Nothing wrong with MLB today . . .

[greymule]

After a scoreless first inning this afternoon, the White Sox scored 8 runs in the top of the second. In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees tied the score.

[UMP25]

And why no mention of a Padres game recently where 11 runs were scored in the top of the first inning, which, BTW, lasted 27 minutes?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by UMP25

And why no mention of a Padres game recently where 11 runs were scored in the top of the first inning, which, BTW, lasted 27 minutes?

Yeah, that was cool. The Padres put on this 11-run exhibition at the exact same time as Tony Gwynn was being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I had the PIP going and swapping back and forth. The Padres managed to hold on and win. I think it was 18 to 11.

[greymule]

And why no mention of a Padres game recently where 11 runs were scored in the top of the first inning, which, BTW, lasted 27 minutes?

Yeah, that too.

Now I read that the 16 runs are the most ever scored in the second inning of a MLB game. And the Yankees hit 8 homers in another recent game. Even with all the great slugging teams they had, they had not hit 8 in one game since the 1930s.

Innings of 6, 7, 8, and more are so common now, and it seems that every day there's a game in which 25 runs score. Recently there was a double-header in which almost 50 runs scored—and one team was shut out in one of the games.

If the balls get live enough, and the pitching gets diluted enough, and the power alleys get short enough, and the steroids get prevalent enough . . .

And when I attend a Phillies game and see a pitcher stick out his bat and hit a line drive off the facing of the mezzanine in left center—a shot that one would have expected from Mickey Mantle or Frank Howard a few decades ago—I have to wonder whether MLB should simply throw in the towel and make it slow-pitch baseball with titanium bats.

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Yeah, that was cool. The Padres put on this 11-run exhibition at the exact same time as Tony Gwynn was being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I had the PIP going and swapping back and forth. The Padres managed to hold on and win. I think it was 18 to 11.

That's why God invented TIVO--no need to do that. Just flip between tuners, pausing each or recording one and flipping back and forth between said tuners.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by UMP25

That's why God invented TIVO--no need to do that. Just flip between tuners, pausing each or recording one and flipping back and forth between said tuners.

I have a DVR, which is much like TIVO. I have but one TV (in this room) though, so I use the PIP feature. Your way sounds like too much work.

[UMP25]

Hardly. It's quite simple. Besides, TIVO's kick @ss over DVRs.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Well, I can't afford one so I'll have to take your word for it. Maybe Ellen Degeneres will give me one someday.

[UMP25]

The DirecTV/TIVO ones are (a) cheaper than standalone TIVOs and (b) much better.