When batters charge the mound, why don't they bring the BAT with them? Makes sense to me.

Bringing the bat would be lame beyond belief.

Also, the fine and suspension for using a bat would be hefty.

Finally, if you took a bat out there, once the other team swarmed on you, you would be beaten to within an inch of your life.

And yes, if I were your teammate, I would tackle you if you took a bat out there. Mostly to save you from your dumba$$ self.

At that point it becomes a deadly weapon. Why spend years in prison over a game?

In spite of what you may infer in reading posts here, the percentage of individuals who are both monumentally cowardly and inconceivably stupid is relatively small.

Sometimes they do at least throw the bat at the pitcher. Does that make you feel better?

Baseball is better than Track wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Finally, if you took a bat out there, once the other team swarmed on you, you would be beaten to within an inch of your life.

Don't be stupid, Flagpole. I wouldn't be 'beaten to within an inch of my life.' By the time their team swarms me, my team will be swarming them. The fight will be broken up after a few seconds, and I will have succeeded in inflicting much damage upon the pitcher. Let's face it, 98% of baseball fights end with nothing having been accomplished. Clumsy batters swing wildly with their fists and miss the pitcher, busting their one chance at landing a punch.

Baseball players are experts with the bat/club, so they'd have much less chance of missing while simultaneously maximizing their ability to inflict damage.

Don't hate me because I out-thought you.

Dude, baseball fights don't last that long because mostly they're about posturing. Batters who get plunked sometimes feel a need to "send a message" to pitchers by charging the mound. They usually can't wait for their teammates to come out there and get between them and the pitcher. You bring a BAT to the mound though...that's a whole different ballgame, and if those guys from the other team get to you first (they WILL be more motivated than ever), you're in for a severe beating.

If they took bats out to the mound we would all be poorer for not having witnessed this:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa1_1280296883

Baseball is better than Track wrote:

Baseball players are experts with the bat/club, so they'd have much less chance of missing while simultaneously maximizing their ability to inflict damage.

Yeah right. The best baseball hitters put the ball in play 3 out of 10 times, so I could see the guy swinging away at air until he finally land a "SPLAT!" Better off wrestling and as@-grabbing, maybe spit a little tobackie juice in his eye.

ledo's pizza wrote:

Yeah right. The best baseball hitters put the ball in play 3 out of 10 times, so I could see the guy swinging away at air until he finally land a "SPLAT!" Better off wrestling and as@-grabbing, maybe spit a little tobackie juice in his eye.

You must've had an extra glass of stupid smoothy this morning, huh? Batters 'get a hit' 3/10 times. They put the ball in play, as in HITTING THE BALL, at least double that, probably 80% of the time. And that's when an EXPERT at pitching is trying to fool them, trying to keep them from hitting a 3-inch diameter ball. I have a feeling they wouldn't have a problem connecting with a 6 foot tall human, you dumb idiot.

I'm talking about hitting the pitcher in the sweet spot of the cranium, not just making contact. An "expert" doesn't just knee-cap someone a la mafioso tactics. He is seeking the death-knell, which may be the size of a quarter in the base of the skull, a la "Swamp Man" style huntin' gators.

ledo's pizza wrote:

I'm talking about hitting the pitcher in the sweet spot of the cranium, not just making contact. An "expert" doesn't just knee-cap someone a la mafioso tactics. He is seeking the death-knell, which may be the size of a quarter in the base of the skull, a la "Swamp Man" style huntin' gators.

Ok, well I agree that it would be tough to connect with the 'death spot' and crack the pitcher's skull. That certainly wouldn't be my aim. I'd prefer to send a message without killing the guy. I'd just hit the easiest thing (probably arms and hands), and aim to cripple his pitching ability.

Typically before charging, bat and helmet are thrown aside so that batter may face pitcher unarmed (it is a very serious breach of baseball etiquette, not to mention dangerous, for the batter to charge the mound with a bat).

Instead of taking a bat, maybe batters should just carry a shiv or a switchblade and cut the pitcher if he throws at them.

Maybe they could use the gum they're chewing. After he spends the night pulling gun out of his hair, he'll think twice about hitting you again.

This thead has highlighted the dangers of allowing bats and balls into baseball games. They need to be banned at once! How can any civilized, non-bible clutching, metro man think otherwise?

My thought is that you would be totally caught off guard and defeated when you started to charge the mound with your bat and...

WERE TACKLED FROM BEHIND BY THE CATCHER foiling your caveman plan.

For your plan to have the best chance of working, you would probably need to:

1) immediately full swing behind you, taking out the catcher so he can't tackle you from behind as you charge; and

2) charge the mound with your bat.

Of course, the cosequences of executing your (or the modified plan would likely be pretty bad. Probably not worth it if you want to continue playing baseball. That's probably the main answer to your question - guys being macho... not looking to inflict maximum damage.

They charge to mound to make a point that they will not tolerate a pitcher throwing at guys. It is dangerous and a d1ck move to pitch at someones head. The batter wants to make this clear but kill a man so they leave the bat behind.

ESPN's top 10 baseball fights for your delectation:

http://videosift.com/video/ESPNs-Top-10-Baseball-Fights

Meanwhile in track we just have Benabbad beating up kids in mascot costumes and sucker punching guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0A3wrEMK5Y

Because the ballplayers should all be armed with guns.

If the batters all had a gun, the rate of beanings would drop to zero.

I've always wondered why athletes aren't charged with assault when there is a brawl. Anyone?