Should players be thrown out of the game..?
Question:when there is a fight on the field the and players run in from the bullpen.
it's a waste of time .
no one throws punches .
time consuming walking back 300ft.
more player on the field, easier to lose control.
hockey ,basketball has rules of sort.
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Yes they should be tossed. Under no circumstances are you to leave the bench. MLB rules.What is the most famous world series of the 1960s?
Yes. If you leave the bench to get involved in a fight you should have an automatic 1 game suspension. Suspensions should increase based on your involvement after that point.Walking Barry Bond at PacBell Park: are there still chickens ?
Toss them, fine them, and a minimum 1 game suspension.Is Georgie Porgie's account terminated?
this almost NEVER happens in MLB. And sometimes players DO get tossed in this situation.What does "prorated" in sports contracts mean?
yepno, sometimes the intensity of game is so high that its very tough to control the emotions. after all they are also human.
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No, baseball has existed for 135 years and is just fine the way it is.Do the 2007 Yankees remind fans of the Yanks of the mid and late 80's?
absolutely! There should be harder punishments...I am going to the yankee game tonite?
It seems like fighting has become a trademark of all kind of sports. I personally don't agree with it, but you can't just throw out everyone every time this happens.Wakefield/Tavarez pattern getting old?
No. The audience paid money to see the game and there will be a more serious fight (i.e. riot) to worry about if enough players get thrown out and the game is called.How many balls, on average, are used in a Major League Baseball game?
I agree thats its pointless for all of the players to run onto the field but I don't think it should merit much of a penalty for doing so. Maybe a 5k fine or something but no suspensions unless they throw a punch or something like that. This has been part of the game for a long long time and has yet to cause any real problems like those of the NBA.Does a feilder's choice count as a hit an out or is it like a walk?
if there's a bench clearing "brawl" (ex. Red Sox vs. Yankees where Pedro took down Zimmer) The game should be immediately stopped and called. If its not been a complete game, treat it like a rained out game.How did Atlanta help theirself?
The people on the field have no reason or athority to go out in public and bad mouth umpires in front of millions the people who are thrown out are a disgrace to baseball or any other sportsHow do you calculate earned run average, and batting average in baseball?
Hockey and basketball each have the same number of players from each team between the lines at any given time.That isn't the case with baseball. At best, the batter (it's usually a pitcher/batter thing to start) has the bases loaded with 2 coaches out there. That makes 6 men against the 9 on defence. At worst, the bases are empty and that becomes 3 against 9.
Does that strike you as being fair?
Those rules in hockey and in basketball are based on the fact that the numbers on each side are even. Can they ever really apply to baseball?
That's aside from the fact that a hockey game without at least one fight isn't a hockey game, according to far too many people. But if a baseball team, any given baseball team, is a part of 2 such fights in a 162-game season it's a lot. The circumstances simply don't compare, so why should the rules compare?
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If they do absolutely nothing to further a fight, there should really be no reason for an ejection. Basketball and Hockey have such rules because their playing area is significantly smaller; for them to leave the court- or rink-side bench, it becomes harder to tell which players are doing what in those sports, and everyone is close enough to see what's going on, so the rule in those sports has a purpose. In baseball, the bullpen is usually far removed from the ''action," so to speak, and as a result, the players and coaches in the bullpen have a right to enter the playing field to see what's going on.The ejection rules are in place to help the game officials determine penalties to be imposed during a fight situation. In basketball and the like, the bench rules really help out, but in baseball, imposing these same rules really will not make a difference. Umpires in baseball are highly qualified to make a decision on whether a member of the bullpen is running onto the field to participate in the fight, or if they are just there to look on. For instance, in basketball, you can't tell if a sub on the bench is walking onto the court to throw a punch at an opponent 5 feet away or just to watch, but in baseball, it's easy to tell if a reliever in the bullpen is running toward third base to get involved, or is jogging, then slowing his pace, to just watch and see what happens. In baseball, those not involved in a fight generally gather on the side of the infield opposite the fight, removed from the main scrum, but in basketball, the court is so small that the only place to really go if you're not in the fight is to either the other side of the court, or to your bench, and it would make no sense to permit an entire bench to walk along the sideline to the other side of the court -- directly into the other team's bench area. In basketball (and hockey) this creates more problems, but in baseball, the playing area is so big -- big enough that it really doesn't create a problem. This logic can also be applied to the football version of the rules. In NCAA, a suspension goes to anyone leaving their bench to PARTICIPATE in a fight, not to see what's happening (remember the past season down in Florida?), primarily because a football field, like a baseball field, is considerably larger than a basketball court or hockey rink.
Baseball doesn't need such a rule.
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I do think there should be some sort of penalty, but ejection might be a little harsh. A small fine would be sufficient for running out onto the field. More severe penalties, including ejection, should be reserved for those more directly involved.If a player does not make an attempt to strike a player, he can not be charged, fined, or suspended.
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