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Why do coaches ever reveal their starting pitchers ahead of time?
Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:51 pm
i mean they owe the media nothing. I think even if it creates the slightest of advantages in the other team not knowing who they'll be facing why not take it? Also are there rules on announcing pitcher A as the starter and doing a fake out and using pitcher B instead.
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Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:52 pm to jlovel7
I was just thinking the same thing. If Les were a baseball coach, we would never know until someone took the mound.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:55 pm to jlovel7
It doesn't really provide that much of an advantage. Maybe if the pitcher throws gas or has a nasty breaking pitch the other team will take batting practice working on speeding up their hands or hitting the breaking ball, but Poche doesn't present those types of issues so it doesn't really provide any advantage. Maybe they will have all their left handers throw BP today and tomorrow, but that's about it.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:59 pm to jlovel7
This isn't the "Bush League" it's the ways it's always been done
Posted on 6/12/15 at 12:59 pm to jlovel7
Probably doesn't make a bit of difference if a team knows or doesn't know who they're facing.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:00 pm to UpToPar
believe it or not, in college.....we didn't give two shits who was warming up in the pen. it's hitting asprin really.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:03 pm to rilesrick
Steve Kerr just won Game 4 of the NBA Finals and he lied to the media about his lineup before the game.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:09 pm to hambones
it's always better to know what your up against ahead of time. no matter what it is.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:15 pm to bababooey
It's like a professional courtesy, a baseball thing.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:15 pm to jlovel7
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i mean they owe the media nothing. I think even if it creates the slightest of advantages in the other team not knowing who they'll be facing why not take it? Also are there rules on announcing pitcher A as the starter and doing a fake out and using pitcher B instead.
Lineup cards are exchanged before they have to be finalized. It just gets rid of stupid gamesmanship. Everyone is going to have an opportunity to see the other lineup card before they are handed in to the umpire. Instead of wasting a bunch of time filling out new ones at that moment, the coaches announce them ahead of time. It is similar to how, before the ebays, high school football coaches would exchange film. It makes it easier on everyone, including the coaches, makes the product better, and avoids what is ultimately a pointless wasting of time and resources.
This post was edited on 6/12/15 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:17 pm to Jay Quest
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Probably doesn't make a bit of difference if a team knows or doesn't know who they're facing.
Most certainly does.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 1:22 pm to jlovel7
I didn't see any benefit to PM announcing Poche over Lange. Most people assumed we would start Lange. Would've been a nice opportunity to make TCU adjust their starting lineup an hour before first pitch.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 2:23 pm to hambones
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Steve Kerr just won Game 4 of the NBA Finals and he lied to the media about his lineup before the game.
Les and Steve are first cousins.
Posted on 6/12/15 at 5:07 pm to jlovel7
Paul Mainieri is probably reading this thread and gonna start Lange to spite us
Posted on 6/12/15 at 6:47 pm to jlovel7
Baseball is a gentleman's game.
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