So, apparently the news people can't use math (no surprise there) as the baseball rules changed the size of the bag from 15 to 18 inches...
Flatly, that doesn't move the bag toward home plate 3 inches unless theyre offset toward that direction...
it's an interesting world we live in...truth is changing and yeah...that...
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Yeah, that's a tough one. The back corner of first base is 90 feet from the apex of home plate, so the front edge will be 3 inches closer to home plate.
Second base is measured to its center. If my math is right, the distance from the edge of first base to the edge of second base is 4 1/2 inches less with the 18-inch bases.
How this affects a runner at first and his lead off the bag is tricky. His distance from first shouldn't change, but with his standard lead-off, he'll be 4 1/2 inches closer to the edge of second base.
Maury Wills or Tim Raines would never be caught stealing.
Oh, I thought you wanted that seating in an airplane. A comma would change that.
Well, don't give them any credit. They probably copied the MLB press release.
true.
I'll admit my eagerness to despise the media when math is being discussed....
I hadn't really accounted for the fact that they're not going to change dimensions of the diamond just the bags
How this affects a runner at first and his lead off the bag is tricky. His distance from first shouldn't change, but with his standard lead-off, he'll be 4 1/2 inches closer to the edge of second base.
Maury Wills or Tim Raines would never be caught stealing.
The real issue is the number of times a pitcher can "go" to first or third. If I could stand watching what they call "baseball" anymore...guess I will just read the news reports.
The real issue is the number of times a pitcher can "go" to first or third.
With the pitch clock the runner really doesn't have time to inch out to a big lead anyway. He either goes or he doesn't. They say that game times are down a half hour with the clock, which is a good thing, IMO. Get the ball, pitch the ball. Halleluiah!
Why, after 130 years, do they think they need to change it?
Will it affect any records?
The only thing we can count on; is change.
Why, after 130 years, do they think they need to change it?
Will it affect any records?
This is how I feel every time I see non-Leroy lettering on a plat.
Conservatives unite!
My oldest son told my mom (his grandmother) who was a rabid baseball fan that the reason she liked baseball was because it was sooooo sloooow.
Why, after 130 years, do they think they need to change it?
People have grown tired of watching grown men adjust their batting gloves 50 times after each pitch.
Oh, I thought you wanted that seating in an airplane. A comma would change that.
True story:
For years my wife thought John Fogerty's song "Put Me In Coach" was a song about an airplane trip.
Some time back we were watching Fogerty on a TV special and he did that song with a guitar fashioned like a baseball bat. I was amused and mentioned the semblance which confused my wife. After a short discussion her confusion became apparent.
Man, you think you know someone...and then pfffftt! 😉
