Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.

[George K]

@Copper said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

Throw out the record book

So now the baseline is 6 inches shorter.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

@Copper said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

Throw out the record book

So now the baseline is 6 inches shorter.

For as long as I can remember, the definition of perfect was 90 feet between bases.

[Mik]

They keep monkeying with things that need not be touched.

[89th]

@Copper said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

@George-K said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

@Copper said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

Throw out the record book

So now the baseline is 6 inches shorter.

For as long as I can remember, the definition of perfect was 90 feet between bases.

Well it's still 90 feet, but the length between the base edges has decreased 6"

[jon-nyc]

Why are they doing this? What problem are they trying to solve?

[jon-nyc]

MLB's primary motivation is to give infielders more room to operate around the bases to avoid collisions.

I guess that could conceivably make sense. I’m sure they’ve studied it a lot.

But that raises another question - how big of a problem are collisions?

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

Why are they doing this? What problem are they trying to solve?

Looking around last night, it seems that the total number of stolen bases per season has dropped from about 3K to about 2K over the last 10 years or so.

This (as well as the 'pitch clock') is an attempt to make the game more exciting and move faster.

Even in it's present incarnation, it's still more exciting than soccer.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

MLB's primary motivation is to give infielders more room to operate around the bases to avoid collisions.

I guess that could conceivably make sense. I’m sure they’ve studied it a lot.

But that raises another question - how big of a problem are collisions?

You mean it “begs” another question.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace

Funny, as I was typing 'raises', I thought of a meeting I had yesterday with a guy who very frequently misuses 'begs the question'. It was all I could do not to correct him. Actually, he's the kind of guy who would want to be corrected on it now that I think of it. I still wouldn't though.

[George K]

@Horace said in Size Matters. Three inches bigger is a lot.:

You mean it “begs” another question.

Actually in this context, it "bags" the question?