It is faster for a catcher to call pitches with finger signs than with PitchCom when no one is on base
With nobody on base, you don't really need the pitch column. Nobody's out there. So it's honestly quicker to do it with the fingers than I think the pitch column.
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View episodeThis 2025 Thunder team is the worst version we will see during their upcoming dynasty
This is the worst Oklahoma City Thunder team that will win a championship during this dynasty run. They had to go to seven against the Nuggets. They had to go to seven against the Pacers. I don't expect that to happen ever again for them.
Whoever won the Thunder-Nuggets series was going to be the NBA champion no matter what
I think whoever won that Thunder-Nuggets series, that was going to be the champion no matter what. That was going to be the champion no matter what.
Sam Presti is one of the best GMs in any sport
This guy [Sam Presti] is one of the best GMs in any sport. And it's cool that he finally like 18 years, I think it's, he's been there and he just won with the second youngest team his way and a pocket full of picks going forward.
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View profilePlaying in Houston, Boston, and New York takes a greater physical and mental toll on players than other cities
Games in Houston, Boston, New York, playing in the places like that, where you feel like the team's, the pressure's constantly on and the fans are on top of you and it's hot. Those take a little more outta you.
Robot Umpires should stay out of baseball to preserve the human element of arguing and ejections
Out on Robot Umps. I mean, don't you wanna keep a little bit of the baseball in it? You wanna see managers and guys getting ejected, like that's part of the game. ... If you take that away, it's like there's not, you know, you need a little bit of excitement in the game.
High school baseball is plagued by coaches who bat their own kids in the top five of the order
Especially nowadays there's like five coaches on the team and they're all, their kids are hitting first five in the order. It's like, come on now. All playing infield.