MLB

[Chris_H_2]

So it looks like Colby Lewis is adding to the unwritten rules of baseball with this new "not allowed to bunt against the shift when there are two outs in the fifth inning of a 2-0 game" thing.

Where does the not-used-until-relevatively-recently "shift" fall into the unwritten rules of baseball?

[Norah]

I always thought it was the job of one team to do everything in their power to beat the other team, and that includes adapting to the game dynamics. For the most part, fuck those unwritten rules.

[doug rr]

I always thought it was the job of one team to do everything in their power to beat the other team, and that includes adapting to the game dynamics. For the most part, fuck those unwritten rules.

damn pete, dont you know that all sports are just for fun now and everyone should get a trophy and no one should feel the pain of losing a game?

[Norah]

I always thought it was the job of one team to do everything in their power to beat the other team, and that includes adapting to the game dynamics. For the most part, fuck those unwritten rules.

damn pete, dont you know that all sports are just for fun now and everyone should get a trophy and no one should feel the pain of losing a game?

I'm gonna put the shift on leaving a huge hole on the third base side. You better not bunt it down the line and take the easy single I pretty much handed you!

[numbers]

I understand being pissed about someone stealing a base with a 10 run lead in the 9th inning, and stuff like that, but this is crazy. 2-0 in the 5th? If what Rasmus did is so uncouth, wouldnt the shift essentially be a violation of unwritten rules as well?

[doug rr]

I always thought it was the job of one team to do everything in their power to beat the other team, and that includes adapting to the game dynamics. For the most part, fuck those unwritten rules.

damn pete, dont you know that all sports are just for fun now and everyone should get a trophy and no one should feel the pain of losing a game?

I'm gonna put the shift on leaving a huge hole on the third base side. You better not bunt it down the line and take the easy single I pretty much handed you!

and while you're on first base you better not steal second with a 7-1 lead

[Norah]

Bunch of whiny bitches.

[@SkitchP]

In fairness though, Colby Rasmus is a dick

[Norah]

irrelevant

[@SkitchP]

irrelevant

100% irrelevant. But I just wanted to remind everyone he's a dick

[Norah]

Of course the Red Sox would start winning just enough before the trade deadline to convince the front office not to sell.

[numbers]

That's exactly what I've been thinking.

[@SkitchP]

Of course the Red Sox would start winning just enough before the trade deadline to convince the front office not to sell.

This line of thought is why I am thrilled the Tigers bullpen has blown back up to its awful self.

[philpritchard]

That slide was kind of a dick move, but Rasmus seems like one of the least dickish players around.

Also... it's nights like these that I'm happy you can only lose one game at a time, regardless of the final score.

[Norah]

Brock Holt is the greatest baseball player of all time.

[MadTIGERmaN]

the best part, was Colby Lewis's post game comments, claiming Rasmus was clearly only looking at his stats and trying to push his batting average up and not thinking about the team. A team player should try at all cost to get into scoring position with 2 outs, the fact that he didnt steal on the first two pitches proved he was only in it for himself.

Yes Colby Lewis, Colby Rasmus and his blazing wheels that have all of 26 stolen bases in 41 attempts should have tried to steal second after bunting on your shift to prove he was a team player.



I think the Yankees losing Tanaka made everyone in the AL East think the division was up for grabs. Not that the Yankees were running away with it at all, but with him and CC down for possibly the whole season, it almost takes them OUT of the equation.

[Norah]

The Yankees losing Tanaka changes very little about the AL East.

[Lament]

That slide was kind of a dick move, but Rasmus seems like one of the least dickish players around.

Wait, really? I thought Rasmus had a long-established reputation as a dick. Didn't his dad come out and complain about a bunch of shit a few years ago? Maybe I'm wrong, but I remember when I first heard about this story my initial reaction was "Well Rasmus is a piece of shit, so I'm sure whatever he did was fucking stupid." Maybe I'm thinking about someone else though.

[Lament]

The more I think about, fuck both dudes. Anyone named "Colby" is probably a piece of shit anyways.

[philpritchard]

That slide was kind of a dick move, but Rasmus seems like one of the least dickish players around.

Wait, really? I thought Rasmus had a long-established reputation as a dick. Didn't his dad come out and complain about a bunch of shit a few years ago? Maybe I'm wrong, but I remember when I first heard about this story my initial reaction was "Well Rasmus is a piece of shit, so I'm sure whatever he did was fucking stupid." Maybe I'm thinking about someone else though.

His dad did come out and complain about a bunch of shit. But I don't see how that makes Rasmus a dick; it makes his dad a dick, but Rasmus himself never really got involved in that.

Plus, the reputation he developed in St. Louis was based on things Tony Larussa said while trying to run him out of town. And Larussa has a history of that kind of thing. Larussa always talked about how Rasmus would only take advice from his dad and refused to listen to coaches, but we've pretty much seen the exact opposite in Toronto.