1 hour ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

man, i thought 7 inning doubleheaders were awful.

game was designed to have a lineup turnover 3 times guaranteed. 

1. The game was also designed to be...one game. Playing 18 innings in one day is far too much baseball

2. If we are talking about game design and how things were in the past, you're also talking about pitchers that would throw 300 innings in one season, teams hitting a combined 40 HR's in 140 games, and a good SO/W rate in the 2's...

Things change....in 2022 with the way bullpens and starters are used, when a DH takes place, I like a team getting those 4 combined innings back and speeding up what is already far too long of a game, generally. 

7 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:

No way they're playing this tonight. Call it already.

Yeah, I don't understand it either - im about 8-10 miles north and we just got a big front of wind/rain

 

Just now, iWiN4PreP said:

Yeah, I don't understand it either - im about 8-10 miles north and we just got a big front of wind/rain

 

FWIW the hourly forecasts say the window will be roughly from when game starts to about 3 hours from that point.

It's raining buckets up here on the north side

Just now, iWiN4PreP said:

Yeah, I don't understand it either - im about 8-10 miles north and we just got a big front of wind/rain

 

They let people get in the park and spend $$ on food and beer knowing full well there's not going to be a game.

Just now, CentralChamps21 said:

They let people get in the park and spend $$ on food and beer knowing full well there's not going to be a game.

Every team does this. Teams and players don’t want to play DHs or give away off days. This isn’t some Sox specific thing. 

4 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:

They let people get in the park and spend $$ on food and beer knowing full well there's not going to be a game.

lol, drink. first one of the year.

Looks like game on. It would have been called by now. 

16 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:

They let people get in the park and spend $$ on food and beer knowing full well there's not going to be a game.

Saw on twitter today that bottles of water are $7.70 this year. $7.70 for a damn bottle of water!!!

21 minutes ago, Tony said:

1. The game was also designed to be...one game. Playing 18 innings in one day is far too much baseball

2. If we are talking about game design and how things were in the past, you're also talking about pitchers that would throw 300 innings in one season, teams hitting a combined 40 HR's in 140 games, and a good SO/W rate in the 2's...

Things change....in 2022 with the way bullpens and starters are used, when a DH takes place, I like a team getting those 4 combined innings back and speeding up what is already far too long of a game, generally. 

Don’t even get me started on fielders using gloves!

21 minutes ago, Tony said:

1. The game was also designed to be...one game. Playing 18 innings in one day is far too much baseball

2. If we are talking about game design and how things were in the past, you're also talking about pitchers that would throw 300 innings in one season, teams hitting a combined 40 HR's in 140 games, and a good SO/W rate in the 2's...

Things change....in 2022 with the way bullpens and starters are used, when a DH takes place, I like a team getting those 4 combined innings back and speeding up what is already far too long of a game, generally. 

Also

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/10-bizarre-rules-from-baseballs-past/c-124363454

What’s the problem with a little rain and getting wet? Swimmers do it!

4 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Saw on twitter today that bottles of water are $7.70 this year. $7.70 for a damn bottle of water!!!

doubles as a piss jug tho.

25 minutes ago, Tony said:

1. The game was also designed to be...one game. Playing 18 innings in one day is far too much baseball

2. If we are talking about game design and how things were in the past, you're also talking about pitchers that would throw 300 innings in one season, teams hitting a combined 40 HR's in 140 games, and a good SO/W rate in the 2's...

Things change....in 2022 with the way bullpens and starters are used, when a DH takes place, I like a team getting those 4 combined innings back and speeding up what is already far too long of a game, generally. 

You would not be friends with Ernie Banks 

27 minutes ago, Tony said:

1. The game was also designed to be...one game. Playing 18 innings in one day is far too much baseball

2. If we are talking about game design and how things were in the past, you're also talking about pitchers that would throw 300 innings in one season, teams hitting a combined 40 HR's in 140 games, and a good SO/W rate in the 2's...

Things change....in 2022 with the way bullpens and starters are used, when a DH takes place, I like a team getting those 4 combined innings back and speeding up what is already far too long of a game, generally. 

Outcomes and strategy have changed, but overall structure has remained relatively unchanged.

Also they used to play a ton more double headers. They actually scheduled them

Edited April 13, 20223 yr by Look at Ray Ray Run

They are going to do everything they can to play tonight with Seattle playing a day game FRI - source is a Sox employee

37 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:

No way they're playing this tonight. Call it already.

Looks like weather is gonna break up.

They might actually have a window for 5 at least

Must be raining on the north side from all the tears of Nick Madrigals statline so far this year...?

They can play in the light rain for 5 or 6 innings (outside shot for a full game).  Its just gonna be how bad do they wanna get the game in today 

Per Fegan, Sox expect rain to clear by 630-645, at which point they hope to announce a delayed start time. 

 

Meadows pulled an AJ Pollock in LF helping the Red Sox. Maybe they should trade places. 

37 minutes ago, Leonard Zelig said:

Don’t even get me started on fielders using gloves!

18 innings is too much and uneccesary. I can still hear my dad saying TWO HANDS!!!