BP for his mandatory 4th, 5th, and 6th innings would be torture.
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Old 08-31-2007, 02:38 PM
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"There are 30 major league baseball teams, but sometimes it seems as though the New York Yankees are the only team that ever wins the World Series."


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The guy is almost 90. He's actually been alive for all 26 of the Yankees championships and probably old enough to remember 25 of them. Give him a break.

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The thing about the Yankees is that for people in their 30s, they really weren't very successful. They went 20 years without winning a World Series, all in the formative years of a mid 30s guy.

So yeah, a person who witnessed the late 30s, early 50s, and early 60s dominance will have a different opinion than someone who only saw them as winners in the 90s.
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Old 09-01-2007, 11:07 AM
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http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/20...stly/#more-1812


From a few days ago, just found it in my Saturday morning reading
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Old 09-01-2007, 01:16 PM
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andy rooney is high from his meds obviously.
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Old 09-01-2007, 01:22 PM
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Francisco Rodriguez LAA P
Rafael Rodriguez - P
Wandy Rodriguez HOU P
Jose Rodriguez - P
Ricardo Rodriguez - P
Nerio Rodriguez - P
Felix Rodriguez - P
Ricardo Rodriguez - P
Eddy Rodriguez - P
Wilfredo Rodriguez - P
Ivan Rodriguez DET C
Guillermo Rodriguez SF C
Miguel Rodriguez - 1B
Luis Rodriguez MIN 3B
Alex Rodriguez NYY 3B
Sean Rodriguez - SS
Guilder Rodriguez - SS
Mike Rodriguez HOU LF
John Rodriguez STL RF
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