July 30, 200818 yr I'm going to really show off my lack of knowledge here, but didn't the Rose-Fosse collision really start the trend of bulldozing the catcher?
July 30, 200818 yr Author I'm going to really show off my lack of knowledge here, but didn't the Rose-Fosse collision really start the trend of bulldozing the catcher?Agreed and in the '70 or '71, All-Star game.
July 30, 200818 yr Seriously, when did ALL sports become UFC or MMA events?? The game of baseball was played for a long, long time without much, if any, contact at the plate or on the bases. So no, it is not "part of the game" IMO. It is something to feed the attention starved ADD society, to make SportsCenter highlights........much like the steroid era. If you want to plow over people, knock them silly, or generally try to maime them, play the right sport.............football. Don't tell Ty Cobb that... They were actually taught back in the day to slide with a whipping action, to create enough force to jar the ball loose. Not much difference, especially when they were filing down spikes...
July 30, 200818 yr They are part of the game and should stay that way in all games except the all star game and spring training.
July 30, 200818 yr Seriously, when did ALL sports become UFC or MMA events?? The game of baseball was played for a long, long time without much, if any, contact at the plate or on the bases. So no, it is not "part of the game" IMO. It is something to feed the attention starved ADD society, to make SportsCenter highlights........much like the steroid era. If you want to plow over people, knock them silly, or generally try to maime them, play the right sport.............football. Totally disagree. If anything there is less contact in baseball now. Perhaps you forget ( or don't know ) how double plays used to broken up back in the day? I haven't seen a SS or 2B taken out brutally in a while.
July 30, 200818 yr Totally disagree. If anything there is less contact in baseball now. Perhaps you forget ( or don't know ) how double plays used to broken up back in the day? I haven't seen a SS or 2B taken out brutally in a while. I believe it was Rod Carew who said it's alway easy to identify a second basemen. Just look for the guy with a limp.
July 30, 200818 yr And when was the last time you saw someone go into 2nd and give the guy a forearm? If that happened it would be a brawl........ I think the problem with the current rule is that it is "cool" to "steamroll" or "truck" the catcher. IMO some guys go out of their way to try to dislodge the ball or injure the catcher. I'm fine with the collision at home, when warranted. Not fine with going in there with the intent of knocking the guy silly. That's part of the other game, not this one. Totally disagree. If anything there is less contact in baseball now. Perhaps you forget ( or don't know ) how double plays used to broken up back in the day? I haven't seen a SS or 2B taken out brutally in a while. It doesn't happen very often but you guys may or may not remember this one: Last season Mike Lowell was on first when the batter hit a grounder to the Yankees 2nd baseman (I think Cano but I'm not sure) and instead of throwing to Jeter he tried to run towards Lowell to make the tag and then throw to first to complete the double play. Lowell slowed up like he was going to make him come all the way and get him but when the 2nd baseman got close he started up again, threw his shoulder and/or elbow out and just plowed over the defender and in the process prevented the double play. It had the Yankees pretty upset, but it was ruled legal since the 2nd baseman was blocking the baseline.
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