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PepsiWithCoke
08/17/21 9:53:46 PM
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SiO4
08/17/21 9:55:15 PM
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That sucks
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Tyranthraxus
08/17/21 9:55:40 PM
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So like what's the rule for this? I assume this isn't the first time this has happened.

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__aCEr__
08/17/21 9:56:15 PM
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They really should make all pitchers wear those special hats.

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PepsiWithCoke
08/17/21 9:56:51 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
So like what's the rule for this? I assume this isn't the first time this has happened.
Live ball.

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Null_Gain
08/17/21 10:01:30 PM
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What if hitting the ball at a pitcher becomes a low key strategy? MLB hitters are talented enough to "aim" at different parts of the field when swinging at the ball.

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Shotgunnova
08/17/21 10:02:18 PM
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NO!!!!! NOT BASSlTT!!!!!

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PepsiWithCoke
08/17/21 10:03:12 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
What if hitting the ball at a pitcher becomes a low key strategy? MLB hitters are talented enough to "aim" at different parts of the field when swinging at the ball
MLB hitters are good, but not nearly that good.

"Aiming" the ball means hitting in the general direction of which field you want it to go to, not a specific point.

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synth_real
08/17/21 10:03:55 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
What if hitting the ball at a pitcher becomes a low key strategy? MLB hitters are talented enough to "aim" at different parts of the field when swinging at the ball.
If they could do that even semi-consistently, the shift would stop being a thing overnight

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AngelsNAirwav3s
08/17/21 10:03:58 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
What if hitting the ball at a pitcher becomes a low key strategy? MLB hitters are talented enough to "aim" at different parts of the field when swinging at the ball.

Hitting it up the middle is something a lot of batters try to do, lots of easy base hits as long as it is passed the pitcher.

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SiO4
08/17/21 10:05:23 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...

MLB hitters are good, but not nearly that good.

"Aiming" the ball means hitting in the general direction of which field you want it to go to, not a specific point.


"...It's a round ball and a round bat..."
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UnholyMudcrab
08/17/21 10:12:01 PM
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This shit is terrifying. Careers have been ended this way.
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Null_Gain
08/17/21 10:15:21 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
MLB hitters are good, but not nearly that good.

"Aiming" the ball means hitting in the general direction of which field you want it to go to, not a specific point.


synth_real posted...
If they could do that even semi-consistently, the shift would stop being a thing overnight


Oh ok. I don't know much about baseball

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PepsiWithCoke
08/17/21 10:16:52 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
Oh ok. I don't know much about baseball
For reference, this is what MLB pitching looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FsL3rDIXk

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DirkDiggles
08/17/21 10:17:22 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wFWiiUuU4

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CasualGuy
08/17/21 10:24:44 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...
MLB hitters are good, but not nearly that good.

"Aiming" the ball means hitting in the general direction of which field you want it to go to, not a specific point.

You can definitely aim it if you're good at hitting and the pitch is slow enough

Doing that at 85+ mph is probably insanely difficult or impossible though

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PepsiWithCoke
08/17/21 10:25:02 PM
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Captain_Qwark posted...
One guy in my summer softball league kept stepping onto the plate to try and hit it at the pitchers once his team started losing and like half my team almost beat the shit out of him for it

Getting hit in the head is a big fucking deal. (Not saying this batter did it on purpose)

Hope he is ok
Why the fuck are you trying that hard at beer league softball.

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AngelsNAirwav3s
08/17/21 10:26:02 PM
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Captain_Qwark posted...
One guy in my summer softball league kept stepping onto the plate to try and hit it at the pitchers once his team started losing and like half my team almost beat the shit out of him for it

Getting hit in the head is a big fucking deal. (Not saying this batter did it on purpose)

Hope he is ok

Slow pitch softball is a whole different story, I have seen teams brawl because some A hole player kept trying to take out the pitcher. Definitely a big no no

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meralonne
08/17/21 10:28:08 PM
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Son of a bitch, this sucks. Hope he comes out of this okay

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Delirious_Beard
08/17/21 10:37:05 PM
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nick castallanos does it again

https://mobile.twitter.com/HJohnson81/status/1427805142187978759

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UnholyMudcrab
08/17/21 10:44:08 PM
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Shezarr
08/17/21 10:46:01 PM
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My face hurts just thinking about that, jesus

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DemonBuffet
08/17/21 10:46:54 PM
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Fuck man Bassit is the As best pitcher.

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Guerrilla Soldier
08/17/21 11:02:30 PM
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MacadamianNut3
08/17/21 11:13:30 PM
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This happened to my teammate on third base during my senior year of high school.

I already stopped trying hard in football after I had a concussion during practice a few months before that, and seeing him knocked the fuck out (also think he lost a couple of teeth but I forget) for absolutely nothing killed my desire of actually putting in effort in baseball too. I ended up quitting the team

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Cornmuffins
08/17/21 11:42:46 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
What if hitting the ball at a pitcher becomes a low key strategy? MLB hitters are talented enough to "aim" at different parts of the field when swinging at the ball.


