Posted on 12/13/2013 4:27:58 AM PST by onedoug
As a non athletic female who loves baseball I’m surprised.
I always thought MLB was made up of guys who WANTED to be there and were willing to take their chances. You know,like real men.
Silly me. /s
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What happens when a pitcher is rushing to cover home plate after a passed ball/wild pitch..with a runner on third, they are BOTH attempting to get to the plate at the same time.
I'm curious...do you make that sort of comment to anyone who expresses disinterest in any other part of the popular culture, such as when someone posts something about television or films and the inevitable replies of "I don't watch that stuff" crop up, or is there something special about sports?
I was a catcher for all of my baseball and softball playing days—you wouldn’t call it a career. It’s very simple. You tag a runner HARD in the testicles in ANY play at the plate, and the runner never collides with you again. Especially you wimp pitchers and shortstops. (Bunch ‘a crybabies.)
In that call I always agreed with Yogi. I seem to remember an interview with Jackie Robinson years later where when asked about that call he just smiled and said very little. All the while with a smile on his face.
I don’t watch any of these nonsensical sports either.
You might be surprised at how many have an aversion to them.
Dennis Miller said on FB, “Next Selig will want to ban
outfield walls.”
Neither. I made it because I get irritated when some haughty a-hole steps into the middle of a conversation just to say he doesn’t care about what’s being discussed.
“I’ve never understood how it ever became a standard procedure for catchers to block home plate....Nobody would ever think it’s normal for someone to block first base, for example.”
I believe that if a fielder blocks 1st, 2nd, or 3rd base, the runner is awarded an extra base. But if you block home plate, well, what have you got to lose?
You would probably be more surprised to find out how little I care about what you think
Nobody would ever think it's normal for someone to block first base, for example.
I was a catcher through college and coached high school baseball for 25 years; I played when collisions were legal and coached when they weren’t.
I don't have a problem with a crash rule and I don't think it in some way points to a wussification of sports. In MLB there is a lot of money out there, you don't want stars getting injured or a NFL style lawsuit over old players who got concussions in home plate collisions.
The rule works as long as the catcher isn't allowed to block the plate. Because of the crash rule you never see this called in MLB, it is called occasionally in high school and college. The catcher is suppose to give the runner a corner of the plate. I coached to give the back corner (nearer the ump) then aggressively apply the tag to push the runner off that corner.
High school has had the rule for years and it hasn't destroyed the game.
Not wanting the players you pay millions to have shorter careers due to knee and head injuries isn’t wussification, it’s protecting your investment. Really the whole chest thumping crowd that insists all safety rules make things wussy are nothing but jackasses, and probably cowards out in reality, keyboard bravery. Meanwhile guys are actually having season and career ending injuries out there while you pretend you’re tough.
I always liked to deek the runner by just standing in front of the plate like there was no play, if the on deck guy didn't do his job and get around where the runner could see him signaling to slide the runner would often slow up thinking there was no play..then bang..your out.
Another year, another rule!
Just curious. Have you ever been a catcher?
“Especially now with instant replay which will limit the “Neighborhood Play”
“There is a long list of types of plays that cannot be challenged. Those plays include: whether or not a batter has been hit by a pitch; whether a runner left a base early when tagging up; fair or foul calls on balls that carry over the first- or third-base bag; any play involving the 45-foot runners’ lane leading to first base; the so-called “neighborhood play” at second base in which middle infielders leave the bag early on double plays to avoid contact with the runner; and any trapped balls in the infield (trapped balls in the outfield, however, are reviewable).”
That’s from Verducci’s SI article
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20131211/winter-meetings-replay-collisions/
So I guess the neighborhood play is still on. I have noticed they don’t seem to give it to them as much in important nationally broadcast games/play offs in recent years.
Freegards
I wonder with all the hundreds of threads available on this forum why someone with no interest in particular thread spends the time and effort to tell everyone else they have no interest in the topic.
Is there a reason for that?
Some people just like to be douchebags. Can't stop 'em.
Heh heh, now you know how us soccer fans feel.
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