Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[mbyron]

Baseball has less and less tolerance for the "old ways" of handling disputes. The umpires tolerate deliberate HBP less and less, and they're following instructions. The owners have too much money tied up in the marquee players -- who get hit by accident enough as it is -- and it always seems to be they who engage in "stylin'" and deserve to be thrown at.

Since the players can no longer take care of this misbehavior themselves, and since it's not against the rules, expect to see more and more of it. Won't be long before we see some classless schlunk "hit the ATM" after knocking one out (or some similar NFL shenanigans).

I thought Betancourt might plunk Ramirez in game 4 after that dumb way he savored his home run (team still down 4). But Betancourt was too classy: he just got Manny to fly out to end the inning.

Either that or he realized that if he plunked Manny, the batter would end up on 1B and Betancourt would be ejected, neither of which would help the team.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Baseball has less and less tolerance for the "old ways" of handling disputes...

geeze, ya think..?

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by mbyron

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

Originally Posted by mbyron

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".

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

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".

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

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.

ditto for "hit the ATM".

Obvious and clearly over the top staged taunting by a player.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

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.

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Obvious and clearly over the top staged taunting by a player.

Oh, yea, obvious. Thanks.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

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.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by mbyron

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.....