Little Things in Baseball That You Don't Understand

[unit321]

Then you're doing it wrong.....this is how you normally hold a ball when simply throwing it...or how any one in the field would throw the ball to first or in from the outfield..basically the same way you would throw a 4 seam fastball.

...this is a split finger.

No one really showed me how to throw. I rarely threw the ball in a game anyway.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Melo lost sponsors and got blasted for his fight with the Knicks. This doesn't happen to Baseball players or NASCAR drivers when they fight.

Cause Melo deserved that shyt, cause he's a bytch ass nikka... nikka socked somebody, then ran away.....and he's 6'8" 240.

Carmelo has a history of doing bytch nikka things.

players in the NBA used to squab far more than they used to, but after the Pacers/Pistons brawl and the NBA Dress Code and Sterns blatant attempt to curb the hood element that made the NBA so much money in the early 2000's.... that shyt was a no-no.

Baseball and Nascar fights are seen in the same vein of "self governance" like they are in Hockey.

Chan Ho Parks spinning crane kick>>>>>>

 

[TheNig]

why are the Astros so damn bad?

 

[We Ready]

why are the Astros so damn bad?

7-3 in their last 10

 

[Won Won]

i get what you're saying.. but to stop stealing bases doesn't mean stop scoring. you can be up 20 runs and still be up at the plate trying to reach base. stealing bases is just an added fukk you while you're up.

it's sportsmanship.

like if a team is up 3 touchdowns with 2 minutes left and they get the ball back. you can be a dikk and throw the ball downfield if you want to. there are no rules against it.

but most likely, you'll run it up the middle 3 times and if you break one.. then

Exactly

 

[yseJ]

it's sportsmanship.

like if a team is up 3 touchdowns with 2 minutes left and they get the ball back. you can be a dikk and throw the ball downfield if you want to. there are no rules against it.

but most likely, you'll run it up the middle 3 times and if you break one.. then

this type of 'sportsmanship' is bullshyt.
you get paid to stop the other team. do it until the game's over.

and that football example is another example of stupidity.

Im a huge football fan and never got why the running up of scores is such a sin

maybe I want to practice some plays after my team is up big. maybe I want to see the backup qb who never got the chance to throw the ball, a chance to play in a real game.

if my team scores 50 points, why should they stop themselves ?

you already had hilarious shyt at WBC baseball where a team took offense to running up the score whereas RUN DIFFERENTIAL WAS AN IMPORTANT IN TOTAL STANDINGS fukking idiots.

ever wonder why this shyt NEVER happens in soccer ?
because goal differential matters there.

 

[3rdLetter]

Sometimes managers argue to take up time so a pitcher in the bullpen can get warmed up. Pitching coaches come out for unnecessary meetings for the same reason.

 

[FakeNews]

I understand why they have a 3rd base coach, but what's the purpose of a 1st base coach?

 

[OGmittee]

I never get that 6 4 3 double play ish or we score it a 9 2 out

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Youre foreign so i'll help you out..

Each position is a number

1. Pitcher
2. Catcher.
3. First baseman
4. 2nd Baseman
5. 3rd Base
6. Shortstop
7. LF
8. C
9. RF

Baseball positions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

6-4-3 double play

If its a groundball to shortstop and the shortstop (6) fields it, the secondbaseman (4) covers 2nd to get a force out (the ball is thrown to him from 6), he then turns and throws it to the first baseman (3) for the 2nd force out.

The ball transferred from 6 to 4 to 3. This is done for scoring in the book..which not many ppl do anymore but some still like it.

edit: i see youve been helped out a few times already

I understand why they have a 3rd base coach, but what's the purpose of a 1st base coach?

If a base runner is going to steal second base. Or if they want somebody to talk to cus they dont get along with the other teams first baseman, the baserunner can turn and talk to first base coach.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

this type of 'sportsmanship' is bullshyt.
you get paid to stop the other team. do it until the game's over.

and that football example is another example of stupidity.

