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He was drifting into the hole opposite the 5 man. Definitely not fight worthy.
^^^ I honestly think it would be MORE civil to just have the brawl and mawl the guy that hit middle the first time instead of putting a non-offending pitcher's life at risk. If you intentionally hit middle on me when I'm not wearing a mask, you can bet I'm thinking about re-arranging your face. I had a pitcher hit middle on me the game before I bought my mask. I walked over to him on first base and said "Look at me. Do you want me to hit a ball at you? I'm slow, and this is dangerous. If you or your guys hit middle at me again not only will hit middle at you during the game, it won't stop at that" he said "sorry it won't happen again". Now if I'm pitching you can bet it's a league game and it's not a serious league, and everyone knows I'm not infield material. Additionally, now that I have the mask on, I largely don't mind all that much. Nonetheless, intentionally hitting middle with today's bats and balls is only a hair away from assault with a deadly weapon. I will not hit middle on a pitcher unless he hit middle on me and made it known that it was on purpose.
If you intentionally hit middle on me when I'm not wearing a mask, you can bet I'm thinking about re-arranging your face. I had a pitcher hit middle on me the game before I bought my mask. I walked over to him on first base and said "Look at me. Do you want me to hit a ball at you? I'm slow, and this is dangerous. If you or your guys hit middle at me again not only will hit middle at you during the game, it won't stop at that"
Wow... Incredible narcissistic attitude mixed with ignorance and testosterone.
You get mad when someone hits middle bc YOU ARENT WEARING A MASK? That's a choice you made. Like they should stop bc you made the choice to pitch without a mask? You admit you are slow but you still pitch? Unreal man. Get over yourself dude. Lol at the guy and team you "threatened". Most have been a ****ty leauge night team bc if you ran that trap to anyone with half a sack on them or a decent team then you would have invited a whole mess of trouble you obviously didn't want or can handle.
In my mind you are just as bad and guilty of being a prick when you say things like that back to a team. You aren't helping when you say stuff like that. You only make things worse
After one guy hit middle on you? After you chose to pitch without a mask? After you admit that you're too slow to be on the the infield, yet you're playing the position closest to the batter?
I've seen a whole lot of stupid on this forum, but never this much packed into one post.
After one guy hit middle on you? After you chose to pitch without a mask? After you admit that you're too slow to be on the the infield, yet you're playing the position closest to the batter?
I've seen a whole lot of stupid on this forum, but never this much packed into one post.
It was the lowest level league in my city where a bunch of guys were trying to avoid all the tourney ballers. No one else wanted to pitch so I agreed assuming that at that level, it wouldn't really happen much. We ended up playing a team that was sandbagging and they figured since I was slow to react they would just keep doing it. I had been hit at at least ten times before the pitcher hit at me.
Its in lower level leagues where you have to be ready more than most
If you have that kind of attitude, you shouldn't be pitching. So a team should totally disregard the middle of the field because a pitcher chooses to NOT wear a mask??? Middle is part of the field.
BTW, Being big and strong doesn't guarantee you won't take an ass whuppin'. ijs
I'll pitch if it's a game in a league where I expect less serious competition. I'm sorry, but in church league ball and E league ball you really shouldn't be hitting middle on purpose. Those levels were never intended to be super serious, and nine out of ten games in those leagues are not. It's a bunch of BS sandbaggers that have ruined it because of E Worlds.
^^^ I honestly think it would be MORE civil to just have the brawl and mawl the guy that hit middle the first time instead of putting a non-offending pitcher's life at risk. If you intentionally hit middle on me when I'm not wearing a mask, you can bet I'm thinking about re-arranging your face. I had a pitcher hit middle on me the game before I bought my mask. I walked over to him on first base and said "Look at me. Do you want me to hit a ball at you? I'm slow, and this is dangerous. If you or your guys hit middle at me again not only will hit middle at you during the game, it won't stop at that" he said "sorry it won't happen again". Now if I'm pitching you can bet it's a league game and it's not a serious league, and everyone knows I'm not infield material. Additionally, now that I have the mask on, I largely don't mind all that much. Nonetheless, intentionally hitting middle with today's bats and balls is only a hair away from assault with a deadly weapon. I will not hit middle on a pitcher unless he hit middle on me and made it known that it was on purpose.
I think what people are trying to say is that at the lower leagues people can't control where they put the ball as much and it's more likely that you'll get drilled pitching at the lower leagues.
When did it go in affect that the middle is not part of the game? Personally, I don't try to hit the middle, but that's why we wear gloves and are instructed in little league once you pitch the ball get in good fielding position.
Well that's a special situation and the exception rather than the norm.I know darn well that I shouldn't be pitching for multiple reasons, and in any serious game I won't. I have four different guys that pitch for me, but sometimes none of them are available I'll pitch if it's a game in a league where I expect less serious competition. I'm sorry, but in church league ball and E league ball you really shouldn't be hitting middle on purpose. Those levels were never intended to be super serious, and nine out of ten games in those leagues are not. It's a bunch of BS sandbaggers that have ruined it because of E Worlds. E shouldn't go to Worlds because it just leads to sandbagging. I greatly prefer to play at a higher level and stay in the outfield. I bought my mask after the game in question, and I don't mind it so much anymore, but if you know you could kill a guy by hitting middle it's not on him for not wearing a mask, especially if you know he's a little slow to react and it's not a tourny or the two best teams going at it. These guys kept talking about going to Vegas and were literally just practicing their middle shots on a non-pitcher that agreed to pitch because we entered a pretty rough team in the lowest league possible. If it had been a tourny, I wouldn't have pitched, although now that I wear a mask it wouldn't bother me as much. Again, if you intentionally put a guy at risk, why wouldn't you expect retaliation? That's why benches clear and arguments occur. Every one there knows that it was inappropriate on some level.
Yes, because I won't accidentally kill you in a brawl. The same can happen by going middle at an unprotected pitcher.
I've never been mad at a guy that accidentally hit middle, showed concern for my well being and apologized. Most legitimate lower level players don't hit hard enough to worry me all that much anyway, although there are some that do. The situation in question was shot after shot at me followed by laughing. When the pitcher did it, I asked if he wanted me hitting at him, and suggested that if that wasn't enough, I go at him with more than a ball. They stopped hitting middle on me.
You need to give all the info when you make a statement about you getting mad at middle shots. This is a special circumstance, but you come off kinda Roid Rage-ish with your threats to the other team.
I know my team would laugh at whoever was yelling at us and keep hitting wherever we wanted to.