BCBulldog;795391 wrote:I'm just telling you how it is.

This just proves how retarded baseball is.

Raw Dawgin' it;795402 wrote:This just proves how retarded baseball is.

Then why do you care?

BCBulldog;795385 wrote:Which is why I think the NBA sucks. They can't even police themselves like baseball does without killing each other.

What? NBA can't police itself without killing each other, but baseball does by throwing 90+ mph baseballs at the batter's head??

BCBulldog;795385 wrote:You don't want the consequences, then don't act like a douchebag.

He avoided the consequences, by not starting the brawl.

BCBulldog;795385 wrote:There's an awful lot of national attention for "No one cares."

No one cares about single-A baseball. Certainly not worth getting all up in arms over. This story will get blown up for the reasoning LJ provided.

I'm not gonna argue this any further with you. I've read the two pages and know you're fully supportive of the rules. I understand that athletes across the spectrum are full of themselves. I guess what I dislike is that if you take the NBA for example. If you've been watching, you know the Heat offense thrives on Wade and Lebron getting fast-break points. And every time they get a steal and go dunk it, it irritates me like it does most everyone else on here. These guys are showboating too. But you'll never see one of the Mavs player chase them down and intentionally take our their legs, leading to a nasty spill and a broken back. That's because in basketball it'd be consider a cheap, dirty, and unnecessary play. Probably the same could be said about football, soccer, etc. There's no unwritten rules stating that if you showboat and show someone up, it may cost you your head. The whole premise just seems ridiculous. Any other sport, if you get shown up, then you play better so it doesn't happen again. But in baseball, the ethics state you need to protect your image by throwing a ball at someone's head? Why can't he just get on a hot streak and strike out a bunch of players instead?? But hey, that's baseball I guess.

BCBulldog;794572 wrote:Oh please. Sports are violent. Their livelihood is the sport. They all know the risks and the rules by this point. Nobody is making them choose this career path.

And lets be clear, games are what you play on your kitchen table or XBOX, this is big-time sports.

Baseball is a game, no matter what asinine reasoning you come up with to claim it isn't. Baseball isn't a violent sport. Although those pitchers that go out every 5 days and throw 100 pitches have it rough! Can it be dangerous? Sure, but violent it is not. Football and hockey are violent sports.

se-alum;795737 wrote:Baseball is a game, no matter what asinine reasoning you come up with to claim it isn't. Baseball isn't a violent sport. Although those pitchers that go out every 5 days and throw 100 pitches have it rough! Can it be dangerous? Sure, but violent it is not. Football and hockey are violent sports.

I'm not going to waste my time debating the semantics of the terms 'game' and 'sport'. Regardless of how you classify it, baseball is a big-time business played by adults. There is a lot at stake and the participants take it as serious as those in any other business. Sometimes the rules of the game, written and unwritten, call for violence. Obviously it is not as consistently violent as football or hockey, but that is a discussion separate from the point.

Here's an unwritten rule for the pitcher...
Be nice to Bryce Harper and he may hire you to carry his bats when he's in the Majors and you're still serving up taters in single A.

superman;795783 wrote:Here's an unwritten rule for the pitcher...
Be nice to Bryce Harper and he may hire you to carry his bats when he's in the Majors and you're still serving up taters in single A.

LOL....