Ransomed, I hope it stays that way re: self policing.
I listen to Cardinals baseball on the radio (cancelled Direct TV 2 years ago).
We have to great radio guys, Mike Shannon and John Rooney. Anyway the discussion of pitching inside to move a batter back who is crowding the plate came up. Rooney said some young guys (wasn’t sure if it was players or writers) were saying that’s “Old School” pitching. I’m sure Shannon would liked to have slapped some sense into them.
I think a lot of the really bad apples in baseball get weeded out before they get to the pros. NFL and NBA have super popular farm systems where it’s harder to nix out problems if they have real talent. Not that MLB doesn’t have its share of jerks, for sure.
It used to go too far the other way, sticking someone just because they homered off you last AB is just as bush as staring at your dead center homer as it leaves. Too much of that bat flipping garbage goes on today too.
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