Eephus
Footballguy
It still sounds like MLB will adopt a rule change requiring a three-batter in-inning minimum for relief pitchers in 2020. It's crazy that they haven't officially decided on this with teams assembling rosters already but baseball's gonna baseball. Tom Verducci wrote a good piece arguing that the proposed change is misguided and will have little effect on game time.
The change will impact the employment opportunities for LOOGYs (left-handed one guys) who have always been one of my favorite class of specialists. There's something cool about a lefty who enters a game, throws breaking stuff, gets a dangerous left handed bat to strike out and leaves for a shower after five minutes of work.
My favorites include:
Javier Lopez who helped the Giants to three championships
Ray King who looked more like a beer vendor than a professional athlete
Marc Rzepczynski who pitched for a long time but not long enough for me to learn how to spell his name
Who you got?
The change will impact the employment opportunities for LOOGYs (left-handed one guys) who have always been one of my favorite class of specialists. There's something cool about a lefty who enters a game, throws breaking stuff, gets a dangerous left handed bat to strike out and leaves for a shower after five minutes of work.
My favorites include:
Javier Lopez who helped the Giants to three championships
Ray King who looked more like a beer vendor than a professional athlete
Marc Rzepczynski who pitched for a long time but not long enough for me to learn how to spell his name
Who you got?
