Guess I've been living under a rock....

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

But WTF ??
When and WHY did the college catchers now wear a ear piece to get calls from the dugout?
I'm a baseball purist and do not like all of the replays but DEFINETLY DO NOT like the 17ing earpiece.
That's ridiculous !

 

[Xenomorph]

Sorry we had a fight in your Black Panther party...

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Believe they are trying to speed up the game.

 

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

You're a purist? So you're unhappy about the speed of a modern day baseball game and want to figure out how to speed it up?

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

If they want to review some plays that's fine but how the hell is reviewing plays speeding up the game? It's NOT!
And how is getting voice messages thru a earpiece speeding up the game to really make a difference ? It's NOT!
We've even playing baseball for almost 200 years the same 17ing way.
But someone(s) thought in the last 5 years or so we needed to add a bunch of technology to the game!

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I'd rather get it RIGHT!

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

My original post was in no way about getting the call right.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Your post morphed into the changes in the game...and now we have technology that we did not have until recent times.
Screw 200 years ago.

 

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

If they want to review some plays that's fine but how the hell is reviewing plays speeding up the game? It's NOT!
And how is getting voice messages thru a earpiece speeding up the game to really make a difference ? It's NOT!
We've even playing baseball for almost 200 years the same 17ing way.
But someone(s) thought in the last 5 years or so we needed to add a bunch of technology to the game!

The game today is not the same game it was 100 years ago

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[bulldogcountry1]

Such a strong opinion about something you haven't noticed through 50 games.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Well Bruce when you sit 150 ft or so from home plate, kinda hard to see if the catcher has a earpiece. We haven't been on tv a lot but yes, I've seen Henderson and a couple other coaches talking on their radios but when I first saw it I thought they were talking to the bullpen,
INSTEAD of picking up that old land line looking phone in the dugout they use to have. I'm sure you saw a couple of those back in your day.
I'm just saying what the 17 is wrong with hand signals to call pitches if your catcher can't do it?
The only point I was trying to make tonight.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

And before anyone says well it's done in football with the QB and D captain or whoever is the designated player; I know it is and has been for several years now.
Don't necessarily like that either but it is what it is. Just didn't realize until tonight it was used to call pitches from the dugout.
Now, we need some runs here to W this game!

 

[WrapItDog]

picking up that old land line looking phone in the dugout

The old phone is in storage with the dirt from around home plate

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Good one WrapIt !!

 

[seshomoru]

I too become irritable when using technology to view a sporting contest utilizing other technologies. Where is thine purity??!!

 

[snoopdog]

Having attended the final game...

Of the College World Series when UCLA finished off MSU, I can say that an earpiece is much more acceptable to me as a fan than to waiting 40 ******* seconds between pitches so the UCLA catcher can get his very slow signs from the UCLA Head Coach.

 

[snoopdog]

Having attended the final game...

Of the College World Series when UCLA finished off MSU, I can say that an earpiece is much more acceptable to me as a fan than to waiting 40 ******* seconds between pitches so the UCLA catcher can get his very slow signs from the UCLA Head Coach.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Give DAWGS1 a break. He is holding true to a family tradition. For nearly two centuries his ancestors have bemoaned changes to the game, the purists that they are... It started with the elimination of the lemon peel ball and pegging the runner to get him out rule of the mid 19th century. Then they complained about the use of gloves. Next it was webbing the glove. Then helmets. Dear lord, I can't even describe how they reacted to the designated hitter. *

Yes, if it were up to the purists, baseball would be 6 guys in a wool suit hitting a hacky sack with a broomstick.

 

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Give DAWGS1 a break. He is holding true to a family tradition. For nearly two centuries his ancestors have bemoaned changes to the game, the purists that they are... It started with the elimination of the lemon peel ball and pegging the runner to get him out rule of the mid 19th century. Then they complained about the use of gloves. Next it was webbing the glove. Then helmets. Dear lord, I can't even describe how they reacted to the designated hitter. *

Yes, if it were up to the purists, baseball would be 6 guys in a wool suit hitting a hacky sack with a broomstick.

That's what cracks me up about the "purists". They act like the game never changed in any way until maybe the 1980s. The argument that new technology shouldn't be added to the game simply because it didn't exist back in the 1800s when the game was invented is crazy to me.

 

[dickiedawg]

Let’s say it saves 3 seconds per pitch. Using the MLB average of 292 pitches per game, that shaves just shy of 15 minutes off per game.

That’s pretty substantial, IMO

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Give DAWGS1 a break. He is holding true to a family tradition.

Yes, if it were up to the purists, baseball would be 6 guys in a wool suit hitting a hacky sack with a broomstick.

10 Bizarre Baseball Rules That Used to Exist

A few excerpts:
[FONT=&quot]1. Batters had the right to request a low or high pitch from 1867 to 1887
2. Fly balls could be caught off a bounce until 1864, and foul balls until 1883
3. Pitchers were required to throw underhand until 1883
4. One side of the bat was allowed to be flat from 1885 to 1893
7. Rather than crouching, catchers would stand a few feet behind home until the early 1900s
10. Ground rule doubles were actually home runs as recently as 1930[/FONT]

 

[archdog]

Well Bruce when you sit 150 ft or so from home plate, kinda hard to see if the catcher has a earpiece. We haven't been on tv a lot but yes, I've seen Henderson and a couple other coaches talking on their radios but when I first saw it I thought they were talking to the bullpen,
INSTEAD of picking up that old land line looking phone in the dugout they use to have. I'm sure you saw a couple of those back in your day.
I'm just saying what the 17 is wrong with hand signals to call pitches if your catcher can't do it?
The only point I was trying to make tonight.

I think the catcher should have to call the game, not the coach.