Nobody Cares About Your Favourite Sport

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I just want to see #5 happen.

 

[Khamon]

My favourite sport is poker. I can watch people play it all day. Dhrama abounds but it's all suppressed and serious and the commentators whisper to each other "if he has a two under there he might beat the possible three jacks that may not top the potential straight that a seven will give Claudia."

 

[Sid]

I just want to see #5 happen.

Thankfully only Americans play soccer. So go ahead and change it to your liking.
The USA already did that with rugby a long time ago. The rest of the world just continued to play rugby.

Of course the rest of the world just continues to play football as they are used to as well.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Thankfully only Americans play soccer. So go ahead and change it to your liking.
The USA already did that with rugby a long time ago. The rest of the world just continued to play rugby.

Of course the rest of the world just continues to play football as they are used to as well.

This seems to be closer to the Canadian version.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

The Philosophers’ Football Match - Monty Python! | In case you missed the Philosophers’ Football Match… | By John Cleese | Facebook

In case you missed the Philosophers’ Football Match…

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[Dakota Tebaldi]

The thing I immediately notice about that is, with a couple of minor modifications it could be made to fold up neatly for convenient storage until next holiday.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, winner of record 3 World Cups and standard-bearer for 'the beautiful game,' has died at 82

Pelé, Brazil's mighty king of soccer, has died. He was 82. Since 2021, he had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer discovered during a routine medical exam.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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[Dakota Tebaldi]

This is too good not to share:


If you're confused about what happened here - there's a weird and obscure baseball rule that says that on the third strike if the catcher drops the ball, the batter gets to run for it and has to be either tagged by the catcher or thrown out at first base. It's a rule that's less known about even than say the infield-fly rule, just because it's a situation that happens so rarely; but it IS a rule, and players definitely know it - or should know it.

The batter here definitely knows the rule. The catcher seems to act like he knows it - he quickly picks up the ball he dropped, and jumps up - but he never tags the runner, he just kind of watches him run toward first base for a couple of beats, but then most of the rest of the team who doesn't know what's going on starts celebrating and the catcher appears to be just like, "eff it, I guess we won" and joins in all the jubilation. Weirdly the only people on the whole team who seem to understand what's happening are the second baseman who starts screaming frantically about it but is ignored, the center fielder who runs all the way in to home plate, and the...first baseman? (the other guy who shows up to the plate had to come from somewhere off camera to the right, so I'm guessing it was the 1B). But they're all helpless because the catcher has the game ball stuffed into his pants pocket and too busy making sweet love to the pitcher to notice what's going on.

The coach is obviously peeved but the debate doesn't last long because...I mean, it's not like anybody can argue that the runner was thrown out. So the other team effectively steals the championship and that catcher is probably going to spend the rest of the summer hiding under a rock.

 

[Isabeau]

Kind of confusing since they all seem to be wearing the same uniform.

 

[Free]

Kind of confusing since they all seem to be wearing the same uniform.

Gray pants (Hornell) for team in the outfield, white pants (Pal-Mac) at bat.

Some explanation of the play here:

VIDEO: Incredible loss in championship for Hornell as Red Raiders celebrate, other team runs around bases and scores two runs to win - THE WELLSVILLE SUN

By JOHN ANDERSON The Hornell Red Raiders magical baseball season seemed to have a Section V championship attached with a 5-4 win over a favored Pal-Mac in Batavia Saturday afternoon. […]

wellsvillesun.com

 

[Isabeau]

Ah…

Old eyeballs, I have.

 

[WolfEyes]

This is too good not to share:


If you're confused about what happened here - there's a weird and obscure baseball rule that says that on the third strike if the catcher drops the ball, the batter gets to run for it and has to be either tagged by the catcher or thrown out at first base. It's a rule that's less known about even than say the infield-fly rule, just because it's a situation that happens so rarely; but it IS a rule, and players definitely know it - or should know it.

The batter here definitely knows the rule. The catcher seems to act like he knows it - he quickly picks up the ball he dropped, and jumps up - but he never tags the runner, he just kind of watches him run toward first base for a couple of beats, but then most of the rest of the team who doesn't know what's going on starts celebrating and the catcher appears to be just like, "eff it, I guess we won" and joins in all the jubilation. Weirdly the only people on the whole team who seem to understand what's happening are the second baseman who starts screaming frantically about it but is ignored, the center fielder who runs all the way in to home plate, and the...first baseman? (the other guy who shows up to the plate had to come from somewhere off camera to the right, so I'm guessing it was the 1B). But they're all helpless because the catcher has the game ball stuffed into his pants pocket and too busy making sweet love to the pitcher to notice what's going on.

The coach is obviously peeved but the debate doesn't last long because...I mean, it's not like anybody can argue that the runner was thrown out. So the other team effectively steals the championship and that catcher is probably going to spend the rest of the summer hiding under a rock.

The catcher put the ball into his pocket after dropping it?

I wonder how much he got paid to throw the game.

 

[Lexxi]

This is too good not to share:


If you're confused about what happened here - there's a weird and obscure baseball rule that says that on the third strike if the catcher drops the ball, the batter gets to run for it and has to be either tagged by the catcher or thrown out at first base. It's a rule that's less known about even than say the infield-fly rule, just because it's a situation that happens so rarely; but it IS a rule, and players definitely know it - or should know it.

