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rehmus
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Jeter off the bag again?
RiceLynnEvans75
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I can't stand that either. I thought I heard/read somewhere that they count it as "beating the play" or some crap like that instead of doing what they are supposed to do.
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CAROLINA BOSOX
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I have to agree, I also hate when a runner is called out on a tag play simply because the ball beat him to the bag. To me, it takes the art of sliding completely out of the game, and I love to see a runner make a great slide to avoid a tag.
RL24
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I think it's Ty Cobb's fault.
As long as trying to disrupt the double play by taking out the 2B/SS is part of the game, they won't be sticklers about having to step on the bag.
As long as trying to disrupt the double play by taking out the 2B/SS is part of the game, they won't be sticklers about having to step on the bag.
sadly this is done at all levels. In high school we were taught, "you only have to be close" lol. I was a SS by the way.
Lots of things are part of the game that aren't actually part of the rules. Phantom double-play tags have been part of the game for a century or more. They know that there would be many injuries if the fielders stayed on the bag waiting to get the ball. Every once in a while an umpire will call someone safe, but it's how the game is played.
fsulevine
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I have umpired high school baseball for about 13 years now. We are taught to "call 'em as we see 'em". If they are off the bag, call 'em safe.
thats good to know that its being done right somewhere. i always made sure i grazed the back of the bag.
WaxPax
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What I hate most about baseball... The DH, sorry AL fans, I am a baseball purist...
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Think of it as a modified fielder's choice.
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HPC
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What bothers me more than that:
1) Pitchers who shake off the catcher multiple times, step off the rubber, take their hat off, wipe their brow, put the hat back on, walk around the rubber for a few seconds while rubbing the ball with their hands, step on the rubber again, then shake off the catcher again, step off the rubber, take a deep breath, back on rubber, then finally toss the ball.
2) Batters who take obscene amounts of swings in between pitches or who constantly adjust their batting gloves
1) Pitchers who shake off the catcher multiple times, step off the rubber, take their hat off, wipe their brow, put the hat back on, walk around the rubber for a few seconds while rubbing the ball with their hands, step on the rubber again, then shake off the catcher again, step off the rubber, take a deep breath, back on rubber, then finally toss the ball.
2) Batters who take obscene amounts of swings in between pitches or who constantly adjust their batting gloves
RL24
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I never understood that. To me, watching a pitcher try to hit is as exciting as watching an offensive lineman try to kick field goals. Watching a pitcher kill a rally ruins the whole game for me, I'd rather just not watch.
How much of a baseball purist are you, anyway? I always wonder about this. Are you pissed that they started wearing gloves? Or, were all the improvements made to the game OK up until a certain year? At which point they should have left it alone and stopped improving it?
I used to like the way each league had their own rules. I enjoyed watching the AL games, and thought it was neat that boring people could have their little version of baseball. Now I realize, I am forced to watch at least a few of these games a year, sometimes a dozen. There came a point where I saw the 8th batter pitched around and the pitcher strike out to end the inning one too many times. That's not baseball, that's XXXXX XXXX. That's the only way I can say it.
Really? Should re raise the mound too?
He wants to go back to beaning the baserunner with the ball to make an out
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