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ESPN's take on the Unwritten Rules:
Sometimes I wonder if baseball has so many unwritten rules because it's not as "manly" as other sports like football, hockey or boxing.
You're not smashing someone else the entire game, so they try too hard to Man It Up.
I love the pimping and I want to see more flair. Lets see more pitchers screaming, fist-pumping or doing this:
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Just follow him on Twitter and you'll get all the information you'll need.
I don't follow him but his tweets come up a lot on bleacher report team streams for the Knicks. It's always some smug garbage.
I've had urges to tweet back at him for feeding fans the crap he throws. But he actually loves the hate. He knows what he's doing."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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The hilarious thing about the Gossage rant to me is that in HIS day the old guys were ranting about HIM...they didn't need closers/relievers in their day, players didn't wear all that facial hair and looked more professional, etc. All of these old guys (Gossage, Seaver, Hernandez, etc)...I love them, they were fun to watch, but man they come off as petty, jealous, and just small. I'm sure 20 years from now I'll be listening to Jose Bautista with the same complaints...it's the circle of life."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers HornsbyComment
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It's no different in any sport. Basketball old-timers are saying Steph isn't all that great because no one plays defense anymore. Football old-timers say the game isn't great because you can't hit anymore. Nearly everyone thinks their time was the best time.Comment
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Goose got a stern talking to from the Higher Ups, and kinda apologized?
He said the moment got the best if him, which ironically is exactly what he said when he hurled a fastball right into his own kid's leg.Boston Red Sox
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Do yourselves a favor and download the ESPN radio app or go to ESPNChicago.com and look for the Waddle and Silvy podcast from yesterday in the ESPN 1000 podcasts. Goose did an interview with them after they saw his Jose Bautista comments and it's one of the all-time great angry old guy rants. They have just the interview up if you don't want to listen to the whole show, but all the Revenge of the Nerds "nerddddddddddddssssss" drops throughout the show almost make it worth it to listen to it haha.Comment
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Players should show the strongest emotions in the proper situations. Or rather, people shouldn't make it their entire being just to get crazy all the time. If that's how you are, great. If someone's a fiery player, let them be. If someone's stoic then that's cool too. Just don't go pimping HRs in the first inning or flipping out cuz you got a grounder to end the 3rd inning during some random game in May.
Last thing I want and that baseball needs is for people to force it all and make it even more of some sideshow thing like the NHL with fights, the NFL with all the stupid talk about signs and banners and gestures and dances, etc. I'm sick of the distraction bull**** in other sports and it's pushed me most to baseball. I don't want to sour on, quite frankly, the only sport I have left. Other factors have already led me to souring on it. Don't want to go further. I like talking about how awesome Trout, Harper, Kershaw, Cabrera etc are in terms of their performance.
Baseball is the greatest game on the planet. We don't need gimmicks.Last edited by TheMatrix31; 03-11-2016, 08:05 PM.Comment
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It's just a classic case of "old timer syndrome" My generation was better blah blah.. Nostalgia is hell of a thing. I do agree with Goose on the blocking of the plate , I hate that rule, and it's weak in my eyes, but he really comes off and as an old tired douche with alot of his comments, and after what he said about Bryce and Bautista.
I wouldn't have blamed them one bit for blasting back. But they really handled themselves with class, making Goose look even douchier.
Bautista's bat flip? Loved it. What the hell does he expect him to do? The youth infusion, parity, and lack of labor disputes have baseball heading into a new golden era. I love the game right now, it's fantastic.Comment
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I agree. Hate to say it but if you're older than 36 or getting there, your opinion is basically crap.
And if you don't like it, either adjust or watch something else.
Baseball has catered to the older fan for decades and watched their popularity dip compared to other leagues.
I get what Matrix is saying but this is life. It's reality. Things change and sometimes it isn't for everyone's good. One side gets the short hand of it but that's how it's supposed to go. Like clothes, movies and things to say, it all changes."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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With all of this talk, you would think that this stuff happens at every at bat. People forget that before Bautista threw his bat, the game was already highly charged. When the Rangers took the lead in the middle of the game, fans started pelting the field with beer bottles and trash, causing the Rangers to have to leave the field at one point. The three E6s did nothing to help the Rangers, and then Bautista ripped one to the Hudson Bay. A little context goes a long way.Rangers - Cowboys - Aggies - Stars - Mavericks
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"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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At the end of the day, all pitchers are dicks. They wanna come out of the bullpen in the 8th, strike out a couple of guys and pump their fist like they're a badass, but if a guy jogs a certain way after hitting a HR it's not cool. That's how it boils down to me lol.Comment
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