{"id":46576,"date":"2020-08-14T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mlb-setting-its-game-dials-on-self-destruct-heres-the-latest-proof\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T03:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:26:00","slug":"mlb-setting-its-game-dials-on-self-destruct-heres-the-latest-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-setting-its-game-dials-on-self-destruct-heres-the-latest-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"#MLB setting its game dials on Self-Destruct: Here\u2019s the latest proof"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d817097271\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d817097271\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-setting-its-game-dials-on-self-destruct-heres-the-latest-proof\/#Sterling_revs_up_for_Ford\" >Sterling revs up for Ford<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-setting-its-game-dials-on-self-destruct-heres-the-latest-proof\/#PGA_Championship_coverage_misses_in_every_fair_way\" >PGA Championship coverage misses in every fair way<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#MLB setting its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> dials on Self-Destruct: Here\u2019s the latest proof<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        On YES last Friday, David Cone said it as a brief aside, as if it were a throwaway thought barely worth his breath.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the sixth of a scoreless game, Rays catcher Mike Zunino squared to bunt on the first two pitches, both balls. He then flew out on a 2-0 count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s normally a power hitter,\u201d Cone said, \u201cnot sure if he has been asked to bunt a whole lot in his career. But that\u2019s the state of the game, right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, well. And now back to the current state of the game that has left baseball so badly diminished that the abandonment of fundamentals \u2014 so often the difference between winning and losing \u2014 is dismissed with a short sigh.<\/p>\n<p>The stuff we\u2019re now supposed to find both sensational and enlightening came the next day on YES, when Gary Sanchez batted in the second inning with one out, bases loaded in a 0-0 game.<\/p>\n<p>Parroting a graphic, Michael Kay said of Sanchez, \u201cNow he hasn\u2019t been hitting, but when he hits, he hits the ball very hard. His average exit velocity is 94.5 mph, the eighth highest in MLB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wow! Is he ever smashing that baseball! So what if at the time he was batting .086, with 19 strikeouts in 34 at-bats. Ridiculous wins again!<\/p>\n<p>And then on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded, Sanchez took a grand slam swing, whiffing on a pitch a foot above the strike zone. The Yankees would not score in what became a one-run loss.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16133871\"><img alt=\"During a recent game Michael Kay was more interested in how hard Gary Sanchez hit the ball, rather than his woeful batting average.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"613\"><\/img><figcaption><span>During a recent game, Michael Kay was more interested in how hard Gary Sanchez hit the ball, rather than his woeful batting average.<\/span><span>N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friday, the Yanks lost to the Rays, 1-0. Thus Saturday early in Game 1 of a seven-inning doubleheader, YES threw it to Paul O\u2019Neill for his \u201cKeys To The Game.\u201d Such inserts often produce \u201cWell, no fooling\u201d head-shakes from viewers, and O\u2019Neill, aided by pre-fab show-and-tell graphics, delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Key No. 1: Win Game 1 of the DH.<\/p>\n<p>Key No. 2: Get the offense going.<\/p>\n<p>Key No. 3: Have fun.<\/p>\n<p>Well, alrighty then!<\/p>\n<p>Sunday on YES, more new-age baseball \u2014 the totally unintended use of the replay rule, which, predictably, is how it\u2019s overwhelmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied by sports that chose time-wasting perceived populism over applicable foresight.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth inning of a tie game, first the Rays won a reversal based on nothing more conclusive than second-opinion guesswork on a slide and tag at second. Minutes later, the Yanks won a reversal on the closest of coin-flip calls at first.<\/p>\n<p>And then the weekend\u2019s telltale box scores:<\/p>\n<p>Three batters struck out three times in Blue Jays-Red Sox, a game featuring the usual modern action \u2014 27 strikeouts. Angels outfielder Jo Adell went oh-for-four, all strikeouts, against the Rangers. In that 7-3 loss to Texas, 12 pitchers were used in 3 hours, 36 minutes. Against Milwaukee, Cincinnati\u2019s lead off batter, Shogo Akiyama, K\u2019d three times. Against the Mets, Marlins leadoff batter Jonathan Villar struck out four times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16133950\"><img alt=\"John Sterling\" data- data- height=\"218\" width=\"300\"><\/img><figcaption><span>John Sterling<\/span><span>N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Good thing for MLB that it doesn\u2019t have to sell tickets this season, just worry about TV and gambling income. MLB has set its dials on Self-Destruct, full-speed ahead. And David Cone, as a mere aside, said, \u201cBut that\u2019s the state of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sterling_revs_up_for_Ford\"><\/span>Sterling revs up for Ford<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Whatever it is, John Sterling still has it!<\/p>\n<p>Saturday after the Yankees\u2019 Mike Ford hit a homer, Sterling proudly piped, \u201cFor the Yankees, there\u2019s a Ford in their future!\u201d He wasn\u2019t done being John Sterling. Next came, \u201cMike is Ford tough!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As reader Mike McIntee noted, Ford\u2019s home run, as the first in the game, was sponsored by Kia, and, \u201cThe Yankees\u2019 radio network is driven by Jeep.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Giancarlo Stanton gave it a shot \u2014 he tried to take a knee on his other knee, but couldn\u2019t hold it for the length of the national anthem, so he went on the IL.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>First CBS dumped reliable, sensible Dan Fouts as an NFL analyst, now it has split the steady team of Greg Gumbel and Trent Green. CBS is \u201cpromoting\u201d Green to work with \u201cHollerin\u2019\u200a\u201d Kevin Harlan, who occasionally knows what he hollers about.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Hard to believe the Knicks passed on Barry Trotz.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Reader Doug Heimowitz on the Yankees\u2019 4-3 loss to the Rays on Sunday: \u201cWho knew that after six innings and a 3-0 lead, the Yanks\u2019 win probability would be zero percent?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>And reader Greg Gillen asks why none of the cardboard cutouts of fans at MLB games include those seen on their cell phones? Answer: to avoid teams billing them for roaming charges.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PGA_Championship_coverage_misses_in_every_fair_way\"><\/span>PGA Championship coverage misses in every fair way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>TV has clearly purchased the right to do as it pleases to PGA events.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, late in the PGA Championship, winner Collin Morikawa eagled the short par-4 16th after his drive finished seven feet short of the pin.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, bomber Dustin Johnson, still in the hunt, would give the 16th a whack. He missed, but CBS never showed it \u2014 not even on tape.<\/p>\n<p>Also Sunday, Jim Nantz noted the \u201cleader in the clubhouse\u201d was Matthew Wolff \u2014 and that\u2019s how PGA, USGA, R&#038;A and TV scoreboards for decades listed the leaders. But CBS, likely recognizing Wolff is widely unknown, listed him fourth among those at -10.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed a version of TV\u2019s transparent Tiger Woods game \u2014 when he\u2019s listed first among those with the same score, whether tied for first or 40th.<\/p>\n<p>And we saw more tape of Woods in CBS and PGA promos than live or taped coverage of Brooks Koepka\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Wise men who have lost their money on slow horses (and often fast women) will tell you that every <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the track includes something they\u2019d never before seen.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, from the couch as opposed to the rail, the MSG feed of live racing from Saratoga provided such a scene.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth race was won by Imprimis, ridden by Jose Ortiz. But, as the bemused announcers explained, an impeded run claim was lodged by the rider of the horse that finished third. That jockey was Irad Ortiz \u2014 Jose\u2019s brother!<\/p>\n<p>The claim was approved, thus brother Jose\u2019s horse went from first to third and Irad\u2019s went from third to second. 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