Mr. Burns over here smh
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Heineken14
08/17/21 11:45:38 PM
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PepsiWithCoke posted...

Why the fuck are you trying that hard at beer league softball.


You would be surprised how pissed and serious some of those dorks take that shit.

The worst would be when they'd come into coed leagues doing that shit.
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Arcanine2009
08/17/21 11:50:42 PM
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DirkDiggles posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wFWiiUuU4
This feels so fucking distasteful for a batter to run or walk after a pitcher gets seriously injured by them. At the very least, it should count as a strike and he has to bat again by a different patcher

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LostForest
08/17/21 11:50:55 PM
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Any word on how he's doing?

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Cornmuffins
08/17/21 11:52:04 PM
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Arcanine2009 posted...

This feels so fucking distasteful for a batter to run after a pitcher gets seriously injured by them. At the very least, it should count as a strike and he has to bat again.


I mean it's a freak accident
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Arcanine2009
08/17/21 11:54:34 PM
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Cornmuffins posted...
I mean it's a freak accident

I mean I'm gonna assume they didn't do it on purpose, but its still distasteful as fuck when they lie down on the ground and get seriously injured.


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The-Apostle
08/17/21 11:55:37 PM
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32041647/oakland-pitcher-chris-bassitt-carted-line-drive-strikes-head

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LostForest
08/18/21 12:01:08 AM
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The-Apostle posted...
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32041647/oakland-pitcher-chris-bassitt-carted-line-drive-strikes-head

Well at they said it didn't his eye, and said he didn't lose consciousness either, so that's good at least.

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BigB0ss13
08/18/21 12:30:34 AM
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Arcanine2009 posted...
This feels so fucking distasteful for a batter to run or walk after a pitcher gets seriously injured by them. At the very least, it should count as a strike and he has to bat again by a different patcher


No it's not. It would've been if he would've kept on going though.
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The-Apostle
08/18/21 12:32:49 AM
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LostForest posted...
Well they said it didn't his eye, and said he didn't lose consciousness either, so that's good at least.
Yeah, I'm glad he's ok too.

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PatrickMahomes
08/18/21 12:50:08 AM
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I played baseball K-12 but I made sure as hell to avoid the infield after getting a bad hop grounder at second to the eye when I was like in 2nd grade. Fuck bad hops, outfield for life

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The-Apostle
08/18/21 12:53:13 AM
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PatrickMahomes posted...
I played baseball K-12 but I made sure as hell to avoid the infield after getting a bad hop grounder at second to the eye when I was like in 2nd grade. Fuck bad hops, outfield for life
Yeah, I got hit in the head a couple times playing softball when I was a kid.

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dj1200
08/18/21 1:16:36 AM
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My worst fear

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ColdRainAndSnow
08/18/21 1:26:01 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
So like what's the rule for this? I assume this isn't the first time this has happened.


Probably an unwritten rule not to advance extra bases when that happens.

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sabrestorm
08/18/21 2:46:45 AM
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Sad but who watches baseball in 2021
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Bad_Mojo
08/18/21 3:02:57 AM
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I think what I hate the most is that the hitter feels the need to make it to First instead of making sure the person is okay.

I would LOVE to say that if you hit the pitcher like that it's an auto placement on First, but then that would make scumbags AIM for the pitcher in order to get a player on first, and not what I want - some compassion

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Fluttershy
08/18/21 3:14:29 AM
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I think what I hate the most is that the hitter feels the need to make it to First instead of making sure the person is okay.

you're kinda acting like the batter has the same view as everyone else here.

also, i remember this happening to an old sox pitcher named matt clement. it's scary.

it's a good sign that the ball didn't slow down that much; it means his head took less of the impact. it glanced.

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Bad_Mojo
08/18/21 3:20:24 AM
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Fluttershy posted...
you're kinda acting like the batter has the same view as everyone else here.

I've played a lot of non-official baseball, and I've hit my fair share of people that were throwing me the ball. I've known every time, and have went over to check on them instead of trying to make it to first. Get out of here if you think someone that's whole life is baseball can't tell when they hit the pitcher.

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Fluttershy
08/18/21 3:21:18 AM
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it wouldn't be the first time you've made up a story so i'm not buying it.

also where does that end? is each and every player and coach a compassionless horrorperson because they let the game continue? why don't they all set their bats and gloves down and hold a prayer instead of finishing the game?

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PatrickMahomes
08/18/21 11:06:37 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
I think what I hate the most is that the hitter feels the need to make it to First instead of making sure the person is okay.
Conversely, I also hate how pitchers refuse to show any sort of guilt/remorse when they hit a batter on accident. Even a simple chest pat or something just to acknowledge "man i know we're competitors but i didn't mean to physically hurt you" -- same as the batter sure as shit wouldn't mean to give a pitcher brain damage.

But them's the "rules" I guess.

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Questionmarktarius
08/18/21 11:38:20 AM
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PatrickMahomes posted...
Even a simple chest pat or something just to acknowledge "man i know we're competitors but i didn't mean to physically hurt you"
Meanwhile, in football, both teams gather in an impromptu prayer-circle when someone gets hurt badly.
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