I can't believe how incompetent a hitter Castro has become. He had a solid season in 2012, and spectacular season in 2013, he was a legit All Star. Nobody expected him to maintain the level, it was clearly an aberration. Having said that, I never expected to to fall all the way down to being an outright bad hitter. He has so many PA that aren't even competitive. He is a defensive monster right now, he seems to excel in all facets, so IMO he's still a solid starter. Catchers typically don't hit much anyway. If he could hit even a little, he would be in line for a pretty big payday.
I have younger son's soccer game at 7:30 Thursday Flight to Chicago with wife Friday evening. Thank the good Lord for smart phones and iPads.
Our team busts out a fog machine and strobe lights for mid-week wins in June, and you're going to tell them to not pop champagne after advancing in the playoffs? Good luck with that.
Repped for fruit advice, will try. To your original question, I thought this was interesting: http://law.scu.edu/sports-law/flopping-and-framing-inside-the-white-picket-fence-of-sport/ But there is an important reason flopping differs from pitch-framing in that flopping taps in to an innate human concern for the welfare of others. Even infants cry when they hear another infant crying. Referred to as “sympathy crying,” it demonstrates our human instinct to feel concern when others are injured or display signs of pain and distress. While flopping taps into this, pitch-framing does nothing of the sort. A culture of floppers encourages apathy in the face of human suffering. But lastly, where the pro-flopping proponent really gets tripped up: it’s against the rules. The “Laws of the Game” forbid it. The governing body, FIFA, declares under Law 12: a player must be cautioned for “unsporting behaviour” if that player, “attempts to deceive the referee by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled.” You can substitute NBA for FIFA in that last paragraph.
I would say it is because when the pitch is on the corner, the catcher doesn't necessarily know it's not a strike and is doing his best to do his job which is to catch the ball over the plate, while flops tend to be obvious attempts to get a call. To be able to turn a glove a hair so that happens is a skill that I suspect the vast majority of the people on this board could not come close to doing. Any of us can flop.
Why is it always express permission? Or express written consent? Does it have to be express? Can't use standard?
I wonder how many thousands of times in my life I've heard "Any rebroadcast, reproduction, or other use of the pictures and accounts of this game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball is prohibited."
This is one of the longest game threads I've ever seen for the Astros. Great win last night. Hope we keep it rocking next series. Gonna try to go to the game on Monday! :grin:
Interesting. Though it seems like he's conveniently leaving NBA flopping out of his article because it flies in the face of the American cultural non-flopping theory. Also try: Sugar Kiss Cantaloupe
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2005 NLDS versus Braves, 2153 replies, 108 pages. We're gonna demolish that versus the Royals, probably by the 2nd inning of Game 2. I grow those in the Spring and indeed, they are delicious. Israeli (galea) melons too.
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My guess is (based on what i've been hearing) that the front office and managers want to take a more aggressive approach at the plate. This is why they strike out more than any other team, but they also had the 2nd most HRs in the league. Perhaps Castro is doing what is asked and being more aggressive and as a result, it's showing up in his stats. I dont know... just guessing.
