Pioneer League will decide games with home run derby instead of extra innings in 2021

ohiodevil · 04-27-2021, 05:36 PM

Very interesting!

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/p...nings-in-2021/

pilight · 04-27-2021, 05:40 PM

I'd rather they let the games end in ties

Westheim · 04-27-2021, 06:32 PM

Braindead ******ed load of crap.

Déjà Bru · 04-27-2021, 06:56 PM

This is okay down on the Pioneer League level, bound to be a crowd-pleaser as popular as the t-shirt cannon. But if it ever shows up on the MLB level, I am turning in my viewer membership and retiring to OOTPB-land.

albatross11 · 04-27-2021, 07:38 PM

"Based on social media reactions, MLB's extra-inning tiebreaker rule is one of the least popular rule changes in recent memory. Among fans, anyway. MLB and the players seem to like it."

Tiger Fan · 04-27-2021, 08:07 PM

And I thought hockey’s shootout was ridiculous.

Kobeck · 04-27-2021, 08:48 PM

like from a pitching machine.... Tball... pitching coach... rando fan throwing underhand

https://youtu.be/oQF8rQaIjUE

Brad K · 04-27-2021, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pilight

I'd rather they let the games end in ties

Yea. Perfect. Nothing wrong with that. Actually a lot right with that.

Brad K · 04-27-2021, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by albatross11

"Based on social media reactions, MLB's extra-inning tiebreaker rule is one of the least popular rule changes in recent memory. Among fans, anyway. MLB and the players seem to like it."

How long can MLB and the players pretend the fans don't matter?

ThatSeventiesGuy · 04-27-2021, 09:33 PM

Sadly, I don't hate this any more than the stupid runner on second to start extra innings thing. Gotta wonder if ties would kill 'em at this point, though. I mean, it never killed anybody in Japan.

PocketsAintFull · 04-27-2021, 10:11 PM

I don't see how this could be seen as better than the runner on 2nd, but that's just me :P

pilight · 04-27-2021, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad K

How long can MLB and the players pretend the fans don't matter?

As long as the fans keep showing up and/or tuning in they'll keep ignoring social media uproars

Kobeck · 04-28-2021, 01:53 AM

except when they dont ignore online crapola

ThatSeventiesGuy · 04-28-2021, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by PocketsAintFull

I don't see how this could be seen as better than the runner on 2nd, but that's just me :P

Not by much, granted. But at least you have to actually earn a home run in a home run derby. Nobody earned that dude on second.

Boomcoach · 04-28-2021, 08:49 AM

I may have to turn in my old fart card, but the runner on 2nd has not bothered me at all. It is the same for both teams and I like how quickly extra innings games end. Ties wouldn't bother me, but I don't think MLB would go that way.

PocketsAintFull · 04-28-2021, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomcoach

I may have to turn in my old fart card, but the runner on 2nd has not bothered me at all. It is the same for both teams and I like how quickly extra innings games end. Ties wouldn't bother me, but I don't think MLB would go that way.

I think you're the only other person I've seen say they like it

PocketsAintFull · 04-28-2021, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatSeventiesGuy

Not by much, granted. But at least you have to actually earn a home run in a home run derby. Nobody earned that dude on second.

But they still play normal baseball with the guy on 2nd, it just changes things tactically. Tossing up balls for a HR derby isn't normal baseball at all

Boomcoach · 04-28-2021, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by PocketsAintFull

I think you're the only other person I've seen say they like it

I thought it would bother me when they proposed it, but I find that it immediately ramps up the excitement. Late innings with a runner on base is always more interesting that with the bases empty.

It won't upset me if they eliminate it, but my expectation of enjoying some righteous anger about it failed to appear.

PocketsAintFull · 04-28-2021, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomcoach

I thought it would bother me when they proposed it, but I find that it immediately ramps up the excitement. Late innings with a runner on base is always more interesting that with the bases empty.

It won't upset me if they eliminate it, but my expectation of enjoying some righteous anger about it failed to appear.

To me it feels like a college football overtime game, like a set-piece tiebreaker with strategy

Leo_The_Lip · 04-28-2021, 11:44 AM

For the Pioneer League, this is a good idea that fans will like. Most Minor League games have post-game fireworks displays that fans hang around for. So why not use the fireworks during the HR derby? Shooting off the rest of the fireworks when a home team player ends the game with a winning HR is a literal sure-fire hit.

Since winning the games does not matter, why not end them in a way that has the little kids of all ages hopping up and down and wanting to come back for more?

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ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,426	Sadly, I don't hate this any more than the stupid runner on second to start extra innings thing. Gotta wonder if ties would kill 'em at this point, though. I mean, it never killed anybody in Japan. __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

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Kobeck Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 491	except when they dont ignore online crapola

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Boomcoach All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 846	I may have to turn in my old fart card, but the runner on 2nd has not bothered me at all. It is the same for both teams and I like how quickly extra innings games end. Ties wouldn't bother me, but I don't think MLB would go that way. __________________

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Leo_The_Lip All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,811	For the Pioneer League, this is a good idea that fans will like. Most Minor League games have post-game fireworks displays that fans hang around for. So why not use the fireworks during the HR derby? Shooting off the rest of the fireworks when a home team player ends the game with a winning HR is a literal sure-fire hit. Since winning the games does not matter, why not end them in a way that has the little kids of all ages hopping up and down and wanting to come back for more? __________________ "My name will live forever" - Anonymous