thinner, yes. but it might not be less protective. the materials could have more cushion and strength than the older bulkier materials. and bc it weighs less puts less strain on the wearer (esp when its hot).
it is possible people wear less (like NFL players who skip leg pads). i am always surprised that plate umps don’t protect bicep to wrist - eating that pain is not fun and I face pitchers who throw a LOT slower than pros.
Sure. I was just talking about bulk of stuff they wear.
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If Pete Rose had a lifetime ban, is it technically lifted now?
Not if he knew Jesus
depends on whose lifetime.
Baseball: if a player hits a home run - meaning, the ball goes over the fence - why is it necessary for the batter and all runners to touch all the required bases and home plate? Everyone is scoring, there’s no chance of an out but there’s a non-trivial chance of someone getting hurt running the bases, which has in fact happened.
Count the runs, everyone goes to the dugout, next batter up.
which is what they do in, like, slow pitch soft ball when the games have such tight time limits.
the rules say a base award is the opportunity to advance through the bases without the ability to be made out in the process. But they do have to touch them in order. players have missed touching the bases on awards and have then been appealed after the play and called out because they failed to touch the bases.
example: bases loaded, 2 outs, HR. Batter misses 1st. on appeal, the batter is ruled out and since they did not safely reach 1st and that was the 3rd out, no runs would count. (If the out at 1b was the 2nd out, the other 3 runs would count.) chaos would ensue so you have to be sure. umpires are supposed to watch to see the base touching (you see it on replay a lot if you look for it).
Cuz that’s the fun part. Crossing the plate.
And that is the dumbest thing on a home run. Or, someone inexplicably passes a runner in front of them. Live play, ball can be fielded and an out recorded? Sure, all of that makes sense. The ball is hit out of play in fair territory? It’s dumb to say “yeah, everyone on base + the batter scores and the defense can’t put anyone out … unless a runner or the batter is a complete dumbass, in which case after a ball is put back into play the defense can record an out and potentially wipe out all the runs that would have otherwise been scored.”
It’s like saying in hockey “in this situation we’re going to automatically award a goal” and then following it with “… but the goal actually has to be scored,” giving the scoring team a free empty net to score the goal, then allowing the other team to contest for something like an illegal stick and getting the goal wiped off completely.
A ball that is initially ruled a HR may be overturned, so the baserunning must proceed just in case.
yes, i see the point. just call it and move on - they could do that with very little lost.
Like when MLB allowed an intentional base on balls to be declared. empty charades with a 0.001% chance of something interesting occurring could be removed with little outcry except from purists/pedants.
If it’s ruled a HR, you score the runs and no one has to touch bases. If it’s overturned, that’s only going to be on video review and you handle that according to the rules.
If it’s initially not a HR, everyone’s running as usual; if it’s reviewed and then turns into a HR, score the runs and no one has to touch bases - or, even dumber, come back out from the dugout to the field, touch the bases, then go back to the dugout. [Then, someone decides hey, someone missed 2nd base and there’s an appeal for that and no it’s an out, runs don’t score, and we’ve wasted 7 minutes on a play that should have been automatic once the review came to a final decision.]
Home runs are not instantaneous, so the baserunning begins in the vast majority of the cases. Since the players are already running, it seems unusual to stop where you are and deviate straight to the dugout. This will also not save time.
You could also “save time” by having the runner on 3rd head straight to the dugout after a walk with the bases loaded.
My response: “What’s your hurry?”
(Also: that’s what DVR’s are for, to FF at home through the trot.)
Baseball is a social event, contrary to the what the guys in the basement blogging about analytics believe. Sure, there is a time and place for that, but going to the game, watching, talking with others at the park, getting park food brought right to your chair, etc. That is why baseball exists. That trot around the bases allows the fans to express their appreciation of the hit, or to express their disappointment toward the pitcher.
And while the prices are such that I do not care if I ever go back, I could eat some peanuts and/or crackerjack (which already contains peanuts; no you cannot add more peanuts, that’s done at the factory). Perhaps you could buy some for me?
Also, from the times I have gone to games, everyone is celebrating and high fiving the whole time the player is doing his home run trot anyway so it is not like there is a lot of dead time there.
This isn’t a random sports thought as much as my not seeing a better thread to share this in.
LSU Shreveport baseball team finished its season with a record of 59-0.