MLB Pseudo-Season 2020: Roger, Dodgers
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I am old and I am a traditionalist. Baseball has long been played a certain way and I like it. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing a guy pop out or ground out on a first pitch after the pitcher has just walked a couple batters. Like I said - I don't care that Tatis hit a home run - I care that he overcelebrated as though he just hit an important homer, not just padding a seven run lead. Just circle the bases and go sit down. If he had hit that homer off Bob Gibson, the next three hitters would have been plunked and he would have gotten drilled the next time up, regardless of who was pitching and regardless of how many days later. And if a hitter bunts to try to break up a no hitter, unless the score is very close late in the game, he and the rest of the lineup better not dig in.
Wouda drilled him in the ear. Not to mention Don Drysdale.
These unwritten rules feel like more of a newer thing that goes hand in hand with the overpaid babies that play the game now.
Watchin' Red vs. Royals.
Who decided to change royal Blue to powder Blue?
Who decided to change royal Blue to powder Blue?
They are ancient. Even older than me. My first memory of an MLB game is my dad taking me to Briggs Stadium to see Mickey Mantle and the Yankees play the Tigers in 1956. The only thing I remember is the guy next to us catching a foul ball and the smell of cigars. I had to keep secret from my dad that I was a Mickey Mantle fan. I always looked at the boxscores to see what he and Al Kaline did the day before. A year or so later I also started following Stan Musial - my first Little League team was the Cardinals. When I was eight, my folks got me a subscription to The Sporting News - I was sure I had gone to heaven.
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I stand corrected. But some of the rules seem more suited to today's mindset.
Which ones?
Mainly the recent one, Rangers whining about the Padres running up the score.
Actually, the only real faux-pas was Tatis stealing third with a 6-0 lead. To me the homerun was okay if he'd just trotted and sat down. I think the celebration and the jumping forearm bash at home plate was what pissed folks off.
The 2001 Seattle Mariners didn't set the single-season wins record outright because they blew a 14-1 lead to Cleveland in an 11-inning game. It's baseball, no lead is safe. There is fuck-all wrong with what Tatis did.
Why? The game wasn't over. I thought the whole point was to play the game for nine (or more) innings?
Other than padding stats, what's the point of stealing 3rd base with two outs? I can see doing it with one out because you add the possibility of a squeeze or sacrifice fly. Nothing is gained with two outs. The next guy, Hosmer I think, struck out and the only thing Tatis got was another stolen base on his stats.
Because it's easier to score from third than second if Hosmer puts the ball in play? This isn't rocket surgery.
Baseball is older than dirt and these unwritten rules were in force when baseball was easily the most popular sport. What's holding baseball back is competition and gambling. During a normal year, every other sport overlaps with part of the baseball season. Even more important may be gambling - basketball and football are much better to gamble on than baseball. Also holding baseball back is ESPN and other such networks that are little more than shills for the NFL and NBA. There is an NFL related show on ESPN every day of the year. There are no baseball shows except on the few nights they carry a live game.
True but very little easier with two outs. It's why they have the old saying that you should never make the 1st or 3rd out at 3rd base.
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