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Re: Good Stuff, Good Stuff

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Originally posted by PWL
Define troll, please.

"The best of the best demands that's you get in the batter's box. My free hot dog is getting soggy".

This is my fail safe speech to get them in the box. Works everytime.:)

Since you asked.

What is an Internet Troll?

An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. He (and it is usually he) tries to start arguments and upset people.

Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game. For some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement' (as they see it). At the moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.

Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.

Perhaps this sounds inconceivable. You may think, "Surely there is something I can write that will change them." But a true troll can not be changed by mere words.

Sound familiar?

Tim.

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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
The troll question is just too easy, so I'll pass.

As far as 7-3-1 goes, I'm sure anybody who says that they have never seen it, means that they have never seen it enforced (right, mccrowder?).

I have been doing top-level HS Varsity ball since 1987, and not one single time have I ever called it, or seen it called by anybody. My Varsity 7-inning games average between 1:40 and 1:55 in length. If I think a batter is starting to stall or delay my post-game sandwich, I say, "hey, get in the box." I've never had one defy my order as of yet.

So, the bottom line is, a batter stepping out of the box to get his sign does in no way significantly delay the game. To say that two minutes transpire between pitches is ridiculous.

Well, my patience came to an end, so I dashed off a reply explaining how absurd most of the posts in this thread are.

I pasted it into WordPerfect to check the spelling (looking for typos, you understand: I <i>know</i> how to spell - grin), then did a quick word count: nearly 1100 words. Far too many for a message, just about right for a rebuttal article.

I'll post it tomorrow.

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I didn't mean that I'd never seen it called (or called it myself). I meant that I'd never seen it called, heard of it called, or been told to call it IN THE SITCH ORIGINALLY PRESENTED. I have, in fact, called this rule (just not in this sitch) - albeit much more often 7 or more years ago. It was most often called early in the season with a new coach... some yahoo telling his batters to step out to get a sign. STRIKE! Didn't happen twice.