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Jun 16, 2019
4:25:41pm

777 All-American

I guess you'v never been cleated with spike turning two, or barreled over at

home plate, or hit by a wild pitch fast ball. Baseball is indeed a contact sport and with bats, hard balls, spiked shoes, has the potential to be extremely dangerous, similar to hockey. That's why in these two sports you see more unwritten rules. It about protecting the players and the game.

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777

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Time

Football players intentionally tackle, blindside, hit other players every down

777

6/15/19 10:25pm

Says the guy who has never taken a 90+ mph fastball to the ribs

cougfanz

6/15/19 10:30pm

You have no idea. I've been hit more times than I can count. I'd take

777

6/15/19 10:34pm

There is a reason most of the time.

AlphaCoug

6/16/19 8:52am

Batters are defenseless. You can't crush a defenseless player in football.

SandYFan

6/15/19 10:30pm

And if you hit a batter intentionally you get tossed, just like Football.

777

6/15/19 10:31pm

So what are you arguing here, exactly? That fans love it when a defenseless

SandYFan

6/15/19 10:33pm

Are you really comparing a defenseless WR getting killed to a guy getting hit in

777

6/15/19 10:39pm

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball.

endy

6/16/19 4:45pm

In football you signed up for the hits and know it’s coming.

garyfan

6/16/19 12:24am

Well, first of all, the batters do usually know it's coming. Second of all, it's

777

6/16/19 12:30am

Then why do they actually get hit? If I knew a beanball was coming I

garyfan

6/16/19 12:43am

So they can charge the mound. Look, these are tough guys. Getting hit

777

6/16/19 12:53am

It’s weak. Pitchers shouldn’t be such nancies every time someone wants to

garyfan

6/16/19 12:56am

It’s also weak because pitchers are the only ones holding a ball. So they take

garyfan

6/16/19 1:04am

There is nothing cowardly about hitting a player when you know the entire other

777

6/16/19 3:24am

McCann was also being a nancy. Tough guy who won’t let him cross home plate.

garyfan

6/16/19 8:55am

Its not like the pitchers just back away. The teams let the pitcher and batter

AlphaCoug

6/16/19 9:03am

RE: Its not like the pitchers just back away. The teams let the pitcher and

garyfan

6/16/19 9:11am

Plus the umpires holding things up and the league office levying fines and

russkiejedi

6/16/19 11:44am

McCann was the Nancy here? Wow. Agree to disagree. If baseball players don't

777

6/16/19 3:54pm

He wasn’t a Nancy for stopping Gomez, but he was for being so upset by what

garyfan

6/16/19 4:01pm

RE: He wasn’t a Nancy for stopping Gomez, but he was for being so upset by

777

6/16/19 4:22pm

The question really isn’t about whether Gomez was out of line or not.

garyfan

6/16/19 4:29pm

McCann has the tenderest feelings for the unwritten rules of anyone. It’s

russkiejedi

6/16/19 4:01pm

I guess you'v never been cleated with spike turning two, or barreled over at

777

6/16/19 4:25pm

That’s all well and good when it’s actually about those things. When it’s about

russkiejedi

6/16/19 4:41pm

Not everyone thinks football is awesome

fbguru

6/16/19 9:09am

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