Off Topic: Rangers vs Jays

[auggiedoggy]

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Originally Posted by marvymelvin

Correction, Brad, it is Octopus, not squid. And you forgot rubber rats.

The rubber rats was a Florida thing. The Panther fans used to toss hundreds of little rubber rats on the ice and it wasted too much time cleaning up the ice surface until the league got involved and banned this activity.

[packs]

Blue Jays haters in this thread are blowing my mind. They were down 0-2 and then won 3 straight, despite nearly losing the series on a dopey fluke. So when Bautista is up in the big moment (after the Rangers make 3 errors) and hits his homer, that's going to be an emotional moment. You can't blame him for taking it in.

Also, since the original poster is a Yankees fan (as am I), I find it hard to believe you can call the Jays fans classless for throwing things on the field. At the old stadium, every time fans didn't like what happened they showered the field level seats in beer from the upper deck. Hell I was at a Rangers / Yankees playoff game back in the day where they took a guy's Rangers hat off his head, lit it on fire, and then threw it from the bleachers.

[ullmandds]

to me...a lifelong yankees fan...bautista did nothing wrong. what's wrong with baseball is this old fuddy duddy mentality that celebrations are not permissable...bla bla bla! He didn't respect the game?

To me respecting the game is playing it hard...within the rules...NOT cheating...NOT electively injuring others...NOT bitching about everything.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

to me...a lifelong yankees fan...bautista did nothing wrong. what's wrong with baseball is this old fuddy duddy mentality that celebrations are not permissable...bla bla bla! He didn't respect the game?

To me respecting the game is playing it hard...within the rules...NOT cheating...NOT electively injuring others...NOT bitching about everything.

NOTHING WRONG??? You obviously know very little about a "code of honor" among players. Virtually every MLB/ESPN analyst, especially the ones who played the game, have blasted his actions. This is the highest level of professional baseball, not some schoolyard "pick-up" game among neighborhood friends.

[Enfuego]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

NOTHING WRONG??? You obviously know very little about a "code of honor" among players. Virtually every MLB/ESPN analyst, especially the ones who played the game, have blasted his actions. This is the highest level of professional baseball, not some schoolyard "pick-up" game among neighborhood friends.

But it's ok for a pitcher who got a big strikeout to act a fool?!

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agkJ5WFNL4k

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by Enfuego

But it's ok for a pitcher who got a big strikeout to act a fool?!

Never said it was.....

[Enfuego]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

Never said it was.....

Well therefore it is perfectly ok for Bautista to react the way he did, on top of that I'll give you 3 reasons as to why it is ok.
1. It was a home game
2. It was justified for the situation the Jays were in.
3. The fans loved it!

[DanP]

First of all, I'm not a Blue Jays fan and couldn't care less who wins once the Red Sox and Yankees are out of it.

As others have mentioned, isn't baseball boring enough and now we're asking players to stop showing any emotion? The Blue Jays were upset about the previous call, even though the umps made the correct call they were still fired up.

Here's what I would say if it was my son pitching or playing infield in that game:

You don't like the opposing teams showing off? How about not allowing a home run or making errors on plays that would even upset little leaguers.

[Enfuego]

I would have to agree, I personally think Bautista did nothing wrong when flipping the bat the way he did. I'm sure if the pitcher were to sit him down on strikes and celebrated as Bats did, we would not be having this discussion. It is pure entertainment and Bautista put on a show for the fans and there is nothing wrong with that.