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I agree with you 100%.
Part of it is that we've come to believe that admitting any sort of mistake or wrongdoing is a sign of weakness. Think back to the 2004 Presidential election, when the whole argument against Kerry was that he was a "flip-flopper".
People make mistakes. People change their opinions. And it takes a much stronger man or woman to come out and say "Yes, I fucked up". Denying it and running away from your problems are the actions of cowards.
The Yankees are 100% wrong in this situation. They've been 100% wrong since it all started a week ago.
Like it or not, collisions at the plate are a part of the game. It's not "a part of the game when we say it's okay". It's a part of the fucking game. Deal with it. The Tampa Bay player was just some young kid trying to make the team. If he makes it to the majors or even while he's playing in the minors, there WILL be situations where he needs to barrel over the catcher. If he's not going to learn/practice doing it in spring training, when the fuck is he supposed to do it? Same thing with the catcher...there are going to be collisions in "real games". It doesnt make sense for him to not block the plate in spring training, because he needs to learn how to do it.
The fact that the catcher got hurt is an unfortunate, accidental circumstance...it's no different than if a pitcher loses his control and hits/injures a player by mistake, or a middle infielder injures his leg when a baserunner breaks up a play at second base.
Secondly, the Yankees hit Tampa's star prospect (Evan Longoria) in the first inning. Although I strongly disagree with this retaliation bullshit, I understand why they didit, and it should have been over right then and there. Duncan took it too far with his dirty slide into second.
I fucking hate baseball's "unwritten rules". Bunch of fucking babies they are... |