Do You Have to Have Been Good at Baseball to Understand It?

[broncosmitty]

I guess that's somehow humorous to you

If it was, I wouldn't want to slap you in the mouth sometimes.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I have a video of my Down Syndrome Buddy hitting off a tee at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington. I can't upload it though. Here's a pic of it and one of him in general. This is @rmilia1

You took pics of a retarded "buddy" and use them to mock people?

 

[rmilia1]

That's @rmilia1 setting the pick on the left...

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Lol. I am not a strong skater.

 

[rmilia1]

I have a video of my Down Syndrome Buddy hitting off a tee at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington. I can't upload it though. Here's a pic of it and one of him in general. This is @rmilia1

I've got a nice opposite field swing

 

[Villain]

The ones wearing blue dont show up until the 3rd, so it is hard to escort them out...

If Trump can't stop La Raza....

 

[calsnowskier]

If Trump can't stop La Raza....

Is it anti-PC to call doggie fans "Illegal Fans"?

 

[Villain]

Is it anti-PC to call doggie fans "Illegal Fans"?

My great-grandfather was an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn when he became a fan. My dad thinks he was a member of the mob so you could call him illegal.

 

[calsnowskier]

So the Snake fans would be "Undocumented" and the doggie fans would be "Illegal".

Sounds about right

 

[Omar 382]

You took pics of a retarded "buddy" and use them to mock people?

Well, if my hopes of an all-inclusive, disability-free afterlife are correct (and by "all-inclusive," I mean, inclusive of ALL Phillies fans) I think my friend will laugh at this.

Can we not acknowledge that mentally challenged people have a tougher time with things like playing baseball? I mean, I'm ok with gay marriage, does that mean I can't make light of gay guy's feminism?

 

[Omar 382]

Maybe I AM gay though. If Slinky is right, and I did take that picture of the boy with the Phillies winter hat on, there's only one position I could be in, and it's a very compromising position.....

 

[Villain]

There are way too many baseball talking heads on TV who were really good at baseball and just say the dumbest stuff over and over. How many times have you facepalm'd listening to a hall-of-famer? Curt Schilling and John Smoltz come to mind. Experience is absolutely worth something. There are certain insights that can only be gleaned from a pro's perspective. Being worth something doesn't make it required.

There is something else to be said about understanding and looking at the game from a wider, more "macro" perspective that does not require a pro career.

See:
Andrew Friedman
Farhan Zaidi
Dave Dombrowski
Theo Epstein
Brian Sabean
Jim Mozeliak
Alex Anthropolous
Jon Daniels
etc

There are sooooo many very highly paid and respected MLB executives without playing experience beyond college (or sometimes even less than that). Brian Sabean has 3 World Series and he's not even considered a SABR guy - he's a "scout's" GM.

Yes, only someone who has crushed a 98mph fastball knows what it's like to crush a 98mph fastball. Not sure how much that helps you build a bullpen, construct a 40-man, or plan for the short and long term success of a franchise.

 

[Omar 382]

There are way too many baseball talking heads on TV who were really good at baseball and just say the dumbest stuff over and over. How many times have you facepalm'd listening to a hall-of-famer? Curt Schilling and John Smoltz come to mind. Experience is absolutely worth something. There are certain insights that can only be gleaned from a pro's perspective. Being worth something doesn't make it required.

There is something else to be said about understanding and looking at the game from a wider, more "macro" perspective that does not require a pro career.

See:
Andrew Friedman
Farhan Zaidi
Dave Dombrowski
Theo Epstein
Brian Sabean
Jim Mozeliak
Alex Anthropolous
Jon Daniels
etc

There are sooooo many very highly paid and respected MLB executives without playing experience beyond college (or sometimes even less than that). Brian Sabean has 3 World Series and he's not even considered a SABR guy - he's a "scout's" GM.

Yes, only someone who has crushed a 98mph fastball knows what it's like to crush a 98mph fastball. Not sure how much that helps you build a bullpen, construct a 40-man, or plan for the short and long term success of a franchise.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yes, only someone who has crushed a 98mph fastball knows what it's like to crush a 98mph fastball. Not sure how much that helps you build a bullpen, construct a 40-man, or plan for the short and long term success of a franchise.

Nor is it required to talk BS on a forum, or to state an opinion with some confidence...

 

[Kevin12773]

Omar I thought you were a pretty juicy guy till I saw your pic.

 

[Omar 382]

Omar I thought you were a pretty juicy guy till I saw your pic.

How was that not juicy?

 

[Kevin12773]

How was that not juicy?

Just messin with ya

 

[Iffster]

If any of you "Nancys" in this thread throw like a girl and still are talking baseball....get the f ck out. If you crochet your own dresses...I don't care. If you do your significant others hair every morning...I don't care. But if you throw like a girl and wouldn't know Reggie Jackson from Michael Jackson.........get the hell out.

 

[Omar 382]

What a fag^

 

[Iffster]

What a fag^

No problem if you fall in that category Omar. As long as you don't throw like a girl. (By your comment, I see that you probably did not shed a tear for the loss of life in Orlando)

 

[Omar 382]

No problem if you fall in that category Omar. As long as you don't throw like a girl. (By your comment, I see that you probably did not shed a tear for the loss of life in Orlando)

Nope. No problem with gay people. But you are a fag.