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*****Official Texas Rangers 2026 Season Thread*****
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Massive series win
Really nice way to start the season!
I wince a little when I think of what the Philly fans are going to do Adolis this season…yikes!
I wince a little when I think of what the Philly fans are going to do Adolis this season…yikes!
Series win on the road vs a playoff caliber team to start the season despite deGrom missing his start and Evo giving up 5 ER in his start. Pretty good if you ask me!
First place Texas Rangers.
2 briskets, 2 wins. Interesting…
ABS has been a smashing success so far I'd say
Tksymm7 said:
ABS has been a smashing success so far I'd say
Most all of the recent in-game tweaks MLB has made are huge successes. Good thing baseball has the healthiest labor situation of all sports and won't have a work stoppage anytime soon…oh…right
I think the funny thing was this idea that this was going to somehow piss off the umpires, we already had the report cards and knew which guys sucked at balls and strikes.
I don't want to sound like a *****, but I absolutely love that this has brought down some of these guys a few pegs.
I don't fault these guys for missing calls here and there. It's the ego of some of them that's egregious.
100% my angle as well. No one cares much if you miss a call here or there. No one is perfects it's the attitude and arrogance that I'm glad is being taken down.
Tksymm7 said:
100% my angle as well. No one cares much if you miss a call here or there. No one is perfects it's the attitude and arrogance that I'm glad is being taken down.
I think it would have been fine if they didn't make it basically off limits to criticize them without getting a big fine.
This is awesome stuff re: ABS and the umps getting their just desserts
There are moments that offer a pretty good sense that something new is going to work. This feels like one for ABS. The Cincinnati crowd’s reaction was thunderous. And the situation itself — twice it salvaged a bases-loaded opportunity. This system plays. pic.twitter.com/vS0TYzBX6H
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 29, 2026
I just wish Angel Hernandez was around to see it!!
It annoys me how Bucknor announces, "the batter is challenging the pitch."
He's not challenging the pitch, you dill weed, he challenging your call.
I can see how Bucknor is getting frustrated. Maybe not at the player challenges, per se, maybe it's that he knows he is incompetent and can't do anything to "hide" it any longer.
I'm glad we have ABS. I watch a lot of baseball. From what I saw this weekend, it is used sparingly and I've seen more times it should have been used, and wasn't, than was used and shouldn't have been.
He's not challenging the pitch, you dill weed, he challenging your call.
I can see how Bucknor is getting frustrated. Maybe not at the player challenges, per se, maybe it's that he knows he is incompetent and can't do anything to "hide" it any longer.
I'm glad we have ABS. I watch a lot of baseball. From what I saw this weekend, it is used sparingly and I've seen more times it should have been used, and wasn't, than was used and shouldn't have been.
Double Talkin' Jive...
Maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see, but swing decisions seemed much better than last year. Replacing Heim and Adolis (thank you for the World Series) with Nimmo and Cutch will do that. Offense felt more refreshing than last year. We'll see if I'm still saying that after playing a few games back home at the graveyard.
Great stuff. Similar to how tennis works, but more exciting since there's a home crowd.dave94 said:
This is awesome stuff re: ABS and the umps getting their just dessertsThere are moments that offer a pretty good sense that something new is going to work. This feels like one for ABS. The Cincinnati crowd’s reaction was thunderous. And the situation itself — twice it salvaged a bases-loaded opportunity. This system plays. pic.twitter.com/vS0TYzBX6H
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 29, 2026
Fun to say… first place Texas Rangers.
The fact that we decided to do it this way for a year or two before transitioning to full robo umps just to rub their noses in it and repeatedly humiliate them is fantastic. It's completely unnecessary and we have both the ability and support to move toward this all being automated, but we still went with the "**** blue" plan.
Fans are having so much fun with it too
Fans are having so much fun with it too
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@Mr Gigem Do you know why the Nolan Ryan Punching Bobblehead was removed from the Promo schedule for 7/20? Did the White Sox and Robin Ventura get butthurt about it?
have to say I'm a fan of ABS
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
If I were a betting man, I would bet that this is the only season they use the challenge system, and move forward with fully automated balls and strikes.
While I did enjoy CB Bucknor get a big ole piece of humble pie, I also don't think it's the best look to have your officiating crew be crucified over and over again. Plus it gives managers and players a ton of ammunition to step all over umpires, which again can be fun but we also don't need it happening every game. We're three games in and I feel like I've already seen some serious heat between dugouts and umpires.
My hope is that some of these old terrible umpires have enough of it and quit, and allow some new younger guys to come up to the league.
While I did enjoy CB Bucknor get a big ole piece of humble pie, I also don't think it's the best look to have your officiating crew be crucified over and over again. Plus it gives managers and players a ton of ammunition to step all over umpires, which again can be fun but we also don't need it happening every game. We're three games in and I feel like I've already seen some serious heat between dugouts and umpires.
My hope is that some of these old terrible umpires have enough of it and quit, and allow some new younger guys to come up to the league.
What I like about it is it still maintains a human element and adds a strategy element to the game. Feels like a good balance. I understand the thought that the call should be the call and it should be correct every time, but at the same time this adds texture without the game becoming too "sterile" for lack of a better term. I also liked the old challenge system in tennis better than the 100% hawkeye system now. I miss having line judges and those interactions.
