When you hit a HR, you run it out
When you strike a guy out, you walk off the mound then wait for the ball to come back without pumping your fist or pointing at the other team
you don’t crowd the plate
you don’t spike
you don’t steal signs
you don’t yell at players in the act of trying to field a pop fly
there are rules and standards of conduct
When you hit a HR, you run it outAnd you don't throw at the next hitter in the lineup after a home run gets hit just because your ego just landed on the far side of the fence, either. You want to send the bombardier a message, you pitch him inside and tight the next time he faces you. You don't nail the next guy in the lineup unless you're spoiling for a fight.When you strike a guy out, you walk off the mound then wait for the ball to come back without pumping your fist or pointing at the other team
you don’t crowd the plate
you don’t spike
you don’t steal signs
you don’t yell at players in the act of trying to field a pop fly
there are rules and standards of conduct
Just ask Tom Niedenfeuer. He was brought into a 1986 game against the Mets with the bases loaded and George Foster (shortly before Foster was dealt away) coming up. Foster hit the first pitch into the left center field bleachers. Niedenfeuer started the next hitter, Ray Knight, with a drill right in the belly. What a surprise that Knight charged the mound ready to take his head off.
Best payback pitch I ever saw: Shawn Estes, Mets. After weeks of speculation and insistence that the Mets owed Roger Clemens bigtime for his habitual decking of Mike Piazza in interleague games, the Yankees showed up in Shea Stadium and, sure enough, Clemens got to hit against Estes. Estes shocked everyone by throwing behind Clemens's knees. Everyone screamed blue murder over Estes's "cowardice" . . . but the pitch worked. The warnings went out posthaste. And the Mets pasted the Yankees, 8-2, including Estes hitting one over the fence . . .
you don't wreck a catcher's career during an all-star game.
But, I have to admit, as a recent fan to baseball I shake my head at what I have referred to in discussions with my brother as the games 'systemic lack of integrity'.
Why is cheating encouraged?
Why wasn't Sammy Sosa banned for life for corking his bat?
Why is it ok to scrub out the baseline of the batters box?
As a kid I loved Pete Rose. When I found out he gambled on baseball games he was managing I wrote him off. I probably watch 130+ games a year, but I really would like to know why baseball people think this stuff is ok?
Regards,
TS