{"id":523415,"date":"2010-04-11T20:13:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2010-04-11T20:13:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:13:19","slug":"personal-finance-link-joe-west-is-a-disgrace-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/523415","title":{"rendered":"Personal Finance Link (Joe West is a Disgrace Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fully ensconce in baseball season having caught almost all of the first 6 Red Sox games.  That streak should end tomorrow as the game is scheduled to start around the time I grab lunch at work.  Probably some of the biggest news to come from the first six games is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesn.com\/2010\/04\/umpire-joe-west-calls-red-sox-yankees-pathetic-embarrassing-and-disgrace-to-baseball-for-slow-pace.html\">Umpire Joe West called the Red Sox-Yankees games a &#8220;disgrace to baseball&#8221;<\/a> due to the slow pace of their games.<\/p>\n<p>His exact quote was:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re two of the best teams in baseball. Why are they playing the slowest?&#8221; West asked the New Jersey Bergen Record. &#8220;It&#8217;s pathetic and embarrassing. They take too long to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to join the party and call Joe West a disgrace to baseball.  When you become an umpire, you sign on to be in the background of the entertainment, not the foreground.  Putting that aside, maybe he should take a minute to think about why the games are slow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>National Television = More Commercials<\/b> &#8211; The Red Sox-Yankees games, as baseball&#8217;s biggest rivalry, are almost always on national television.  Several players have said they were ready to bat, but they had to wait for commercials that aren&#8217;t part of local television.<\/li>\n<li><b>High On-Base Percentage<\/b> &#8211; I heard today that the Red Sox-Yankees are tied for having the two best on-base percentages over the last few years.  More base runners means longer games.  Each guy that reaches base is one that didn&#8217;t get out&#8230; and the pitcher has to start again with a new hitter.  Pitchers also work slower with men on base.<\/li>\n<li><b>Hitters are patient<\/b> &#8211; The Red Sox and Yankees have some of the most patient hitters in the game.  They take a lot of pitches until they find the ones they want.  Combine that with the high on-base percentage and pitchers are going to get tired by throwing a lot of pitches&#8230; cue the pitching change and more commercials.  The Red Sox &#8211; Yankees games of last week saw each team average using 5 pitchers a game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, if Joe West wants quick games of baseball, he can umpire me and a few friends play against either the Red Sox and Yankees.  I guarantee they&#8217;ll strike us out quite quickly.  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Today&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fully ensconce in baseball season having caught almost all of the first 6 Red Sox games. That streak should end tomorrow as the game is scheduled to start around the time I grab lunch at work. 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