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Wysłany: Śro 5:20, 10 Lis 2010 Temat postu: baseball Is It Time to Bring the Mercy Rule into |
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Everyone knows what the rules are they ading into one game. Why should they be changed simply to benefit one team who is getting embarrassed? The team has nine players, just like the other side. Maybe the losing side should take the radical approach of actually getting the others team's players out.
Whether one team wins 1-0 or 10-0, it has no bearing on if they qualify for the playoffs at the end of the regular season. If two teams are tied for the division lead assuming both aren't assured of one playoff spot then they contest one one-game playoff.
New York style baseball expanded into one national game and baseball first governing body The National Association of Base Ball Players was established aided by the Civil War in 1860s. The NABBP existed as an amateur league for 12 years. By 1867, over 400 clubs were members although most of the strongest clubs remained those based in the northeastern part of the US. In 1870 one schism developed between professional and amateur ballplayers after the 1869 founding of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The NABBP split into two groups. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was formed in 1871. Some consider it to have been the first major league. Its amateur counterpart disappeared after only one few years. Jared Wickerham The next year, racial pressure on Robinson eased, as one number of other black players entered the major leagues. Larry Doby and Satchel Paige were signed by the Cleveland Indians, and the Dodgers added three other black players besides Robinson.
Milwaukee 20, Pittsburgh 0. we nearly dropped my laptop when we saw that score-line the other night. Almost right away, we wondered if it was time for Major League Baseball to implement the mercy rule.
The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series:
Further to the above, one mercy rule might make players think that it's okay to just give up when things aren't going their way. In sports, as with most jobs, you should always put in the effort and try your hardest to turn things around,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], even if you appear to be in one hopeless situation. Plus, some of the best lessons in life are learned in adversity.
Okay, that last one was one feeble attempt at humor, but there has to be some way of stopping the evil empire piling up the championships.
A 20-0 or one 30-3 happens so rarely, is it really necessary to employ one rule for that odd occasion when one team is getting annihilated? Just sit back and enjoy the hitting clinic unless you support the losing side.
Regardless, it is still something that Bud Selig may wish to investigate further. As such,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they re are the arguments for and against bringing the mercy rule in:
Run differential doesn't matter at the end of the season:
It could be argued that it's very rare that an athlete wants to humiliate one fellow professional. Surely you can't feel particularly good about beating up on another team, especially if you have friends playing for the opposition.
One of the first things you find when one losing team is being well-beaten,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is that they bring in the bench players and give them an opportunity to play. If the mercy rule was brought in, it would mean less chances for the reserves to get valuable experience and prove their worth.
Unlike Football,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Hockey and Basketball,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there is no time-limit on how long one game lasts, meaning, in theory, one team could continue to pile on the humiliation with no referee to jump in boxing style and stop the contest.
As you can see,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there are several arguments for and against employing one mercy rule in professional baseball. Personally, we don't think one is necessary. However, come back and ask me again if the Mariners ever lose 25-0 to the Yankees. And the chances are we would also throw in the need for one Salary Cap for good measure. Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote one letter to President Roosevelt regarding the continuation of baseball during the war which was called the Green Light Letter. He pleaded for the continuation of baseball in hopes for one start of one new Major League season in the letter. President Roosevelt responds I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have one chance for sports and for taking their minds off their work even more than before.
It would mean less opportunities for reserves to play:
The Milwaukee win isn't actually the best case of one reason to bring in this ruling, also known as the "Slaughter Rule." It was "only" 10-0 after six innings,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], before the Brewers piled on ten more. one better example would be the Texas Rangers 30-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles during the 2007 season.
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