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[Baseball Vanity] The Result of a Beanball Should Be (1) Automatic Ejection for the Pitcher and (2) Four Bases for the Batter

Posted on 07/30/2023 4:43:34 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6

All baserunners score.

"Intent" is irrelevant--if balls hits head, rule applies.


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KEYWORDS: baseball; concerntroll; rules; sports; vanity
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To: poinq

Crowding the plate is one thing, but no one leads with his head.

Bobby Valentine managed in Japan and said any pitcher with poor enough control that he beans a batter is sent to the minors.


21 posted on 07/30/2023 4:58:17 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Sirius Lee

You felt the need to play a racist card. Go pound sand!


22 posted on 07/30/2023 4:58:44 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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To: dangus
Ya wanna give him a home run for getting hit?

In the head, yes.

23 posted on 07/30/2023 5:00:00 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

You need to watch, “Ice Guardians,” to understand how enforcement and the psychology of sport works.


24 posted on 07/30/2023 5:01:38 PM PDT by rey
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To: EvilCapitalist
What if you throw over someone’s head?

No. Only actual beanballs.

25 posted on 07/30/2023 5:01:40 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: dfwgator

How about this one at the 38 second mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBsvuoQMmuo


26 posted on 07/30/2023 5:01:44 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: poinq
There have been many batters who made a living crowding the plate and taking a fast ball to the arm.

I remember a Babe Ruth League pitcher who had an extreme fastball, but he was also .. how shall we say .. erratic. He was about the only pitcher on whom I feared to crowd the plate. For most other pitchers' fastball, I could at least attempt to evade; for him, usually, I could see that ball leave his hand on the pitcher's mound, and then the next thing I knew, it was hitting the catcher's mitt.

I would sometimes make an educated guess and swing where I thought the ball might be, based upon how it was leaving his hand. As it turned out, I had a .500 hitting average against his fastballs. Where he usually did me in was changing up and throwing a curve. I saw it leave his hand and, guessing it was a fastball, I would swing at where I thought it would be. Unfortunately, if it was a curve, I had swung at the pitch, left the batter's box, and was seated in the dugout by the time it got to the catcher.

27 posted on 07/30/2023 5:02:55 PM PDT by BlueLancer (One for all ... All for one ... Every man for himself) (Moe, Larry, and Curley)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Penalty for batter showing up up pitcher:

automatic ejection, suspension for 40 games. I mean, if we are going to make the rules change, may as well make it even Steven.


28 posted on 07/30/2023 5:03:44 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: foundedonpurpose
You felt the need to play a racist card.

It was more of a desire. A delight in doing so, actually. What compelled you to pearl clutch in so Karenhood a manner?

29 posted on 07/30/2023 5:03:50 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

>> In the head, yes. <<

Do you want more Joe Bidens? Because giving away free home runs for taking a fast ball to the skull is a great way to get more Joe Bidens. :-)


30 posted on 07/30/2023 5:04:44 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Don Drysdale once threw at a guy warming up on the batting circle who was trying to time his pitches. Now, you see guys timing pitches in warm up all the time.

Gibson felt the plate was his. Koufax was just as vicious. They were fierce competitors. Now they’re a bunch of candy ass prima donnas.


31 posted on 07/30/2023 5:09:16 PM PDT by rey
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To: dangus

I was about ten rows back in a Royals / Reds spring training game some years back when a line drive hit Chapman in the head and put him out cold at the foot of the mound. We thought he might be dead. Its strange how he has moved around.


32 posted on 07/30/2023 5:11:42 PM PDT by KC Burke (Diversity, Inclusion and Equity is not another way to spell GOD but it is a way to spell DIE.)
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To: dfwgator

Not a head shot, but the batter took a few punches to the head after he charged the mound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3niGu9d_pY


33 posted on 07/30/2023 5:13:40 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: dfwgator

Hockey players: ROFL!


34 posted on 07/30/2023 5:15:05 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: freedomson

“I’ve been beaned many times and have suffered no ill effects.”


Neither have I.

Me neither.


35 posted on 07/30/2023 5:15:11 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

No


36 posted on 07/30/2023 5:15:56 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

No


37 posted on 07/30/2023 5:16:19 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Sirius Lee

No Karen mannerism here. So, for what reason did you feel the need to inject race into a sport played around the world?


38 posted on 07/30/2023 5:17:22 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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To: EvilCapitalist

“Juuuust a bit outside.”


39 posted on 07/30/2023 5:19:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: occamrzr06
Well, why don't we make the ball a little.....softer. Like, maybe we all play wiffle ball. :)
40 posted on 07/30/2023 5:19:49 PM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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