<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Quality starts would be a good alternative to wins and I also would not oppose a switch to OBP.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But agree with Jim that we shouldn’t change the trade to NL rules.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Frank<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 5, 2023, at 3:20 PM, Rick Gammons <<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com" class="">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="">Greetings:</div><div class=""> I'm in agreement with Mr. Barrett, though I wouldn't fight switching from BA to OBP. And speaking as a traditionalist, I'm pleased as punch to see game pace return to at least 1980s levels, if not 1970s levels.</div><div class=""> Rick<br class=""></div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:27 AM Klein Nine via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" class="">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I'm guessing a lot of others agree. Also guessing that, as a traditionalist, Jim is lamenting that the bases are a few inches larger this year, too. :)<br class=""><br class="">-Andy<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-------- Original Message --------<br class="">On Mar 5, 2023, 12:08 PM, Jim Barrett <<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:chicagojab@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">chicagojab@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class=""><br class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I’m still a believer in Wins and BA. I would not be in favor of switching.<br class=""><br class="">And I think that dealing with trades to the NL adds an extra strategic wrinkle that can liven things up part way into the season. So I’m not in favor of changing that either.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jim<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Mar 5, 2023, at 10:32 AM, Klein Nine via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" class="">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As long as we’re gearing up for the season, I wanted to toss out a few discussion items.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>None of these are suggestions for this season.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Just wanted to get thoughts to see if we might have momentum for putting forward proposals later this year to implement in future seasons.<u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">1.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Wins:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""> </span>Wins seems a dated category, especially with so many starters going five innings per game or less.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Is there a good substitute?<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Quality starts?<u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">2.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Batting Average:<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Would OBP be better?<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Does anyone play in league that uses OBP instead of BA?<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>If so, what do you think?<u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Trades to NL:<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We’ve raised this before but have not had a critical mass of support for counting stats of players traded to the NL mid-season.<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>With MLB balancing the schedule and adding more inter-league games, is anyone willing to re-consider?<u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">-Andy<span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: arial; 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