Comments on: Is mean good? – a Baseball-Blog by John Miller http://www.mister-baseball.com/good-baseballblog-john-miller/ Baseball and Softball in Europe Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: RJB http://www.mister-baseball.com/good-baseballblog-john-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 RJB Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:47:31 +0000 http://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=6048#comment-2472 Well, you need to have a little fire otherwise why are you out there playing. I can't say that I was ever in a full brawl on a ballfield. One time in legion ball our third baseman started jawing with the home team in their dugout and a couple of guys came out of the dugout and actually got into it on the field with him. I've had a couple flare-ups on the basepaths with hard tags and high spikes. My best/worst incident was an off-the-field affair while I was playing in Italy. The other guy got the short end of that incident, and it hurt his team since he had to sit out a game. Well, you need to have a little fire otherwise why are you out there playing. I can’t say that I was ever in a full brawl on a ballfield. One time in legion ball our third baseman started jawing with the home team in their dugout and a couple of guys came out of the dugout and actually got into it on the field with him. I’ve had a couple flare-ups on the basepaths with hard tags and high spikes. My best/worst incident was an off-the-field affair while I was playing in Italy. The other guy got the short end of that incident, and it hurt his team since he had to sit out a game.

]]> By: Koffie http://www.mister-baseball.com/good-baseballblog-john-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Koffie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:03:47 +0000 http://www.mister-baseball.com/?p=6048#comment-2469 To be completely honest Ty has a point, you play to win and you play as hard as you can. It's not a full-time contact sport but there are moments that contact is needed. One thing you need to keep in mind is that most of the players in Europe pay to play instead of getting payed to play and our bosses would like to see us show up to work on the monday without to many injuries. In all my career in the field I have seen a couple of bench clearings and managers going balistic (as a player and as an umpire) but everytime when the game was called we would gather in the canteen and have a drink together and shake hands. Some of what you see happening is part of the theatre to get your team pumped up and trying to drag them out of a slump. In my opinion there is a difference between mean and hard. Mean is unacceptable, hard is. To be completely honest Ty has a point, you play to win and you play as hard as you can. It’s not a full-time contact sport but there are moments that contact is needed. One thing you need to keep in mind is that most of the players in Europe pay to play instead of getting payed to play and our bosses would like to see us show up to work on the monday without to many injuries.

In all my career in the field I have seen a couple of bench clearings and managers going balistic (as a player and as an umpire) but everytime when the game was called we would gather in the canteen and have a drink together and shake hands. Some of what you see happening is part of the theatre to get your team pumped up and trying to drag them out of a slump.

In my opinion there is a difference between mean and hard. Mean is unacceptable, hard is.

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