Re: Lastings Milledge
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Why does baseball have this culture of not showing up the other team anyways? Most other sports have celebrations, whether jumping into the stands at Lambeau, celebrating after a goal in hockey or a huge dunk in the NBA, yet if someone pumps their fist after hitting a home run they've just shown up the pitcher. It's a game, it should be fun.
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Like others have stated, this wasn't Cal breaking a record or any of the examples given above...
This was the equivilent of TO busting out the sharpie...only, this guys a rook. Bad bad move and even he said so himself (at the strong suggestion of his team I'm sure).
...and yes, the response, in baseball, is the 95 mph chin music.
lol, seems (most) everyone is ready to bust out the typewriters and dish out the astricks for dissing history in the form of records, but when it comes time to respect a longlived baseball tradition such as not showing up the other team...everyone plays dumb.
It's called being bushleague. This isn't Bull Durham.
He'll be dealt with the baseball way...in time.
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