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Dakota Tue Aug 19, 2008 03:19pm

"Bad blood" USA v China baseball...
 
Did any of you see that? It turned into quite a spectacle... malicious plowing over of the catcher, retaliation bean ball right to the ear, ejections, etc.

At first, you might think this was China and USA international rivalry going at it, until you look at who the manager was for the Chinese team.

It seemed to have started with normal, but hard-nosed play that resulted in a couple of hit batters and an F2 getting run over, knocking the Chinese F2 out of the game (hard hit, but didn't look malicious to me).

It escalated to the malicious contact taking out the second F2, followed by the bean ball pitch to the ear of the first runner who hit the first F2.

Obviously, I don't know the international baseball rules on malicious contact, so I can't say whether the plate umpire handled things correctly.

MichaelVA2000 Tue Aug 19, 2008 03:23pm

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Originally Posted by Dakota
Did any of you see that? It turned into quite a spectacle... malicious plowing over of the catcher, retaliation bean ball right to the ear, ejections, etc.

This is also being discussed at length on the baseball forum.

SethPDX Tue Aug 19, 2008 04:02pm

I don't know int'l rules either, but as has been posted on the baseball forum, this is big boy ball: If you block the plate, be ready to take a shot. China's American manager should know better.

socalumps Tue Aug 19, 2008 06:31pm

This is, in my opinion, a cheap shot!! And with the feelings worldwide towards(baseball has unfortunately been lumped with softball at times) Americans and their stick and ball sports already at an unfavorable pitch.......

Can't help either sport on an international level??

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/pla...elcode=sportbb


2 hour 28 minute 45 sec spot in video.

DNTXUM P Tue Aug 19, 2008 08:06pm

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Originally Posted by socalumps

2 hour 28 minute 45 sec spot in video.

Thanks for posting the time. Those of us who rise before noon don't have time to watch the whole thing to find the incident.

Dakota Tue Aug 19, 2008 08:15pm

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Originally Posted by socalumps
Can't help either sport on an international level??

If anything, a heated rivalry will help the sport on an international level, except, of course, in the eyes of the self-righteous Frog.

IRISHMAFIA Tue Aug 19, 2008 08:42pm

Cheap shot. The runner was not attempting to score, but to take out the catcher.

I would not have hesitated to dump the runner.

bellnier Wed Aug 20, 2008 08:07am

Awful lot of empty seats...


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