I was right in the middle of writing up a post then yours popped up lol
That one guys just like 6’5 and casually throws a 93 and has arms like tree trunks and caramel eyes and a thoroughbred ass and what???
The reason unwritten rules are unwritten is because the people who follow them are too stupid to write them down, mainly because they dont know how to write.
No, they're unwritten because decency and good sportsmanship are something you should have mastered back in Little League. Being good at sports is not a license to act like a shithead.
For being "unwritten" they sure do print the word "sportsmanship" and a ton of participation trophies and other bullshit that they hand out to kids in Little League. Also the rules youre talking about, the ones that matter at least, ARE written down, just not in the MLB rule book.
Fuck off and drop dead, boomer. You sound like the kind of retard who argues balls and strikes with the umpire at an 8U regular season game.
The only time I hear about the "unwritten rules" is after someone gets a ball thrown 100mph at their head. Unwritten rules are an excuse for pitchers to act like psychopaths when they get their feelings hurt.
Damn, dying from a routine surgery in your 30s seems crazy when you're a professional athlete. Sorry for his wife and kids
The only psychopath behavior here is those who bitch about negative reactions to their own obnoxious behavior. Don't be an asswipe and you won't have that problem.
Would love to see you apply this logic to a batter charging the mound with his bat and spliting some spic pitchers head wide open.
It's not about the pitchers or hitters, but who instigates the incident. Whoever steps out of line first (be it a pitcher throwing at a batter unprovoked, or a batter excessively pimping a home run when it's not warranted) is wrong, and should face consequences.
And thats the problem, the consequences are lopsided and unfair from the beginning simply due to the nature of the way baseball is played. Pitchers hold an immense amount of power in their hands with the ability to throw a baseball at faster than highway speeds. Randy Johnson said he'd rather huck a fastball at a burglar than reach for a gun for Christs sake! The reason I specified the bat be held onto and used as a weapon in my example is because thats how pitchers furnish their punishment, with a fucking weapon that can fucking kill someone if properly aimed. Meanwhile batters have to hope they're fast enough to beat everyone to the pitcher to exact any sort of justice, and should they keep the same advantage the pitcher use on them well then they would run afoul of several WRITTEN rules (assault and battery).
I won't say any more on the subject than this: a lot of this shit made more sense when pitchers also batted. That jackass plunked your star hitter out of nowhere? Well, just wait 'til he's up to bat next, and see how he likes that shit. Just like hockey, you did indeed have the opportunity to go directly after the guy who chapped your ass, but that opportunity has been taken away for everyone except Ohtani, and Ohtani doesn't strike me as a guy who'd be head-hunting anyway. Now you have to do math to figure out who the right guy on their team to throw at is, and math isn't exactly these guys' strong suit.
I agree.
I'm of two minds on this. One the one hand, it's good to see opponents still getting along and having fun.
Its ok, appolgy accepted. I can be very abrasive in my online interactions but usually its to further a point. I'm sorry for calling you stupid, your passion is evident and it was not my intention to insult that, only the philosophical underpinning of baseballs "unwritten rules"
