Monday, June 6, 2011

Trend in Baseball

There is a trend that has developed in baseball over the past decade that is disruptive to my baseball analysis. It is not a shift in the in-field trend, it is not a base stealing trend, but it is a trend of players coming out of a game and throwing a temper tantrum. A Pirate pitcher the other day(Sunday vs the Phillies to be exact)came out of the game and visibly threw his glove as hard as he could against the back wall of the dugout. On numerous occasions, many players take a bat to the water cooler, and beat the cooler like a drum. Many players have been seen throwing their bats against dugout walls or even breaking a bat somewhere in the dugout. What is up with all of this? Does the managers and assistant coaches condone these actions acting like it does not matter. I know players are very competitive and want to win and be productive. I know players do not want to let their teammates down in certain situations. I know players get frustrated and upset with the mistakes they make. But going down the dugout runway and beating a locker with your bat does not make it better. Just think, if you have a .300 batting average which is good in Major League Baseball, for every 10 times you are up to the plate, 7 of those 10 are outs. Relax guys, stick about 10 pieces of bubble gum in your mouth and chew away hoping you do not pull any fillings out, and pull for your teammates to do well. Just remember, every team in baseball is going to win 50 games and every team in baseball is going to lose 50 games. It is the 62 game in between that count.

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