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Originally Posted by zappa1
So when do they randomly start checking bats, Mr. Judge?
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They should be randomly checking EVERY g-d'ed thing! They used to, or my memory is faulty.
I remember umpires coming out to the mound, looking for nail files. I remember pine tar could not extend too far up the bat handle. I remember players being told to tuck their bling inside their jerseys or take it off altogether. And for gosh sakes, you are a first or third-base umpire (the one closest to the guilty dugout), and you don't notice the sound of somebody banging on a trash can?
Old fud dashers seize upon such reminiscing as evidence of irrelevance to current times. Often those people are right.
Yet, how satisfied are you with the way baseball is being played today? Do you like the dramatic swing of home runs and run production to the death valley of batting averages in just a few years?
Do you like seeing Sammy Sosa, he of steroids and corked bat fame, still listed as number 9 for career home runs? Do you like seeing the Houston Astros forever listed as the World Series champions of 2017?
Cheaters will cheat as long as they think they can get away with it, and they
do when officials choose to look the other way out of greed or are too lazy and incompetent to do their jobs.