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Navin R Johnson

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Unwritten rules violations
« on: May 05, 2010, 02:38:20 pm »
Three former pitching greats share their thoughts on how best to mete out justice, the experts, Jim Palmer, Bert Blyleven and Goose Gossage.  Nothing earth shattering, but an interesting read.  I like hearing different players opinions on these things.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&page=starting9/100505
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 03:33:51 pm »
I loved Gossage's replies. He took absolutely no shit out there.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 03:52:32 pm »
Neither did Blyleven. That was an enjoyable article.
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 03:54:34 pm »
Thanks! Great read!
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 06:09:01 pm »
I found it interesting how much some of the answers differentiated, seems like the unwritten rules are pretty fluid.   The answers for the ARod walking across the mound were especially interesting.
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2010, 06:12:30 pm »
Quote from: Navin R Johnson on May 05, 2010, 06:09:01 pm
I found it interesting how much some of the answers differentiated, seems like the unwritten rules are pretty fluid.   The answers for the ARod walking across the mound were especially interesting.

Palmer:  It's more important to win the game.  The scoreboard is the best revenge.

Blyleven:  You try not to let things bother you, but sometime a line gets crossed and you need to stand up for your teammates.

Goose:  Fuck you, you fucking fucks.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2010, 06:17:12 pm by Bench »
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 06:14:05 pm »
Quote from: Navin R Johnson on May 05, 2010, 06:09:01 pm
I found it interesting how much some of the answers differentiated, seems like the unwritten rules are pretty fluid.   The answers for the ARod walking across the mound were especially interesting.

Well, Palmer summed up his gentler approach by pointing out that the Birds were good back then and usually better than the club that they were playing, so it made little sense to pour salt on the wounds by dotting a hitter. Besides, the Robinsons probably wern't up for a bean war.
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 03:02:05 pm »
MoBerg has a fake Crasnick 'unwritten rules' interview with himself.  LINK

A few nuggets for you...

Fake Jerry:  Morgan you were a hitter.

Morgan: Barely.

Fake Jerry: OK, you occasionally swung a bat.

Morgan: Not really.

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Fake Jerry: Fine.  Where were we? Oh, I remember.  A hitter stands at home plate and admires a home run.  Do you hit him?

Morgan: Yes.

Fake Jerry: That’s it?

Morgan: What do you want me to say Fake Jerry?   You wait until there are 2 outs and up by 4 or more runs.  You drill him in the ribs.

Fake Jerry: What if he just sort of admires it?

Morgan: Drill him.

Fake Jerry:  What do you do if you catch a hitter peeking back at a catcher’s setup, or getting signs relayed to him from a teammate on second base?

Morgan: Drill him.  You never look at the catchers signs ever!  That is way out of line.

Fake Jerry: How offended are you if a hitter takes a big rip at a 3-0 pitch when his team is way ahead?

Morgan: Drill him.  I don’t need to explain that.  You drill him.

Fake Jerry: Special bonus question: If a player on your team gets drilled, are you obligated to respond?

If my player did one of the things mentioned above then he deserves it.  If we hit one of their players for doing something mentioned above, and then their pitcher retaliates….then we drill one of their guys.  You got that one Fake Jerry?  Oh and one more thing. If my teammate gets hit on an off-speed pitch then we don’t retaliate.
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 03:15:59 pm »
Quote from: Navin R Johnson on May 05, 2010, 06:09:01 pm
I found it interesting how much some of the answers differentiated, seems like the unwritten rules are pretty fluid.

Like taser protocols?
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 03:26:16 pm »
Quote from: Limey on May 06, 2010, 03:15:59 pm
Like taser protocols?

Didn't you learn not to mix electricity and fluids?
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 03:41:16 pm »
Great article, really fun read. It's nice to learn about some of the behind-the-scenes stuff.
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 03:45:08 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on May 06, 2010, 03:02:05 pm
Fake Jerry: OK, you occasionally swung a bat.

Morgan: Not really.

Love it.
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Re: Unwritten rules violations
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 09:00:56 pm »
Yet another article on the subject from Fox Sports Houston with comments from Berkman, Garner and Kevin Bass.

http://www.foxsportshouston.com/04/26/10/Baseballs-unwritten-code/landing.html?blockID=223525&feedID=3803
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