The suspension is not enough to dissuade those who have not been paid well from using. The benefits of PED’s last well beyond an 80 game suspension. Some say the benefits are permanent even. If I have a legit shot of making an mlb roster, why not try and use them in a way where you won’t get caught.. and if you do.. oh well.. you’ll go train somewhere else for a handful of months and then be right back where you were with the additional benefits.. why would mlb teams even care if their minor leaguers are using? I imagine it’s even encouraged in some places if not directly stated.

For generations the unwritten rules were no ball watching, no bat flipping, no slow walking, etc.. all pretty commonplace these days.

Just wondering if there's anything notable that may have prompted the change. Are there harsher penalties against retaliation, maybe?

Any other ideas?

My dude is up 7-1 in the 7th inning and gets tossed for arguing a ball/strike call. It was a borderline pitch - probably a strike, sure, but not so obvious. The Yanks haven't been playing well and I understand the old-school "manager gets tossed to fire up the team" bit. But they were dominating that game! At least he didn't go through his usual clown show of acting and gesticulating. And I know Stroman had argued the call and Boone has to protect his player. But it seemed like the situation had calmed down - the umps let Boone and Stroman have their say - and Boone was still instigating.

A lot of ejections are "ump show" unreasonable ones. Boone was out of line here.

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I couldn’t find any reliable data. It seems like Rickey Henderson’s 140 (130 SB and 10 HR) in 1982 would be hard to top. When Acuña became the first 40/70 club member he still only had 114. That was also the MLB record for best power/speed season. But has anyone had more than 140 combined HR and SB in one season?

I have been to games in three stadiums, Seattle (a lot), Oakland (a few), and Phoenix (once). A common element across all those experiences is that very little information about the outcome of a play is announced to the crowd.

For example, if the batter walks, he just drops his gear and goes to first base and then the PA announces the next guy up. This may not be a big deal for common plays like a walk, but when something like a balk happens, the umpire makes a hand signal that you may not see if you're not looking at them, and the runner moves up a base. There is no announcement of what just happened, although the scoreboard may show: "Scoring decision: balk". I was recently at a game where a manager was ejected, and there was nothing said to the crowd about the fact, you just had to be watching the umpire's gestures to get it.

I did notice recently that when a replay challenge is decided, one of the umpires announces the decision to the crowd. But, basically nothing else is announced in the games I've been to.

I contrast this with my experience at basketball games, where many things are announced: from the name of the player that made a shot to who committed a foul.

Personally, I think attending a baseball game would be more interesting for the casual fan if more things were explained over the PA, so I wonder why they don't do it. Is this done in the many other stadiums I haven't been to? If nobody does it, is there a reasaon why?

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It was against the athletics but hey, still impressive.

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What day of the year has produced the best players all time based on their birthday?