Tu Holloway of the Univ of Cincinnati Bearcats.It’s one thing to brawl with a rival team.It’s ANOTHER thing to JUSTIFY the attackhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/12/12/Cincinnati.Xavier/index.htmlwith “we got a whole bunch of gangstas in the locker room”
This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ht_2330-ZQ&feature=related shows the end result of people following several silly “rules.” Take your pick on the worst.1) You can’t steal with a big lead (which is what Jimmy Rollins did right before this incident). If you do, you’re insulting the other team. Somehow, at age eight in Little League, I was mature enough to accept humiliation as part of the game — and I wasn’t even getting paid what MLB players get paid! 2) If a runner violates (1), the pitcher must throw a ball at the batter — even though the batter had nothing to do with the original incident. 3) When a pitcher follows (2), the batter can’t simply take the free base, but he MUST charge the mound. If he doesn’t, he isn’t a competitor. Somehow Frank Robinson never learned this rule, as he retired with the NL record for most HBP in a career and NEVER charged the mound. NOT ONCE! I guess people thought he wasn’t a competitor. 4) When a batter follows (3), all players must come out of the dugout. In doing so, they’re “protecting their team-mate.” I guess it’s okay to risk your career in order to “protect” a hot-head team-mate who needs to understand that a HBP is a FREE BASE! 5) If you’re the catcher when rule (4) happens, you must attack the first person who come close to your pitcher. If you don’t attack that person, no matter how un-involved that person might be, you’re not “protecting your pitcher.”
Tu Holloway of the Univ of Cincinnati Bearcats.It’s one thing to brawl with a rival team.It’s ANOTHER thing to JUSTIFY the attackhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/12/12/Cincinnati.Xavier/index.htmlwith “we got a whole bunch of gangstas in the locker room”