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
It is fun and entertaining. And if it doesn't end up being that bad or frequent, then I'm all for keeping it. I just thought while fun and exciting, that it was a tough situation from a human perspective where you have this one singular person, who's not even playing, just get absolutely ROASTED because he had two calls overturned. And think that's a weird spot to be in.
Hopefully it's fine though and this becomes normal, and it won't be a massive deal when a few balls or strikes are overturned.
Hopefully it's fine though and this becomes normal, and it won't be a massive deal when a few balls or strikes are overturned.
The ABS is good so far. Will say I am not a huge fan of these balls that catch 1mm of the zone or missing the zone by that much getting overturned. I realize technically the calls are made correct, but blaming the umpire for missing these terribly close calls will have a long term negative effect I'm sure. I do like it will expose the Bucknor and West and Hernandez of the lot. Those guys suck(ed).
Does anyone use Directv Stream? I've always used Fubo for baseball season and YTTV for football. I switched this past week and didn't realize Fubo no longer had NBC. Not a big deal now but once September rolls around I'll need it for that month. Plus the Fubo app on my samsung tv is almost unusable. I'm think about switching but wanted to see if anyone had any experience?
DIRECTV stream works well. Never had any issues. Good interface.
Have used both and by far like Direct better
BCSWguru said:
The ABS is good so far. Will say I am not a huge fan of these balls that catch 1mm of the zone or missing the zone by that much getting overturned. I realize technically the calls are made correct, but blaming the umpire for missing these terribly close calls will have a long term negative effect I'm sure. I do like it will expose the Bucknor and West and Hernandez of the lot. Those guys suck(ed).
I think for an overturn making a ball a strike the standard should be that at least 20% of the ball should clip the zone. As enforced right now, the strike zone just expanded by 3 inches in all directions.
The standard for a strike to be a ball on overturn is 100% of the ball outside the zone, I think for the inverse 100% of the ball inside the zone would be too extreme, but 20% feels fair to both the pitcher and the hitter.
The strike zone didnt expand by three inches. The ball is still technically in the zone
AggieEP said:BCSWguru said:
The ABS is good so far. Will say I am not a huge fan of these balls that catch 1mm of the zone or missing the zone by that much getting overturned. I realize technically the calls are made correct, but blaming the umpire for missing these terribly close calls will have a long term negative effect I'm sure. I do like it will expose the Bucknor and West and Hernandez of the lot. Those guys suck(ed).
I think for an overturn making a ball a strike the standard should be that at least 20% of the ball should clip the zone. As enforced right now, the strike zone just expanded by 3 inches in all directions.
The standard for a strike to be a ball on overturn is 100% of the ball outside the zone, I think for the inverse 100% of the ball inside the zone would be too extreme, but 20% feels fair to both the pitcher and the hitter.
I don't see it this way. The way I learned it, any part of the ball in the zone is a strike. If the ball barely clips the black of the plate, it is a strike. It logically follows that the same would apply to the upper and lower boundaries of the zone.
double aught said:
DIRECTV stream works well. Never had any issues. Good interface.
But let me tell you something that's not tough...
https://aws2-media.usave.it/media/rec-fcYEK64C0JKYIMXRF6g1.mp3
Vessel said:AggieEP said:BCSWguru said:
The ABS is good so far. Will say I am not a huge fan of these balls that catch 1mm of the zone or missing the zone by that much getting overturned. I realize technically the calls are made correct, but blaming the umpire for missing these terribly close calls will have a long term negative effect I'm sure. I do like it will expose the Bucknor and West and Hernandez of the lot. Those guys suck(ed).
I think for an overturn making a ball a strike the standard should be that at least 20% of the ball should clip the zone. As enforced right now, the strike zone just expanded by 3 inches in all directions.
The standard for a strike to be a ball on overturn is 100% of the ball outside the zone, I think for the inverse 100% of the ball inside the zone would be too extreme, but 20% feels fair to both the pitcher and the hitter.
I don't see it this way. The way I learned it, any part of the ball in the zone is a strike. If the ball barely clips the black of the plate, it is a strike. It logically follows that the same would apply to the upper and lower boundaries of the zone.
I think you'll change your mind once we start seeing some of these balls overturned into strikes that are at the very corners (not edges) of the traditional strike zone. So not only is the ball up/down three inches from the zone, it is also out/in three inches and is basically an unhittable pitch. The combination of the batter seeing the ball as both high and outside (or any other corner combo) drastically increases the chances that the batter won't swing.
Baseball already has an issue with K's and pitching being a bit too dominating, so I see no need to give pitchers the slight boost of now having the ability to target these areas knowing they have a chance to hit a spot that Umpires used to not call for a strike but that ABS now will.
I understand the old school idea of clipping/nipping the corner or painting the black, that's been around forever, but that was never taken to the absolute extreme of using technology to see if one lace of the ball caught the corner. Making 20% of the ball cross the zone just brings the ball about .75 of an inch more into the strike zone which seems like an entirely minimal change, but one that totally eliminates instances of a ball being 99.99999999% out of the zone but still a strike via the new system.
I understand your point, I just disagree.
Anything other than "in the zone is a strike, outside of the zone is a ball" is going to be completely arbitrary.
Anything other than "in the zone is a strike, outside of the zone is a ball" is going to be completely arbitrary.
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