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Friday, December 16, 2011
MLB Network oddball videos
These are my favorites. My second favorite is the best-fielding plays. Give me those two, and I’ll be sitting in front of channel 790 all day.
The one shocking one that I saw, was a game with Pascual Perez, where he was standing on the very edge (or even outside) of the batter’s box, and the Padres pitchers were throwing at him… all 4 times he was at bat. It was rather revolting, not to mention cowardly on the pitchers’ part. It’s one thing for players to self-police, but it’s another when it’s a tit-for-tat kind of situation, where one side gets to throw a punch (via throwing a baseball), while the other guy’s defense is to run away (via trying to avoid getting hit by a moving pitch). And then, his response is to do the same, or, have everyone get into a brawl.
What is a better way to avoid beanball wars? And please, don’t dismiss others’ ideas as being unworkable. This is a brainstorming session. All voices will be heard.