Baseball Pet Peeves - Page 2

Cryomaniac · 07-03-2008, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mikev

pitchers hitting.

The DH rule.

Gastric ReFlux · 07-03-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Russ

The LOOGY. All relievers should have to pitch to either a minimum of 3 batters or the side is retired, which ever comes first.

Tony LaRussa needs to be retired.

MogulChamp · 07-03-2008, 11:08 AM

My biggest pet peeve, is the strike zone.

It is very, very rare to see the high strike called, and annoys me to no end!!!!

TribeFanInNC · 07-03-2008, 11:56 AM

I second Tim McCarver and the strike zone.

CBL-Commish · 07-03-2008, 11:58 AM

Failure to enforce the rules as written. Most notably the strike zone, but also blocking access to bases without the ball, phantom double plays.

Also balks. The existence of the rule. The inconsistency of its application. The fact that some of the rule outlaws actions that are physically impossible.

Aggressive umps. This season I've seen a major league ump have to be restrained from going out to the mound by the catcher.

andjbock · 07-03-2008, 01:29 PM

Players always arguing.

Cryomaniac · 07-03-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

Also balks....

The fact that some of the rule outlaws actions that are physically impossible.

Such as what?

Le Grande Orange · 07-03-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MorseMoose

• Celebrating for doing your job

That's a lot worse in the NFL than it is in MLB, at least from what I've seen.

ctorg · 07-03-2008, 07:00 PM

One thing that always annoys me is when announcers speak matter-of-factly about something in a way that is dead wrong, but do it with the expert confidence that announcers always seem to have. Usually this involves anti-sabermetric speech and "disproving" something that someone else has spent hours and hours accumulating evidence to prove by saying something along the lines of, "I've been around the game a long time, and I don't care what the statheads say."

stevebydac · 07-03-2008, 08:57 PM

1. Loud rock/hip hop music, all game, in every spare second. Quiet moments are no longer allowed apparently (in other sports too). I wish they would just play organ music like in the old days. You just felt like you were at a ballgame, a special place, when you heard that organ while sitting in the stands eating a hot dog and drinking a beer.

2. Pitchers hitting. Gosh what a waste of time.

3. The spitting thing. And the crotch grabbing. How come you never see Roger Federer or Tiger Woods needing to hack up a loogie and grab their jewels?

4. Joe Buck announcing any sport. His dad was fantastic. Joe: not so much.

5. Bring back the bullpen carts!

6. The batter's box chalkline. Why bother having it if a) players wipe it out anyway or b) rules for stepping out aren't enforced.

7. Certain players crying about EVERY strike called against them (David Ortiz, I love you, but this means you).

8. The loss of the Bikini Rule.

Every girl rated at least "8" out of "10" used to have to wear a bikini at the park. No more...

...Oh, wait, that's in my OOTP league.

BrentBlades · 07-03-2008, 10:03 PM

The number one for me is easily the, as long as you are close enough to second base with the ball that's good enough. I can't stand that more then anything and it drives me insane every time I see a play like that. I mean that's one thing that could change the game so freaking much.

myasu · 07-03-2008, 11:40 PM

I have so many pet peeves about (Japanese) baseball and the media that follows it.

1. I hate the way the managers get all the credits for victories. (and the managers do not even say things like "The players won the game. I did not." Instead, they would tell the reporters how they smartly substitute the players, assigned the hit & run play in a right moment, and how they have trained the players to do the right things, for hours after the games.
Managers of the Japanese world series champiohship team usually get to write about 10 books after the season, with the title likes "My philosophy of victory", "How can you smartly win, while prepare for the next", "How to eduate your men". I just can not stand it. It's a lot worse than it is in the States...

2. Network TVs would show you the games once in a while, from around the 3rd inning ~ around 7,8 inning, and everytime they leave the game in the middle, the announcers would say " We truly appologyze for having to leave the game right now. You could check the result of the game in our 11:PM news! (Sure we can, as we do not have the extra innings after 12th inning. You guys know for sure the games will be over by 11:30 PM latest.)
Yes, we have cables, Digital satelites that show baseball games from start to finish, but I am pissed because of the way network TVs treat baseball games. You either show them all, or do not show them at all!

3. I hate the way Japanese players raise their arm after hitting a HR in just another regular season game. If you hate Manny, you just cannot watch Japanese baseball games. Funny thing is, after about couple months in Japanese baseball, American players start doing it, too. I guess it must feel great to do it.

4. I hate it when the network TVs invite the "totally unrelated popular singers/actors/actresses/comedians to the studio just for the PR of maybe the next program they would want us to watch after the game. (Yes, after the 7th inning farewell to the game) Most of them do not know anything about baseball, not even interested, but still talk about how their fathers like baseball for 15 minutes. I understand they are doing their obligational job for the TV station, but I can not stand it anyways.

5. I hate the way the Japanese announcers shout at every dumn plays. They sound more like one of those football announcers in Brazil or Argentina. (I do not mind the football announcers shouting when the home team scores, as in a football game, every single goal means so much, much more than a single run in a baseball games in most cases, and there is something about the football goals that makes me wanna scream.)

6. I hate the fact that most of the team names in *** are after their owner companies. Trey Hillman managed a Japanese team for several years, and the name of the team is Nippon-Ham Fighters. Nippon-Ham is a company that is famous for the sausages, hams, etc. Nippon means Japan. Ham is...well, ham. SO it is, in English, Japanese Ham Fighters.

Would you wanna root for a team that has name like that? Even if the team is based in the area you grew up, and your grand father, your father both rooted for the team??? I do not.

