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Hokey Pokey Ghost Runner Thread

kcmets Jul 10 2022 06:00 PM

Kind dumb (for me) to kvetch about it in every IGT. so I will kvetch here. What's next, the managers go out and play Simon Says with the next three guys up and the first one that flinches loses? I know, holographic images on the field of Chuck Baris and select celebrity guests looking to BONG a loser. You put your first guy on He gets taken out They put their first guy on And of course he makes an out Do the Hokey Pokey maybe turn it all around Sad that it's all about

roger_that Jul 10 2022 06:17 PM Re: Hokey Pokey Ghost Runner Thread

One of the revolting developments that are driving my interest in MLB away.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2022 06:24 PM Re: Hokey Pokey Ghost Runner Thread

I understand the use of it during the Covid season with the travel restrictions and desire not to have extra-long games mixed in. (I didn't LIKE it, but I understood it). My fear is that the longer it takes to go away -- as it was renewed for the second Covid season and then again this year due to the (slightly) condensed sked -- the less likely it becomes that it actually Will go away. Manfred swears it's out after this year. The DH was also a temporary experiment that supposedly needed periodic re-votes to keep it going. And then it didn't. So like a government program that has long out-lived its original mandate and its usefulness, I fear these rules become permanent by simple momentum.

Fman99 Jul 14 2022 05:20 AM Re: Hokey Pokey Ghost Runner Thread

Hate it. So dumb.