The batter here definitely knows the rule. The catcher seems to act like he knows it - he quickly picks up the ball he dropped, and jumps up - but he never tags the runner, he just kind of watches him run toward first base for a couple of beats, but then most of the rest of the team who doesn't know what's going on starts celebrating and the catcher appears to be just like, "eff it, I guess we won" and joins in all the jubilation. Weirdly the only people on the whole team who seem to understand what's happening are the second baseman who starts screaming frantically about it but is ignored, the center fielder who runs all the way in to home plate, and the...first baseman? (the other guy who shows up to the plate had to come from somewhere off camera to the right, so I'm guessing it was the 1B). But they're all helpless because the catcher has the game ball stuffed into his pants pocket and too busy making sweet love to the pitcher to notice what's going on.

The coach is obviously peeved but the debate doesn't last long because...I mean, it's not like anybody can argue that the runner was thrown out. So the other team effectively steals the championship and that catcher is probably going to spend the rest of the summer hiding under a rock.

First base has to be empty, or there has to be two out already. Therefore, I assume, there were two outs considering how most of the defense is hugging and rolling around the ground as if they won the game.

I haven't looked at any of the stories. Were they playing something other than baseball? Was this softball? I don't know the rules for that. Wiffle ball? Otherwise, the players and the coach are way way waaaaaay too old not to know about that third strike dropped ball rule. Anyone who cares enough to roll around the ground excited for winning a game cares enough to know certain rules. Like that 3rd strike dropped ball rule.

What the hell was the coach even arguing? Did one of the runners fail to touch one of the bases, or something?

ETA: for fuck sake, people at that level probably are more likely to know certain rules. Like, the trick play of making it seem like the pitcher has the ball, but doesn't (pitcher never actually goes to the mound, just wanders near it), and first baseman, 2nd, or 3rd, depending on where the runner is, actually has the ball and gets the runner out. That's why the runner tends to call time after sliding and stuff, because the runner can always get tagged out until the ball "becames dead".

Spoiler

In baseball, when the ball is dead, no runners may advance beyond the respective bases they are entitled to, and no runners may be put out. The ball becomes dead when:[1]

• A batter is touched by a pitch or a batted ball (hit by pitch)
• The plate umpire hinders a catcher's throw attempt and the throw does not directly retire a runner
• A ball is illegally batted, such as when a batter hits the ball while outside of the batter's box
• A foul ball is not caught
• A fair ball touches a runner or an umpire on fair territory before it touches an infielder (including the pitcher)
• A fair ball touches a runner or an umpire before it has passed an infielder other than the pitcher
• A live ball lodges in the umpire's or catcher's equipment or in a fence or in another object on the field
• Any legal pitch touches a runner trying to score
• A live ball passes out of the playing field (unless it hits or crosses over a base on the ground)
• A runner or spectator commits interference
• The defense leaves the field after the half inning or game ends
• The venue's ground rules call for a dead ball ruling for a ball striking an above-ground obstruction (usually involving the roof of a domed or retractable-roofed stadium), such as the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field, regarding the catwalks and overhanging speakers above the field.[2][3][4] In the past, overhead dead ball ground rules also existed for the Kingdome in Seattle and Minneapolis's Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
• An umpire calls time. Umpires typically call "time" after being asked to do so by a participant. An umpire in chief (plate umpire) will also call "time" when:
  • Weather, darkness or similar conditions make play impossible or dangerous
  • Light failure makes it difficult or impossible for the umpires to follow the play
  • An accident incapacitates a player or an umpire
  • The umpire wishes to examine the ball, to consult with either manager, or for any similar cause.
  • An umpire orders a player or any other person removed from the playing field.
  • A balk or obstruction is committed and immediate ensuing play ends
  • The catcher interferes with the batter before the time of pitch
  • An umpire declares "no pitch" after debris or a flying object (such as a bird) collides with the pitched ball.

In general, the ball does not automatically become dead after playing action ends. So, for example, although the recording of a third out generally winds down a half inning, the ball is not automatically dead. If it is to the advantage of the defense to attempt to record a fourth out for any reason, the ball is live and such a play is permitted.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

The catcher put the ball into his pocket after dropping it?

I wonder how much he got paid to throw the game.

Well he held onto the ball like normal at first, he only put the ball into his pocket after (most of) the team started celebrating.

It WOULD HAVE BEEN the game- and championship-winning strikeout, so it just really seems to be the case that everyone else's brain just completely disengaged at hearing "strike". The only thing that mystifies me is the behavior of the catcher. He KNEW he dropped the ball, because he quickly picks it up. He watches the batter running with his own eyes, somewhere inside his head he knows that something is happening, but then everyone else starts cheering and he just makes a decision to stop caring.

I don't think he deliberately tanked it. I think he just had a mental 404.

 

[WolfEyes]

Well he held onto the ball like normal at first, he only put the ball into his pocket after (most of) the team started celebrating.

It WOULD HAVE BEEN the game- and championship-winning strikeout, so it just really seems to be the case that everyone else's brain just completely disengaged at hearing "strike". The only thing that mystifies me is the behavior of the catcher. He KNEW he dropped the ball, because he quickly picks it up. He watches the batter running with his own eyes, somewhere inside his head he knows that something is happening, but then everyone else starts cheering and he just makes a decision to stop caring.

I don't think he deliberately tanked it. I think he just had a mental 404.

I did watch the video and I have played baseball.

You don't put the game ball in your pocket, and you certainly don't do it before the game is officially called.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Gray pants (Hornell) for team in the outfield, white pants (Pal-Mac) at bat.

Some explanation of the play here:

VIDEO: Incredible loss in championship for Hornell as Red Raiders celebrate, other team runs around bases and scores two runs to win - THE WELLSVILLE SUN

By JOHN ANDERSON The Hornell Red Raiders magical baseball season seemed to have a Section V championship attached with a 5-4 win over a favored Pal-Mac in Batavia Saturday afternoon. […]

wellsvillesun.com

That article says the catcher tagged the runner but that's not very clear at all.