Let's change the subject.

--- In baseballmn@yahoogroups.com, George Rekela <grekela@...> wrote:
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> Sure sign of the coming Rapture: New York Times mentions Ross Bernstein.
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> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:37 PM, <amugalian@...> wrote:
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> > Today's New York Times has an item in the sporting page "Spotlight" feature
> > about baseball's "unwritten rules." Other than an unfortunate reference to a
> > Ross Bernstein book, the article mentions some interesting, if familiar,
> > "rules" that supposedly everyone knows about but don't always observe. One
> > of them puzzled me. Apparently, in a game earlier this season, B.J. Upton
> > stole second and third in a game in which his team trailed the Indians by
> > nine runs. The Indians, it seems, were mightily offended. I can understand a
> > team being offended if they were losing by nine runs, but what the heck was
> > this all about? I know that a lot of local SABRites feel that these "rules"
> > are bogus and I generally agree. But if your team is winning by nine runs,
> > why would you be offended if the other team tries to steal? After all,
> > stolen bases are a losing proposition.
> > I just want to say that a team should never stop trying to win. If "playing
> > the game right" means playing less than 100%, then maybe we need to reassess
> > how the game is played.
> >
> >
> >
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/writing-down-baseballs-unwritten-rules/\
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> > --art
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