BMD · 07-05-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stevebydac

1. Loud rock/hip hop music, all game, in every spare second. Quiet moments are no longer allowed apparently (in other sports too). I wish they would just play organ music like in the old days. You just felt like you were at a ballgame, a special place, when you heard that organ while sitting in the stands eating a hot dog and drinking a beer.

But if not for all of the music, you might actually be able to hold a conversation with someone in the stands. More talking equals less eating/drinking equals less revenue.

1998 Yankees · 07-05-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by myasu

I have so many pet peeves about (Japanese) baseball and the media that follows it.

Great post, myasu. Interesting stuff. Most of it is applicable to America, just not to the degree that you describe it over there, except for #6. We name everything else for corporations but not our teams. Yet.

07-03-2008, 11:58 AM	#25
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07-03-2008, 07:00 PM	#29
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	One thing that always annoys me is when announcers speak matter-of-factly about something in a way that is dead wrong, but do it with the expert confidence that announcers always seem to have. Usually this involves anti-sabermetric speech and "disproving" something that someone else has spent hours and hours accumulating evidence to prove by saying something along the lines of, "I've been around the game a long time, and I don't care what the statheads say." __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

07-03-2008, 11:40 PM	#32
myasu All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,491	I have so many pet peeves about (Japanese) baseball and the media that follows it. 1. I hate the way the managers get all the credits for victories. (and the managers do not even say things like "The players won the game. I did not." Instead, they would tell the reporters how they smartly substitute the players, assigned the hit & run play in a right moment, and how they have trained the players to do the right things, for hours after the games. Managers of the Japanese world series champiohship team usually get to write about 10 books after the season, with the title likes "My philosophy of victory", "How can you smartly win, while prepare for the next", "How to eduate your men". I just can not stand it. It's a lot worse than it is in the States... 2. Network TVs would show you the games once in a while, from around the 3rd inning ~ around 7,8 inning, and everytime they leave the game in the middle, the announcers would say " We truly appologyze for having to leave the game right now. You could check the result of the game in our 11:PM news! (Sure we can, as we do not have the extra innings after 12th inning. You guys know for sure the games will be over by 11:30 PM latest.) Yes, we have cables, Digital satelites that show baseball games from start to finish, but I am pissed because of the way network TVs treat baseball games. You either show them all, or do not show them at all! 3. I hate the way Japanese players raise their arm after hitting a HR in just another regular season game. If you hate Manny, you just cannot watch Japanese baseball games. Funny thing is, after about couple months in Japanese baseball, American players start doing it, too. I guess it must feel great to do it. 4. I hate it when the network TVs invite the "totally unrelated popular singers/actors/actresses/comedians to the studio just for the PR of maybe the next program they would want us to watch after the game. (Yes, after the 7th inning farewell to the game) Most of them do not know anything about baseball, not even interested, but still talk about how their fathers like baseball for 15 minutes. I understand they are doing their obligational job for the TV station, but I can not stand it anyways. 5. I hate the way the Japanese announcers shout at every dumn plays. They sound more like one of those football announcers in Brazil or Argentina. (I do not mind the football announcers shouting when the home team scores, as in a football game, every single goal means so much, much more than a single run in a baseball games in most cases, and there is something about the football goals that makes me wanna scream.) 6. I hate the fact that most of the team names in *** are after their owner companies. Trey Hillman managed a Japanese team for several years, and the name of the team is Nippon-Ham Fighters. Nippon-Ham is a company that is famous for the sausages, hams, etc. Nippon means Japan. Ham is...well, ham. SO it is, in English, Japanese Ham Fighters. Would you wanna root for a team that has name like that? Even if the team is based in the area you grew up, and your grand father, your father both rooted for the team??? I do not. __________________ myasu Bill Spaceman Lee- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."

07-03-2008, 11:08 AM	#23
MogulChamp All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 656	My biggest pet peeve, is the strike zone. It is very, very rare to see the high strike called, and annoys me to no end!!!!

07-03-2008, 11:56 AM	#24
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	I second Tim McCarver and the strike zone.

07-03-2008, 01:29 PM	#26
andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,640	Players always arguing.

07-03-2008, 08:57 PM	#30
stevebydac All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In a fictional baseball world Posts: 843	1. Loud rock/hip hop music, all game, in every spare second. Quiet moments are no longer allowed apparently (in other sports too). I wish they would just play organ music like in the old days. You just felt like you were at a ballgame, a special place, when you heard that organ while sitting in the stands eating a hot dog and drinking a beer. 2. Pitchers hitting. Gosh what a waste of time. 3. The spitting thing. And the crotch grabbing. How come you never see Roger Federer or Tiger Woods needing to hack up a loogie and grab their jewels? 4. Joe Buck announcing any sport. His dad was fantastic. Joe: not so much. 5. Bring back the bullpen carts! 6. The batter's box chalkline. Why bother having it if a) players wipe it out anyway or b) rules for stepping out aren't enforced. 7. Certain players crying about EVERY strike called against them (David Ortiz, I love you, but this means you). 8. The loss of the Bikini Rule. Every girl rated at least "8" out of "10" used to have to wear a bikini at the park. No more... ...Oh, wait, that's in my OOTP league.

07-03-2008, 10:03 PM	#31
BrentBlades Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 134	The number one for me is easily the, as long as you are close enough to second base with the ball that's good enough. I can't stand that more then anything and it drives me insane every time I see a play like that. I mean that's one thing that could change the game so freaking much.