@dead_baseball

I make baseball YouTube videos and dad jokes... West Point Grad, ex-Army Captain, amateur musician. Record holder for highest spin rate on a knuckleball.

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Joined June 2021
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The YouTube version of the Service Time Podcast is now up and running with the first 3 episodes. We'll be recording episode 4 next week. youtube.com/channel/UC9negm2…

Service Time Podcast

A monthly deep dive podcast on the history of baseball labor and what it means ahead of the 2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Podcast hosts Dominic Cotroneo and Scott Sweeney take the time to...

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"Appeal to history" So you lost the argument?
Tangotiger 🍁@tangotiger15h
There are three common refrains when it comes to "what is a swing" 1. Appeal to history: "Never in the history of baseball has..." 2. Appeal to the rulebook: "The rule says that..." 3. Appeal to brevity: "LMFAO" If you use any of these, you've already lost the argument
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I took Forbes' reported team revenues in 2025, subtracted luxury tax payroll in 2026, and then subtracted the average difference (estimates average fixed costs) multiplied by a cost of living factor for each metro area. This, I believe, gives the true "cheap" teams list...
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Should clarify I used luxury tax payrolls + luxury tax penalties. It makes sense that the 3 teams on the far right are all teams that have tried to stay under or close to the luxury tax threshold in recent years.
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Teams in the negative are overspending on payroll while teams in the positive are underspending on payroll versus their revenue. Whether a team is small or large market has little influence on their placement (maybe smaller market is closer to zero due to less margin for error.)
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This chart shows that teams roughly spend on payroll relative to their revenue. I believe the disparity in payroll in baseball isn't because of cheap small-market owners, but revenue disparity. I also believe this can be addressed through increased revenue sharing.
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I was the lucky one that got to ask Bud Selig this last week. He said "no, it wouldn't work." No elaboration.
Steve VanSky@VanSky_famOct 24
Why are competitive balance focused baseball fans pro-cap instead of pro-revenue share?
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I will stand on every mountaintop to exclaim that if MLB implemented a 45 degree threshold for a swing, which is beyond the 95% threshold of what is called a swing in the majors today, would be a huge mistake. 25-30 degrees I would support fully.
Tangotiger 🍁@tangotiger22h
This is how ACS would look, had it been in place
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Wut?
John Martinello
@martinello_johnOct 25
I don’t care if you think Yandy Diaz went or not, James Hoye should not be ending this baseball game with a check-swing judgement call. The next challenge system will be here before you know it.
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I see you @Dom_Cotroneo
Baseball Quotes
@BaseballQuotes1Oct 25
The Brewers radio call and reaction to Sal Frelick's game-tying home run is awesome
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Just realized the screen cap I picked makes you look like that guy from Scary Movie 2...
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I was proven right.
Baseball's Not Dead@dead_baseballOct 25
That swing is called 60% of the time every time.
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The fact that most people believe it was a swing while at the same time it wouldn't be a swing under the system they're using in the minors codifies for me that the system they're using in the minors is WAAAAY to lenient for most peoples' likings.
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According to this chart by @tangotiger , the current 50% check swing rate angle is ~20 degrees. 45 degrees is past the current 95% swinging strike rate. My initial gut reaction to this chart is to put it around 25-30 degrees.
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Not only using the wrong Contreras brother but also misspelling the other Conteras brother's name.
Raymond 🦬@PittsburghGritOct 25
Replying to @DodgersMemeTeam @GJOH29
They are cheating. There is no question. Look at the key moments where Wilson is challenging. They are using buzzers for likely multiple purposes.
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That swing is called 60% of the time every time.
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I'm an Ash Man.
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Brewers have the advantage because the home plate ump's brother walked off the Brewers old-timers game this year.
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What time does the Brewer game start tonight?
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Looked up some of the numbers and it really seems like 2019 was an extreme outlier that makes it look much more pronounced. Hitters were basically prime Barry Bonds when facing the same reliever for the 3rd time that year...
Baseball's Not Dead@dead_baseballOct 24
I'm seeing a lot more in the last week about how a team seeing the same relievers in a playoff series makes the relievers less effective, but I haven't actually seen the numbers behind that. I doubt it has near the negative impact that people are stating.
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I'm seeing a lot more in the last week about how a team seeing the same relievers in a playoff series makes the relievers less effective, but I haven't actually seen the numbers behind that. I doubt it has near the negative impact that people are stating.
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