Im a huge football fan and never got why the running up of scores is such a sin

maybe I want to practice some plays after my team is up big. maybe I want to see the backup qb who never got the chance to throw the ball, a chance to play in a real game.

if my team scores 50 points, why should they stop themselves ?

you already had hilarious shyt at WBC baseball where a team took offense to running up the score whereas RUN DIFFERENTIAL WAS AN IMPORTANT IN TOTAL STANDINGS fukking idiots.

ever wonder why this shyt NEVER happens in soccer ?
because goal differential matters there.

instances where run differential matters is a completely different circumstance. the mexican player got mad because he wasn't fully aware of the rules.

unwritten rules are mostly about sportsmanship and professional courtesy.

you either care about being a good sport or you don't. i'm not trying to convince you what's right or what's not. i don't really care either way. i'm just saying the reasoning behind the unwritten rule is fairly simple.

another example would be schiano sending the wolves on a kneeldown.

it was completely within the rules.. but it was still a dikk move because it's just assumed by everyone.. players, coaches, fans.. that you take that play off. the game is already over.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

I understand why they have a 3rd base coach, but what's the purpose of a 1st base coach?

i've wondered that too.

it just seems like dude is there to smile when you reach base and take your batting gloves.

they never get that manager job either.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Where is the excitement?

 

[yseJ]

unwritten rules are mostly about sportsmanship and professional courtesy.

you either care about being a good sport or you don't. i'm not trying to convince you what's right or what's not. i don't really care either way. i'm just saying the reasoning behind the unwritten rule is fairly simple.
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all Im saying 'the reasoning' is stupid. the reasoning basically says boo hoo dont hurt em when youre up by so much, stop doing your job and just quit

sportsmanship is = shaking a hand of someone who just fouled you so badly your leg hurts. not playing the sport at 100% till the game is over isnt 'courteous' or 'good sport'. it's teaching something that imo shouldnt be in pro sports competition.

notice its only present in predominantly american-based sports too. this shyt gets instilled with the slaughter rule when youre young

another example would be schiano sending the wolves on a kneeldown.

it was completely within the rules.. but it was still a dikk move because it's just assumed by everyone.. players, coaches, fans.. that you take that play off. the game is already over

I dont understand why youre giving me those examples. I think what schiano did was 100% fine. people are being pussies.

there's nothing Id like more to see is a team that goes 100% in all games they play, till the end.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

all Im saying 'the reasoning' is stupid. the reasoning basically says boo hoo dont hurt em when youre up by so much, stop doing your job and just quit

sportsmanship is = shaking a hand of someone who just fouled you so badly your leg hurts. not playing the sport at 100% till the game is over isnt 'courteous' or 'good sport'. it's teaching something that imo shouldnt be in pro sports competition.

notice its only present in predominantly american-based sports too. this shyt gets instilled with the slaughter rule when youre young


I dont understand why youre giving me those examples. I think what schiano did was 100% fine. people are being pussies.

there's nothing Id like more to see is a team that goes 100% in all games they play, till the end.

it seems like you have a problem with the "america" idea of sportsmanship and that it's not specific to baseball.

i was using football to show examples of similar unwritten rules in another sport.

but if you're against the american style of sportsmanship, then there's really not much more for me to say.

 

[TrapHouse Rock]

there's rarely any outcry when players fight other players. and if there is.. it's very shortlived.

baseball brawls.. hockey fights.. andre johnson putting the beats on finnegan.. i don't really follow bball but i remember lj vs zo.. childs and kobe..

i mean.. even artest who went into the stands.. still is now metta worldpeace, the lovable mental case.

you can't bring up the nba dress code and ask why baseball doesn't have one like one has anything to do with the other. that's like asking why nba coaches don't have to wear shorts and a jersey while coaching.



i get what you're saying.. but to stop stealing bases doesn't mean stop scoring. you can be up 20 runs and still be up at the plate trying to reach base. stealing bases is just an added fukk you while you're up.

it's sportsmanship.

like if a team is up 3 touchdowns with 2 minutes left and they get the ball back. you can be a dikk and throw the ball downfield if you want to. there are no rules against it.

but most likely, you'll run it up the middle 3 times and if you break one.. then

exactly, acting like its unheard of to let your foot off the gas in regards to stealing bases towards the end of the game


also this 'taking it lax' is in games where the lead is like 8-10 runs or more, not a 3-1 game in the bottom of the 8th



there are instances where letting your foot off the gas can come back and bite you, but in 99% of instances it does not in baseball