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who does dallas braden think he is? 

Post#1 » by Pharmcat » Fri May 7, 2010 1:55 pm

seriously, this guy seems to be really acting out of his pay and skill grade

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this is the 2nd time hes threaten A-rod after this incident...he's prolly just jealous of the HOF while he himself has journeymen status
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Post#2 » by Schad » Fri May 7, 2010 8:44 pm

Even if Braden is a journeyman, it has nothing to do with jealously; baseball players zealously guard their conventions and the quirks of the game, and A-Rod has made a habit out of transgressing against them...the playoff glove slap, and the series against Toronto a couple years back where he both called for a pop-up as a baserunner and earlier interfered with an infielder attempting to make a play.

Now, I find many of those little unwritten rules are silly...if you can gain an edge, gain it. But they aren't silly to the players themselves.
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Post#3 » by Wade2k6 » Fri May 7, 2010 9:31 pm

He interfered with an infielder attempting to make a play, oh no. That's never happened before. People love to make something out of nothing, especially in this case (and when it comes to A-Rod). If you have multiple major league players saying that they have never even heard of this as an unwritten rule, what exactly did he do wrong? It isn't as if A-Rod was taunting this pitcher or anything, he just ran off the field but went over the pitchers mound, but this guy completely blew this way out of proportion.
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Post#4 » by Schad » Fri May 7, 2010 10:53 pm

Wade2k6 wrote:He interfered with an infielder attempting to make a play, oh no. That's never happened before. People love to make something out of nothing, especially in this case (and when it comes to A-Rod). If you have multiple major league players saying that they have never even heard of this as an unwritten rule, what exactly did he do wrong? It isn't as if A-Rod was taunting this pitcher or anything, he just ran off the field but went over the pitchers mound, but this guy completely blew this way out of proportion.


Again, I think that it's silly. Pitchers don't...as superstitious and set in their routines as hitters are, pitchers are far worse, and many of them are very particular when it comes to the mound. I can't remember who it was now, but the Jays had a pitcher who used to walk off the mound to the grass for meetings with the catcher/pitching coach because he was paranoid that cleat marks would affect his landing area. Others put the rosin bag in exactly the same place each time. Roy Halladay has a set number of breaths that he takes between pitches, for ****'s sake.

Paranoid? Definitely, and challenging A-Rod to a fight is absurd. The point being that A-Rod has wronged before in the eyes of the zealous guardians of all these little in-game inanities, and thus little transgressions like this prompt larger reactions, even if A-Rod had no idea that he was breaking such a rule (and I'm guessing that he didn't).
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Post#5 » by Pharmcat » Sat May 8, 2010 1:04 am

what rule? there still was no clear cut decision as if this really is a unwritten rule
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Post#6 » by CentralQB5 » Sat May 8, 2010 2:28 am

Who cares about Dallas Braden
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Post#7 » by Schad » Sat May 8, 2010 2:48 am

Pharmcat wrote:what rule? there still was no clear cut decision as if this really is a unwritten rule


That's the thing with the silly little unwritten rules...some affected (in this case, pitchers) care, so might not. But I'm sure that he's not the only one who'd take umbrage at a position player treading on the mound.
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Post#8 » by VinnyTheMick » Sat May 8, 2010 3:23 am

why is this clown still talking crap? its old news, just move on.
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Post#9 » by Sebastian » Sun May 9, 2010 10:12 pm

LOL. I think we know who's rooting hardest for the Rays right now.
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Post#10 » by Schad » Sun May 9, 2010 10:17 pm

Braden thinks that he's the 19th pitch in the history of Major League Baseball to throw a perfect game, apparently.
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Post#11 » by Pharmcat » Sun May 9, 2010 10:20 pm

good for him, hes still a douche from the 209
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Post#12 » by cb4_89 » Sun May 9, 2010 10:21 pm

lol this is hilarious. Imagine he blows up now and keeps pitching gems.
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Post#13 » by nyknicks2k2 » Sun May 9, 2010 10:22 pm

Now we get to hear more about his hatred of A-Rod. Awesome!
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Post#14 » by High 5 » Sun May 9, 2010 10:28 pm

As lame as he has been about this A-Rod thing, it's pretty hilarious that he throws a perfect game after a couple of weeks of people saying "Who is Dallas Braden?"
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Post#15 » by 5DOM » Sun May 9, 2010 10:57 pm

lol
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Post#16 » by nyknicks2k2 » Sun May 9, 2010 10:58 pm

Avenger wrote:skankee fans fail


He threw a perfect game which I believe put us in first place in the division.

I'll take it.
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Post#17 » by wicked_crossova » Sun May 9, 2010 11:13 pm

:rofl:
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Post#18 » by Stanford » Sun May 9, 2010 11:14 pm

Baha
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Post#19 » by Schad » Sun May 9, 2010 11:24 pm

http://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/13691557016

Dallas Braden's grandmother is here and speaking to the press. She says, and I'm not joking, "Stick it, A-Rod."


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Post#20 » by nyknicks2k2 » Sun May 9, 2010 11:27 pm

It's like a bad WWE storyline.

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