Is there a Random Baseball Thoughts Thread?

by **kruker** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 09:24:27

The B1G Piece wrote:I don't like Deadspin, but saw this clip on someone's facebook.

I also don't like Michael Kay, but this guy is a #$!&@ douche.

http://deadspin.com/5905250/worst-people-ever-catch-foul-ball-refuse-to-give-it-to-a-crying-child-are-vilified-by-michael-kay

Shocker that it's a middle aged woman.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 09:29:20

Kid got a ball later.

by **Grotewold** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:00:53

The B1G Piece wrote:I don't like Deadspin, but saw this clip on someone's facebook.

I also don't like Michael Kay, but this guy is a fucking douche.

http://deadspin.com/5905250/worst-people-ever-catch-foul-ball-refuse-to-give-it-to-a-crying-child-are-vilified-by-michael-kay

by **Grotewold** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:18:18

by **phdave** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 16:26:49

I would have not given that kid a ball out of spite. I probably would have held it just out of reach a few times just to taunt him. Then as I walked out of the park I would have thrown it in a trash can.

by **Woody** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 16:33:22

phdave why do you hate children

by **phdave** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 16:55:06

Next time I go to a game and someone nearby gets a ball, I'm going to start wailing and holding out my hands demanding the ball. See how the other people in my section like it. See if I get on YES and gain the sympathies of announcers and Deadspin.

by **Soren** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 17:08:14

phdave is my new favorite poster

by **smitty** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 17:14:37

PHdave definitely gaining lots of points. Raising a kid to believe that whining when you don't get your way gets rewarded is TFBS.

by **FTN** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 18:49:39

gammons is such a fucking shill

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by **bleh** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 19:24:10

Is a debacle better or worse than a fiasco?

by **etched Chaos** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 19:26:37

bleh wrote:Is a debacle better or worse than a fiasco?

Slightly better I'd say, a debacle can be turned around, you're screwed if it's a fiasco.

by **The B1G Piece** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 22:14:30

phdave wrote:Next time I go to a game and someone nearby gets a ball, I'm going to start wailing and holding out my hands demanding the ball. See how the other people in my section like it. See if I get on YES and gain the sympathies of announcers and Deadspin.

DROP THE BAT HEAD ON IT

by **Ramon Gris** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 02:06:20

I'm glad someone else had the same opinion as me. I mean, fuck those people, they were oblivious and clearly in a second-marriage-or-affair-honeymoon, but fuck that kid. You aren't going to catch every baseball that comes near you, and you aren't going to snag every gold-digger who likes to go to baseball games. keep cryin'.

by **Polar Bear Phan** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 02:11:05

While that kid was really young and this (probably) doesn't apply...

As someone who has attended somewhere in the range of 700 minor league games and over 1100 games including the Majors and college, let me tell you, if you see a kid that is over 5-6 asking for a ball, there is a 95% chance (s)he already has gotten a ball in their life and probably >50% chance that (s)he has gotten over 10. I pretty much only give balls to kids who are sitting quietly with their parents and generally female.

by **Barry Jive** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 06:23:06

I've never gotten a ball in my life. You know why? I never went to a baseball game when I didn't fucking understand what was happening. I was nearly 7 years old when I first attended a ballgame. We were, at best, in the 300 level of the Vet. Kid can get over it. No one is entitled to a goddamn foul ball. Foul balls are earned, and so be it if a 50-year-old creeper wants it more than a young father bringing his toddler to his first Rangers game.

by **The B1G Piece** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 07:29:40

My bigger problem is the guy taking a picture of the women holding the ball. That is so fucking stupid.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 08:07:57

Kids like 2 or 3.

by **Monkeyboy** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 08:25:19

I'm on board with the "screw the little kid" meme. I went to hundreds of games before getting a ball, and even then it was a spring training game. Part of the joy of getting a ball is knowing how hard it is to get it. That kid will never really know what it's like to get a ball because it was just handed to him. He'll probably use it on a rainy day to hit around in his back yard, ruining it. Meanwhile, my ball is on my bookshelf

And that's putting aside the other evil in this, which is rewarding a child for yelling and screaming over something that should include neither.

by **JFLNYC** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 08:41:21

Tough crowd.

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