Why baseball is a f#cking joke...

Why running is a f#cking joke...

1) because it's just running

Because you responed in such a manner.

I love running, but I would watch a baseball game over watching a marathon any day of the week. You criticism of pitchers shows that you don't have a friggin clue about baseball. You're probably one of these people that thinks sprinters are lazy.

Here's the deal. Baseball is a TEAM sport. Points 1-3 all have to do with what's best for the TEAM. Comparing these types of managerial decisions to INDIVIDUAL examples is just weak writing. A f#cking joke, if you will...

1. It is vitally important to the TEAM that the pitcher not give up runs. What happens when pitchers get tired? They start giving up more runs. They lose velocity, etc... That's why they bring in a fresh pitcher who has a better chance of preserving a win. It's not about some pitcher proving he's a TOUGH GUY like you. You're a tough guy, ya know? I mean really tough.

2. Pitching is a violent movement that is more severe than a tennis serve due to the faster arm swing (swinging a tennis racket involves more resistance) often combined with a hard twisting action of the wrist for breaking balls. HAHAHAHA "breaking balls"!!!11! that's another reason baseball sucks right? Am I right guys? The damage caused by pitching frequently or especially deep into games makes the current general guidelines regarding pitcher use necessary since they need to be able to perform at their best for several months.

3. Clemens is old. Hella old. Also, see #1. If the blister effects his foot work on the mound it could screw up his mechanics resulting in opposing hitters scoring more runs against him and, therefore, his team.

Sure there are reasons to dislike baseball, but your small-mined points are not among them.

Why starting threads on a running website is a joke?

See Hootia

So by your logic w/ it being a TEAM sport, lets use swimming as an example. You have a relay (TEAM) of guys swimming the 4x100. Lets say the guy that's on the 2nd leg is getting tired at the 50m mark. By your togic they should have a fresher guy hop in the pool to preserve the win and swim the last 50m of his leg? I mean it would be to the detriment of the TEAM to have a guy who is fatigued try to finish?For Christ's sakes, the guy gets credit for a win if he pitches 80% of the game?

Yeah huh wrote:

Here's the deal. Baseball is a TEAM sport. Points 1-3 all have to do with what's best for the TEAM. Comparing these types of managerial decisions to INDIVIDUAL examples is just weak writing. A f#cking joke, if you will...

1. It is vitally important to the TEAM that the pitcher not give up runs. What happens when pitchers get tired? They start giving up more runs. They lose velocity, etc... That's why they bring in a fresh pitcher who has a better chance of preserving a win. It's not about some pitcher proving he's a TOUGH GUY like you. You're a tough guy, ya know? I mean really tough.

It's a joke like all American sports because no one else in the world cares about it, so the Yanks crown themselves world champions and absolutely no one else gives 2 shits.

Play football(soccer) and join the big boys, oh you already have tried and fail miserable every year.

Good night

GEE-WHIZZ wrote:

Play football(soccer) and join the big boys, oh you already have tried and fail miserable every year.

Good night

Soccer is only played in 3rd world countries

You know nothing about soccer. Why are you so ignorant? USA has twice won the women's world cup.

Jon Kruk was seen at abar once drinking and smoking. A fan asked him why he was doing all that and wasn't he an athlete?

He replied, " I am not an athlete, I am a baseball player"

Soccer is only played in 3rd world countries

You mean like England, the US, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Holland?

Think before you post things, genius.

Come On now wrote:

So by your logic w/ it being a TEAM sport, lets use swimming as an example. You have a relay (TEAM) of guys swimming the 4x100. Lets say the guy that's on the 2nd leg is getting tired at the 50m mark. By your togic they should have a fresher guy hop in the pool to preserve the win and swim the last 50m of his leg? I mean it would be to the detriment of the TEAM to have a guy who is fatigued try to finish?

For Christ's sakes, the guy gets credit for a win if he pitches 80% of the game?

Even though your example of a relay still isn't really a team sport, I will go with it. Switching out people mid race would be best for the team, but the rules of that sport don't allow it. Baseball could easily change its rules so that pitchers had to pitch the entire game. It could be done, it would just be a much higher scoring game most of the time. Once again, its not about pitchers trying to prove what "tough guys" they are, its about what will help the team the most.

And your argument about getting credit for a win w/o pitching the entire game....if you want to go back to your example of a relay in swimming or track or any other similar sport we can. If a runner runs only in the preliminary round but gets replaced for the final, they still get a medal even though they only participated in half of the races.

Sorry, this doesn't work. Let's say athletes A, B, C and D run the prelims and int he final it's A, B, C and F and they break the WR. In the books it doesn't list Athlete D, it lists the guys who actually ran it.I think the point of the OP is not why they do it (no sh#t they do it to preserve the win - thanks for the clarification), it's just weak that they do.

fmr wrote:

And your argument about getting credit for a win w/o pitching the entire game....if you want to go back to your example of a relay in swimming or track or any other similar sport we can. If a runner runs only in the preliminary round but gets replaced for the final, they still get a medal even though they only participated in half of the races.

Swimming (like cross country or track) is not a team sport like baseball. Baseball is an interactive activity, and while swimming is a coactive activity. I don't feel like explaining the difference, but it shouldn't be hard to figure out.

As best as I can tell, in soccer, football, hockey, basketball, most other team sports, the participants are allowed to come out of the game to rest when they are tired. In baseball, though, once you're removed from the game you cannot return.

If you've ever seen a slow-motion video of a pitcher's arm action, you'd wonder how any of those guys still has their lower arm attached to their elbow.

I'd agree that the pitch is a taxing thing, but to say it's less violent than a tennis serve, not sure about that (Roddck slow-mo):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfAxF5a8aE

That coupled w/ the fact that between serves tennis players are hitting the crap at the ball makes it 10x more tacing than baseball.

Again, I don't think anyone needs an explanation as to why baseball is how it is. I think some of us are just saying as it is, it sucks.

GEE-WHIZZ wrote:

It's a joke like all American sports because no one else in the world cares about it, so the Yanks crown themselves world champions and absolutely no one else gives 2 shits.

Play football(soccer) and join the big boys, oh you already have tried and fail miserable every year.

Good night

Yes, no one plays baseball...

except for: Japan, Korea, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Columbia and a slew of other countries that make up 1/3 of MLB players.

Saw a World Cup game that ended in a 0-0 tie. The 80,000 fans in attendance were going crazy, as if something had actually happened.

I'm still trying to figure out why people would be excited over losing 2-3 hours of their life that they can't get back.

Clint wrote:

As best as I can tell, in soccer, football, hockey, basketball, most other team sports, the participants are allowed to come out of the game to rest when they are tired. In baseball, though, once you're removed from the game you cannot return.

In soccer once you're out you're out. But unlike baseball, you're not allowed limitless substitutions until your bench is empty. Also unlike baseball, when a soccer player is ejected, his team finishes the game shorthanded. I think baseball should do this. If some pitcher goes headhunting and gets tossed, you can bring in a new pitcher, but that means you need to remove one of your outfielders.

Who is baseball's greatest player ever? Most would say Babe Ruth.

What actor do they get to play Babe Ruth? John Goodman, who weighs 400 pounds.

Therefore, baseball cannot possibly be a sport.