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Potato1
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Hey if your pitcher gets taken yard so much that batters are standing and watching thier balls to “show up your pitcher” maybe a little shame will motivate them to throw better. But then again a pitchers ego is a fragile thing, like butterfly wings. Never known a pitcher that wasn’t a head case.
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BillP
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Dude, even Sandy Koufax gave up over 200 homers over his career! Give them a break!
I caught dozens of pitchers from the age of 10-11 through college and truer words were never spoken!
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Potato1
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The difference is that when a pithcer wins (the game at the plate) and strikes a guy out, the batter doesnt (usually) throw a bat at the mound to brush them back.
Maturity, and sportsmanship is missing from sports these days, from fights in hocky to (alleged) rapists winning NBA titles. Time for someone to just Man it up and play hard and accept the outcome.
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scarlet405
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brianwalden
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Hockey? Over the years the NHL has cracked down fighting. If fighting is immature and unsportsmanlike, then the current trend in hockey actually shows that the sport is maturing and increasing in sportsmanship.The difference is that when a pithcer wins (the game at the plate) and strikes a guy out, the batter doesnt (usually) throw a bat at the mound to brush them back.
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scarlet405
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From the baseball I have seen, there are pitches that obviously were aimed at the player, but then there are those questionable calls like I think you are talking about. In all of the baseball I have watched as a parent, fan, teacher… I cannot ever remember seeing someone “willingly” take a pitch just to get on base. The rules do say if you are hit you get the base, kind of seems basic to me. Maybe I am wrong, just my opinion.
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brianwalden
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Hispanics? I’d like to hear that story. Doesn’t lacrosse come from Native Americans?
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scarlet405
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You know you could be right. I just remember the first time that I watched it professional lacrosse, I was in Miami, FL and the players were mainly from South America, or Latin countries. Now that has been some time ago, and you know the brain if not used. It was not a sport I liked, I just went with a friend. I will investigate this further and report to you. OK??
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scarlet405
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OK, YOU ARE SO RIGHT
I have looked this up and I am never going to talk about sports again (lol). You are soooo Right, it did start as a Native American Game, but in answer to an earlier question…if it started as an early Native AMERICAN game, then could we not claim this as an “American Sport”??? One that was invented here??
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brianwalden
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Wikipedia says: Lacrosse was invented by Native North Americans. Its name was dehuntshigwa’es in Onondaga (“men hit a rounded object”), da-nah-wah’uwsdi in Eastern Cherokee (“little war”), Tewaarathon in Mohawk language (“little brother of war”), and baaga`adowe in Ojibwe (“knocking about of balls”).[7]OK, YOU ARE SO RIGHT
But I should have known that without asking it as a question, I was born and grew up in Onondaga County. Given the melting pot tradition of our nation, I say call it an American Sport.
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scarlet405
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OK so We get to call this an American Sport? Correct?? Well, I am going to have to stick with Cheerleading, it may not be considered a sport by most people, It is the only sport I trully understand, but I like football. Have a good day and May God be With You!
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lak611
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Basketball was based on a game that originated in Canada.
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brianwalden
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If you can really provide evidence that basketball is merely an evolution of “duck on a rock” I might buy it. But come on, we’re human, we don’t have any truly original thoughts. That Canadian game might have been one of Dr. Naismith’s (also a Canadian) influences, but that doesn’t mean basketball is based on it. You might as well say that basketball is based on picking peaches.
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scarlet405
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This definitely not a conversation for me. While I am learning a lot about sports, I know NOTHING
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brianwalden
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Sorry for going on topic so much. Here’s an attempt to turn back.
An interesting twist on the original question might be to look at brush back pitches. Is it morally acceptable for the pitcher to purposely throw inside of the strike zone to make the batter uncomfortable? I have to say yes as long as the pitcher isn’t intentionally trying to hit the batter. One caveat would say to keep it below the shoulders: an inside fastball across the chest tells a batter to back off but an inside pitch across the jaw is provoking a fight. This is also assuming the pitcher has the necessary control to throw such a pitch.
An interesting twist on the original question might be to look at brush back pitches. Is it morally acceptable for the pitcher to purposely throw inside of the strike zone to make the batter uncomfortable? I have to say yes as long as the pitcher isn’t intentionally trying to hit the batter. One caveat would say to keep it below the shoulders: an inside fastball across the chest tells a batter to back off but an inside pitch across the jaw is provoking a fight. This is also assuming the pitcher has the necessary control to throw such a pitch.
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lak611
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Here’s the link. It’s not from Wikipedia.
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scarlet405
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OK now, my opinion, but from the baseball I have watched, this sounds totally fair and morally acceptable. I thought this was just the way the game was played. Guys sports are way more complex, than a simple cheer coach can deal with at times. I know the basic rules and totally focus on the game, when my child is playing or when I do not have coaching responsiblities of my own. This just seems to be the way of it. Does this make sense??
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brianwalden
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Duck on a rock
I don’t argue that it wasn’t an influence, but I have a hard time seeing how basketball is based on or evolved from a fancy game of tag. Duck on a rock does sound fun though.
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thistle
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You obviously haven’t met some of the English ladies!!
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