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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 09:07am
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Baseball has less and less tolerance for the "old ways" of handling disputes...
geeze, ya think..?

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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 12:17pm
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The umpires tolerate deliberate HBP less and less, and they're following instructions.
I admit I'm new to the whole baseball fan thing. So could you gently tell me what HBP is? I don't care if you feel any empathy, just don't be insulting or sarcastic. Thanks

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Won't be long before we see some classless schlunk "hit the ATM" after knocking one out (or some similar NFL shenanigans).
ditto for "hit the ATM".
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 12:24pm
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I admit I'm new to the whole baseball fan thing. So could you gently tell me what HBP is?
Juulie - it means "hit by pitch". Not to be confused with the rhyming move that signifies a slap from a girlfriend - "HBB".
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I admit I'm new to the whole baseball fan thing. So could you gently tell me what HBP is?
Horace Bernard Pearson was the first player plunked and since then his initials are used to designate a player hit by pitch.

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ditto for "hit the ATM".
Obvious and clearly over the top staged taunting by a player.
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 12:38pm
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Horace Bernard Pearson was the first player plunked and since then his initials are used to designate a player hit by pitch.
Wow, Dan, that's so helpful.

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Obvious and clearly over the top staged taunting by a player.
Oh, yea, obvious. Thanks.
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 06:42pm
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Let's start a list of team mates & opponents who would have knocked down Manny with either a fist or a baseball if he had been playing prior to 1980

I'll start.... team mates Billy Martin, Pete Rose, opponents Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Ty Cobb
Mick,
He said 1980, not 1880.
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 06:58pm
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Mick,
He said 1980, not 1880.
Did he say before or after ?
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 08:00pm
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True, mick, but he probably didn't mean to go all the way back to JR's time.
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Old Fri Oct 19, 2007, 08:10pm
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Mick,
He said 1980, not 1880.
Oh.

Maybe I missed it...when did they decide 1880 comes after 1980?
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 06:52am
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 08:18am
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Obvious and clearly over the top staged taunting by a player.
Oh, yea, obvious. Thanks.
Juulie, he meant that the taunting was obvious, not that the meaning of the phrase is obvious.

NFL players have done this move to celebrate scoring a TD.
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 12:58pm
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Juulie, he meant that the taunting was obvious, not that the meaning of the phrase is obvious.
LOL!! Thanks for "interpreting". I guess Dan and I just speak different languages... and Dan and Mark... and Dan and Rut... Hhhmmmmm.....
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 07:04pm
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 07:55pm
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Well, it may or may not hold up, but so far tonight, the Sox look pretty good, and Carmona, well, not so much.
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Old Sat Oct 20, 2007, 08:22pm
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I have to get up at an ungodly hour tomorrow for my college meeting, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to stay awake till the end of this one; but I am sure that I won't be posting afterward. So I'll just say now, that I'm happy with the way the first couple innings have gone. If Schill can hold them off for another 4 innings, that'll be a big plus.

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