A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

[SportsTop]

Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

How about we just let these guys play baseball and let the umpires make the calls?

Someone is wound just a bit too tight.

[ac11367]

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I say they make the balls completely slick and without stitching. Shiny new leather. That way only fastballs and change-ups could be thrown.






.....and yes, I'm kidding.

Actually, this may be a good idea for little leagues. Kids should not throw breaking balls because it can ruin their elbows. And with these balls, they won't be able to throw one even if the coaches force them to, which I suspect happens quite often.

[ac11367]

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Someone is wound just a bit too tight.

You gotta understand, he's a Yankee fan.
Who's left of that once dynamic core of hard-nose players? Jeter, Mariano, Jorge....that's it. The only new one's added to the core are Wang and Cano. Everyone else are multi-year hired guns with contracts as big, or bigger, than those of the core players. In other words, the team's core players are depleted and attempts to add new core players have mostly failed. It's hard to fathom that management is reverting back to the formula of the 80's and early 90's: stockpiling superstars and not enough middle of the road guys (ex. Joe Girardi, Scott Brocius) who will do anything to win.

[blackceasar]

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Its only a speculation that Rogers was cheating.. For all we know it REALLY was just dirt.

But come on now! This is AMERICA! We live for the controversy. Isnt Kenny Rogers cheating and guilty of it more exicitng and intersting than him being exhaunerated??? This is just how our socitey is. I could be on the front page of the paper for being on trial for a murder I didnt do. The day im found innocent im in a small section on the back page.

[4BiddenKnight]

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Anyways, I think cheating (not steroids or hgh) has always been a part of baseball. Spit-balls, pine-tar, stealing signs, they're all part of the game. It has made players evolve to become even better than the players of the past. Its all part of the game, without it, it wouldn't be the same.

What's wrong with spitball? I believe the pitchers should be able to do anything on the ball (except for ripping it up) to give it awesome looking movements. Scrap the no foreign substance policy and I wanna see more spitball coming the hitter's way.

[CMH]

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Someone is wound just a bit too tight.

But, if you look at the end result I'm right. The umps will make the call and you never will.

[SportsTop]

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But, if you look at the end result I'm right. The umps will make the call and you never will.

But, but, but......if you paid attention in this thread at all you'd realize it's all ONE BIG FREAKING JOKE.

Hence the "wound too tight". Lighten up a bit. Does everything have to be so serious?



I think they should start using tennis balls.

[CMH]

Re: A Light-hearted Proposal to the Problem of Cheating Pitchers

But, but, but......if you paid attention in this thread at all you'd realize it's all ONE BIG FREAKING JOKE.

Hence the "wound too tight". Lighten up a bit. Does everything have to be so serious?



I think they should start using tennis balls.

Did it ever occur to you that my comment was in response to those that were taking the thread too seriously?

Hence the, lets the players play and the umpires decide.

[CMH]

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You gotta understand, he's a Yankee fan.
Who's left of that once dynamic core of hard-nose players? Jeter, Mariano, Jorge....that's it. The only new one's added to the core are Wang and Cano. Everyone else are multi-year hired guns with contracts as big, or bigger, than those of the core players. In other words, the team's core players are depleted and attempts to add new core players have mostly failed. It's hard to fathom that management is reverting back to the formula of the 80's and early 90's: stockpiling superstars and not enough middle of the road guys (ex. Joe Girardi, Scott Brocius) who will do anything to win.

This really makes no sense.

Perhaps I am missing something here. I really don't understand how my comments have anything to do with the Yankees and their success the past couple of seasons.

It seems to me that you're just upset that your first post wasn't funny. If that's not the case please explain to me what's going on because so far I have two people that are taking me too seriously.

[dust247]

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I think they should start using tennis balls.

Now that would be entertaining...

Bring back the astro turf and we've got A-Rods at every positions.

[ac11367]

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This really makes no sense.

Perhaps I am missing something here. I really don't understand how my comments have anything to do with the Yankees and their success the past couple of seasons.

It seems to me that you're just upset that your first post wasn't funny. If that's not the case please explain to me what's going on because so far I have two people that are taking me too seriously.

Because you were wound a little too tight, I assumed that you were feeling miserable due to the dim prospect of the Yankees organization. Just an assumption, that's all.

See, my thread is a light-hearted suggestion that opens the door for others to come up with something equally light-hearted. Its purpose is only to make fun of the situation, not to make people laugh out loud like a Chris Rock stand up.

I give credit to those who have properly put this thread into perspective.

[CMH]

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Because you were wound a little too tight, I assumed that you were feeling miserable due to the dim prospect of the Yankees organization. Just an assumption, that's all.

See, my thread is a light-hearted suggestion that opens the door for others to come up with something equally light-hearted. Its purpose is only to make fun of the situation, not to make people laugh out loud like a Chris Rock stand up.

I give credit to those who have properly put this thread into perspective.

Alright.

I asked the question in my first post (just under your original post) because I didn't get it. But, it was pointed out really early (by you as well) that this was a joke.

I didn't think my next comment about the umpires was serious. I'm sorry you did.

As for the Yankees...I'm not miserable about them. Follow me around these baseball forums and you'll see that though I'm a fan the Yankees aren't my life and I can be as unbiased about them and the rest of baseball as I try to be.

[ac11367]

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Alright.

I asked the question in my first post (just under your original post) because I didn't get it. But, it was pointed out really early (by you as well) that this was a joke.

I didn't think my next comment about the umpires was serious. I'm sorry you did.

As for the Yankees...I'm not miserable about them. Follow me around these baseball forums and you'll see that though I'm a fan the Yankees aren't my life and I can be as unbiased about them and the rest of baseball as I try to be.

Fair enough. I apologize if I sounded harsh in anyway. I once had a co-worker who's so big of a Yankee fan that when they lost to the Sox a couple of years ago during ALCS, he called out sick for 3 days. Afterwards he showed up to work with a grumpy cloud over his head for the next 2 weeks. I agree with you, the Yankees, or any sports team for that matter, shouldn't be your life. Heck, I follow the Mets, and I was heart broken for about 2 minutes after they lost to the Cards. But the Mets don't pay my rent. After they lost, there's always football, basketball, girls, and video games.

[CMH]

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After they lost, there's always football, basketball, girls, and video games.

Ha.
It's cool. I can see how my comment could be taken seriously. I apologize for dragging this out.