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The 2021 Baseball Season - Things to Come

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by jim1961, Oct 19, 2020.

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The 2021 Season will:

Poll closed Mar 19, 2021.
  1. Be the usual 162 games

    21 vote(s)
    35.0%
  2. Be another shortened season (100-120 games played)

    34 vote(s)
    56.7%
  3. Be another shortened season (60-80 games played)

    5 vote(s)
    8.3%
  4. Be cancelled. No games played at all

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. raining threes

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    re

    Lol

    I don't take this stuff seriously at all. Things I do take seriously are things like forgetting to put sunscreen on my feet when at the beach this weekend.

    Note to self. Lol
     
  2. raining threes

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    I meant MLB people.

    But the same applies here too. Hunch is beloved by just about everyone. Luhnow not so much.
     
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    BART getting salty.
     
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    #465 J.R., May 28, 2021
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    The only person that instigated things was Suzuki, the catcher. Canha and Ohtani were cool.
     
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    Things to come- We won't be making the playoffs.
     
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    If we make the playoffs with this current bullpen they certainly can't be counted on.
    It's not like they have a consistent track record to fall back on.
     
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    I was watching the Angels feed and they said Canha yelled something to Ohtani and the announcers felt Suzuki did a good job to defuse the situation.
     
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    MLB .236 batting average though May lowest since 1968

    Strikeouts have averaged 8.99 per team per game, on pace to set a record for the 13th consecutive full season — up from 8.81 two years ago and nearly double the 4.77 in 1979. Strikeouts already are 1,929 ahead of hits, just three years after exceeding hits for the first time over a full season.

    Hits have averaged 7.78 per team per game, the second-lowest behind 7.75 in 1908 during the dead-ball era.


    https://www.chron.com/sports/article/MLB-236-batting-average-though-May-lowest-since-16216928.php
     
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  17. Joe Joe

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    Since 1968? Even with the DH being added in the early 70s, I expected this was on pace for the lowest BA ever.
     
  18. Buck Turgidson

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    It is, but they lowered the mound in '69 so that is often used as a cutoff date for certain stats.

    https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml
     
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    Plus you have "fastball". Not a 4-seamer, not a 2-seamer, not a cutter, not a split-finger. It's a mother ****ing fastball.
     
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