Nine of twelve
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I acknowledge your point of view. Now tell me this: where is the line between poor sportsmanship and having a good time? What should and what should not be taken seriously, and how seriously is too seriously to take something? It comes down to just how far up one's ass the stick should be. It seems we have different opinions about that. Baseball is not every other major sport. The NFL allows silly TD celebrations, but it should be pointed out that none of those include in-your-face confrontations with the defense, and there is a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. The NBA is much faster-moving than baseball and celebrations are usually limited by the need to start playing defense immediately after a score. And then there's hockey. Should baseball be like hockey in that fighting when there's a disagreement is an integral part of the sport? That's one of the reasons I no longer care to follow the NHL. With freer expressions of celebration will come stronger reactions, more confrontations, and more fighting. As for me I would like to watch the sport I love without such crap.
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I enjoy the celebrating and I would enjoy it even more if I were a player. But I do not enjoy poor sportsmanship. Does Miguel Sano need to rub it in the face of the pitcher after hitting a ball 450 feet? Doesn't what he did to the ball do all the talking that needs to be done? Yes, play aggressively. Pitch inside as indicated. Test the outfielder's arm. Try to capitalize on your opponent's every mistake. But as we are seeing in the real world lack of respect leads to undesirable consequences. Your opponent is not your enemy, and in fact the player you deliberately show up this year may be your teammate next year. Remember that and treat him as such.
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Yay us!
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Hey, I was first!
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And then Sano with the re-insurance policy.
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Those two runs courtesy of Rosario Mutual Insurance Co.
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That was a make-up call for the gift K our pitcher got a couple innings back.
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That Hyundai commercial - telling us it's OK to be distracted while driving because the car will save you. Is that really the message we want to send?
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Cripes, just get us out of the top of this inning and let's get us some insurance in the bottom.
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Happy to survive that inning with only 1 run allowed.
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Please don't let Buck be injured as badly as it looked.
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He was also two feet away from second.
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At the second hand store.
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Reliever to open the fifth, please.
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Bullpen. Up. Now.
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People in your situation often feel more confident with dog by their side.
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Yeah, something like that!
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OK guys, let's get RISPY
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Therein lies the crux of the matter.
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In an interesting (to me, at least) bit of rock&roll trivia, the guy who played sax on Short Shorts also was the lead singer on this wonderful bit of the '60's.
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In partial answer to both questions, one of them is AJ Pierzynski.
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I suppose players can wear their pants however they please, but Santana's pants...
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Send Polanco an the 3-2.
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Commercial during the break showed a guy with a phone that looked like a saxophone. So it made me think that I had to share this.
