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Post by Orange on Mar 24, 2010 15:26:42 GMT -5
I was thinking about this today as I watch the news and see everywhere getting pelted with snow, why doesn't baseball play in the elements? Whenever there is a hint of rain they always cover up the field and wait for it to pass, why can't they play in rain? I know that they can't play in snow as it hardly ever snows in the season, and Lightning and thunder is fine not to play in as that is dangerous, but I'd love to see a baseball game in rain. Anybody know why?
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Post by Chainsaw on Mar 24, 2010 15:32:28 GMT -5
Because, and George Carlin will back me up on this, baseball players are pussies.
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Post by Ass Dan on Mar 24, 2010 15:33:39 GMT -5
Because, and George Carlin will back me up on this, baseball players are pussies. Agreed.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Mar 24, 2010 15:34:11 GMT -5
Among other things, it slows down the game to the point of unplayability. You can't grip a baseball or a bat in heavy rain, you can't run on mud, etc.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Mar 24, 2010 15:35:52 GMT -5
Watch Game 5, Part 1 of the 2008 World Series.
That should explain it.
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Post by Chainsaw on Mar 24, 2010 15:46:23 GMT -5
I will give them credit, baseball players will play in swarms of bees and locusts at least.
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Post by 4TheGlory on Mar 24, 2010 16:00:03 GMT -5
Because someone can get killed by a pitch if it slips out of the pitcher's hands from the rain and drills a guy in the head.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Mar 24, 2010 20:24:13 GMT -5
Because, and George Carlin will back me up on this, baseball players are pussies. This catcher getting drop-kicked by Ty Cobb disagrees.
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Post by Psy on Mar 24, 2010 20:33:36 GMT -5
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 24, 2010 21:10:26 GMT -5
Because it's no fun when the ball hits the ground and is stuck
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Mar 24, 2010 21:15:31 GMT -5
First of all, they do play in the rain. They just don't play when the field is to wet or it's a downpour.
Second of all, the reason they can't play in those conditions is because of the nature of the game. Football is able to continue to be played because it doesn't rely on a dry field and have the same kind of motions being used by the players.
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Post by default on Mar 24, 2010 21:48:47 GMT -5
I doubt it's a major reason these days with switching balls and stuff constantly, but after they started using new balls the home run records went way up due to the waterlogged balls they used before Babe Ruth and the like. Back then the game had an arguably stronger emphasis on defense. Once home runs started getting cracked in almost every game, more people started going out to the stadiums.
Actually, the last part is probably fairly important. Who wants to go sit in the pouring rain for the duration of a baseball game?
Also, add in the fact that baseball has been popular on TV for years. TV feeds weren't that great for the longest time and so if a storm was going to hit... even if it was relatively safe for the players and the fans... if the TV stations lost their feed, fans weren't going to be happy.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 24, 2010 22:21:58 GMT -5
Also, given the types of motion in baseball (pitching windups, batters swinging, stop-and-start running), a wet field can be incredibly dangerous, more so than for padded football players who don't need as technical a set of motions as baseball players do.
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Post by livetowin on Mar 25, 2010 2:57:55 GMT -5
I've always wondered why they don't play baseball with badass robot cyborgs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2010 3:01:04 GMT -5
Do you have any idea how hard it is to run knee-deep in mercury?
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Post by smokinvokoun on Mar 25, 2010 3:10:37 GMT -5
I know it sucks when a game is called by heavy rain, but I understand why they do it.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 25, 2010 3:52:17 GMT -5
Watch Game 5, Part 1 of the 2008 World Series. That should explain it. What, you didn't like the lake that was by 2nd base?
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 25, 2010 5:06:43 GMT -5
Do you have any idea how hard it is to run knee-deep in mercury? That's nothing man. One time I had to play a baseball game on a field covered in uranium. Now I have 7 testicles and a three-pronged penis. But that's not the worst of it. We lost the game.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2010 5:54:07 GMT -5
Do you have any idea how hard it is to run knee-deep in mercury? One time I had to play a baseball game on a field covered in uranium. Now I have 7 testicles and a three-pronged penis. Bah, those two facts are unrelated.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Mar 25, 2010 7:11:47 GMT -5
Watch Game 5, Part 1 of the 2008 World Series. That should explain it. What, you didn't like the lake that was by 2nd base? I didn't like the fact that BJ Upton basically started sliding from first base because it was basically a slip-n-slide.
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