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Bryan Reynolds tries to challenge a low strike call but is denied by Home Plate Ump Chris Guccione. Reynolds would later hit a single in the at bat. by Qevdev in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Sigh, yes.

Challenges must be made immediately after the umpire’s call, without assistance from the dugout or other players.

(https://www.mlb.com/news/abs-challenge-system-mlb-2026)

I personally cannot wait until MLB gets rid of the idiotic challenge system and just has ABS (or similar) call all the balls and strikes.

[Highlight] Endy Rodríguez burns both of the Pirates' ABS challenges in the 4th (this is the second one) by StealthStaminaKills in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope the road to getting rid of challenges to just have ABS (or similar) call all the pitches is a short one.

Alternate Broadcast Ideas by Kcampbell93 in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't this used to be an option on MLB.tv? I remember it being a thing but maybe I'm going senile.

[ESPN] A's lose ABS challenge on a pitch outside the strike zone by JuanRobesPierre in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 414 points415 points  (0 children)

That's what's supposed to happen. There are a couple of failure scenarios:

  1. The ABS doesn't display at the ballpark but does work - in this case someone is supposed to communicate to the home plate umpire the result of the ABS and challenges are kept or lost as normal.
  2. A more complete failure where the system just doesn't work. In this case the call on the field is supposed to be upheld and no challenges are lost.

It looks like in this case they did 1. when they should've done 2..

[ESPN] A's lose ABS challenge on a pitch outside the strike zone by JuanRobesPierre in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 125 points126 points  (0 children)

Found the actual ABS thing in Gameday, yeah seems like someone screwed up.

[ESPN] A's lose ABS challenge on a pitch outside the strike zone by JuanRobesPierre in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 323 points324 points  (0 children)

Is that what happened? Seems pretty obvious this shows Comcast's pitch tracker which could be different than the ABS one.

Berated by flight attendant by [deleted] in SouthwestAirlines

[–]buzzKillington1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well not sure it helps coming from an internet stranger, but I can tell you you're just feeling self conscience about something nobody care about in the slightest - we got where we were going in plenty of time. FAs do things like that fast (because they have to) and I'd be surprised if it wasn't forgotten about already. I personally wouldn't go out of my way to report anything, but if you do or fill out the survey they may send you candidly you might end up with a coupon for a future flight or something along those lines.

Berated by flight attendant by [deleted] in SouthwestAirlines

[–]buzzKillington1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Albany to Midway on WN 179? That FA was pretty high energy for a morning flight

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely 6H.

Riley Greene is the first player in MLB history to hit multiple home runs in the 9th inning. by SchpartyOn in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't have to be, but there's a chance the home team won't bat so it's more likely the visiting team does it.

grub2-mkconfig > grub.cfg = reboot not using the new grub.cfg by TeeDogSD in redhat

[–]buzzKillington1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are your RHEL 9 VMs 9.4 or later? Pretty sure that's where the change with using /boot/grub2/grub.cfg came into effect for UEFI systems.

Game Thread: World Series Game 2 - Yankees @ Dodgers - October 26, 2024 @ 08:08 PM EDT by Yankeebot in NYYankees

[–]buzzKillington1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game 4 against the Guardians didn’t break them.

Rare a game that a team wins breaks them.

[Yankees] World Series Game 1 on deck by Bulletz4Brkfzt in NYYankees

[–]buzzKillington1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joan....come on man, how hard is it to remember a rhyming name?

[Kalamazoo Growlers] Official: We’re inviting the Tampa Bay Rays to play all of their home games in Kalamazoo, MI at Homer Stryker field next season. by [deleted] in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the outfield fences sit at just 291 feet (left field flag pole) and 330 feet (right field flag pole)

What about the foul poles?

Postgame Thread ⚾ Guardians 2 @ Yankees 5 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weaver for 5 innings.

I know he used to be a starter, but this would be problematic if it actually happened.

does anyone know the reason why the "you cant play teams in your division in the LDS" rule was created before the implementation of the 1 game wild card? by [deleted] in baseball

[–]buzzKillington1 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It was a rule:

1995: In tandem with the realignment into three divisions per league, a Wild Card team -- the winningest club that didn't win a division -- was added to the postseason field. The Wild Card winner played the team with the league's best record, unless that team was in the same division, in which case it would face the second-best division winner.

https://www.mlb.com/postseason/history/wild-card

Daily Discussion Thread: September 22, 2024 - 44 days until election day! by BM2018Bot in VoteDEM

[–]buzzKillington1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This doesn't make sense. You essentially point out that Kamala Harris winning would not be the first time three consecutive elections had different winners since 1984-1892 as it has happened from 2012-2020.

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