Episode 286

Opening 

• - Tyler Skaggs Day 
• Angles honor late pitcher with day to remember 
• Mom throws out first pitch, throw a strike
• Whole team wears 45 Skaggs jerseys, 
• Trout takes first pitch 454 feet 
• team scores 7 in first, 13 today, his birthday 7/13
• last No-no in California, 7/13/1991 baltimore vs Oakland   (tyler skaggs born on that day) 
• Team covers mound in Skaggs Jersey… 
• Oh and they are called the Angels.. 

MLB Round up 

-Giants rolling, 4.5 out of WC. 

• Rumor has it Giants won’t get much for MB, if winning continues won't trade 
• Zaidi hints at Giants being buyers not sellers 

MLB Robot umpires Debut in Atlantic League 

• Umpire held iPhone in back pocket, and AirPods in Right ear.. system relayed balls and strikes. 
• only 1 pitch was argued, a tailing fastball that clipped the bottom of the zone, during 4th inning, umpired had to call traditional balls and strikes due to connection loss 
• Atlantic league is also amending other rules, such as ban pickoff moves in which a pitcher remains on the rubber, allow bunting players to foul off a two-strike pitch before striking out and command umpires to rule on check swings in a “batter friendly” manner.

• expand the dropped third strike rule to all counts,

In the second half of the season, the league will allow batters to steal first base: Any pitch on any count not caught in flight will be considered a live ball, and a batter may run to first base, similar to a dropped third strike.

• Nba to continue to try Challenge “flag” on 1 year trial after G- League and Summer League success 

The first change is the introduction of a Coach’s Challenge to trigger instant replay review of a limited set of matters.  A version of the Coach’s Challenge that has been in effect in the NBA G League for the last two seasons and is being used at MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2019 will be adopted in the NBA on a one-year trial basis during the 2019-20 season 

Key features of the Coach’s Challenge are below:

• Each team is entitled to one challenge in the game (regardless of whether the challenge is successful).
• A team can use its challenge in the following instances: a called personal foul charged to its own team; a called out-of-bounds violation; or a called goaltending or basket interference violation. 
  • A team can use its challenge on a called personal foul at any point in the game. 
  • In the last two minutes of the fourth period or the last two minutes of overtime, a called out-of-bounds violation or called goaltending/basket interference violation will not be challengeable and instead will be exclusively triggered by on-court referees. 
• To initiate a challenge, a team must immediately call a legal timeout and the head coach must immediately signal for a challenge by twirling his/her finger toward the referees.
• If a team attempts to challenge an event with no remaining timeouts, the team is charged an excessive timeout, for which the penalty is a technical foul, and no challenge will take place.
• If a team calls a timeout to challenge an event that may not be reviewed, the team will be charged a timeout but retain its challenge.
• As with other replay reviews, in order to overturn the event as called on the floor, there must be clear and conclusive visual evidence that the call was incorrect. NBA Replay Center Triggers

In the first 46 minutes of the game and the first three minutes of overtime, the NBA Replay Center will be able to trigger instant replay of the following events:

• 2-Point or 3-Point Field Goals – i.e., whether a made field goal should count as two or three points or, in the event of a shooting foul, whether the offensive player should be awarded two or three free throws for being fouled on a shot attempt.
• Potential Shot Clock Violations – i.e., whether a successful field goal was attempted before or after the shot clock expired.

A new “courtside administrator,” hired and supervised by the League Office, will be stationed at the scorer’s table to facilitate and expedite communication between the NBA Replay Center and the on-court referees.  The courtside administrator will not have any decision-making authority with respect to officiating calls or replay determinations.

The NBA’s Competition Committee recommended the two changes to the instant replay rules before the Board of Governors’ vote.

• NFL owners propose change 

During the most recent collective bargaining session, NFL owners revived conversations about expanding the regular season to 18 games, according to The Wall Street Journal's Andrew Beaton.

To address health concerns, the owners suggested the idea of limiting players to 16 games during the 18-game schedule and expanding rosters, reports Beaton.

Owners are enticed by the idea of a longer season considering the more revenue it could create. An analysis done by the NFL Players Association found that up to $2.5 billion in additional annual revenue could be generated with two more games. That would add $15 million to each team's salary cap and give players more money.

However, players say adding more games takes away from their arguments made during bargaining sessions. Players worry over the increase in injuries that happen late in the season and see that risk rising in a potential 17th and 18th game.

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The Wall Street Journal reports there are 4,000 injuries in the league per year, and the union estimates adding more games could bring down the average NFL career span from 3.3 years to 2.8. That dip is important because players become eligible for post-career benefits like health insurance and pensions after three years.

Players also reportedly think that the 16-game limit is unrealistic because they don't want to be forced to sit out games when the stakes are high. 

"No players are banging down my door asking me to think about this," said Eric Winston, president of the NFLPA.

Owners previously suggested an 18-game schedule during 2011, when a 132-day lockout threatened the start of the season. The current collective bargaining agreement doesn't end until after the 2020 season.

• How do you manage who sits when?  
• Do you sit a $25m a year Qb? What about the highest paid players? 

NBA Talk 

-Will Westbrook to Rockets make them better or worse? 

• Where will Paul land? 
• Is a lockout Looming? Chuck thinks small market owners may demand a new looking CBA 
• Silver says tanking is a problem (he listens to our show) 
• Why is Sammie and Kings fans so irrational. 
• Facebook posts promised for show (screenshots) 
• (Sammie Audio if time)