Yes it should be called a ball... unless the dumbass at the plate swings at it and misses it, then it becomes a strike. Very very simple to understand.

Fuck no I never said that, the batter has to be in the batter’s box when he swings. But the ball doesn’t have to be in the strike zone (or anywhere near it) for you to swing and miss and get a strike called against you. But if the pitcher rolled the ball in the same manner and it rolled over the plate and the batter…

Yeah I guess thats where we disagree because I don’t think there’s any other interpretation of the rule. I think the rule clearly states that if you swing and miss during a live pitch then its a strike, no matter what. Say if a ball is coming at the batters head and he makes a move to get out the way of the ball, if…

Buddy, thats not how baseball works. He swung and missed at a live pitch, strike 3 you’re out. Could you imagine the chaos if batters were able to swing and miss at live pitches and then try to argue “no no no ump, i wasnt swinging AT that ball I was just messing around a little bit trying to make baseball fun again.”

Better lesson for the kids out there: don’t swing at a ball rolling 20 feet away from the plate. Because if you swing and miss it will be called a strike.

How could you possibly think thats not a pitch? The pitcher threw it from the rubber. The fact that it was rolling 20 feet from the plate makes absolutely no difference.

Absolutely the correct call, he swung at a pitch and missed it. Otherwise anytime someone struck out swinging they could just say “oh no I wasn’t attempting to hit that ball, I was just playing around.”

When Chip Caray tells you to “lighten up, Frances”, you have done something truly horrible.

Hot puberty huh? That Freud is a motherfucker

And now I see he’s out 10 weeks. Fuck me this sucks

Yeah you’re definitely right about that. I know I’ve had very high hopes for him, and I still do. He’s still very young and I think he’ll work out of this slump and have a solid career. I was just trying to say that this is Freeman’s team. The guy is a fucking stud and he proves it more and more every year. He’s…

This isn’t a four game series in Cobb County. The 1st two games were played in toronto and the last two in Georgia. So it’s really two 2-game series played back to back in home and away format. I’ll give myself a wedgie so you don’t have to.

Nobody is expecting Dansby to be the face of the franchise. The face of the franchise just got his wrist fucked up by a fastball.

No, its not fine. Fine would be hiring a new GM before the draft and actually letting him have input on who is drafted.

Wow... I need a cigarette after reading that.

Really?? One of those examples is not like the other ones. You’re a douche. I wish you were blacklisted from commenting.

Ha!! You called it a one run homer! This confirms my suspicion that you’ve never watched this sport until you got hired to write about it.

I mean i cant speak about your personal experience but the facts are the cops were trying to talk to him and he started running away. Thats not something any cop is just going to let happen, and they shouldnt. Running away makes him look guilty and proves that hes done something wrong. There are plenty of shitty cops…

I’m imagining it... the same exact fucking thing would’ve happened.

Go fuck yourself