shouldnt joke aobut what should be ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by defense
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shouldnt joke aobut what should be ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by defense
to the 12 that said never: how can you really say never? You can't say never on anything...you are just waiting to be proven wrong, with the ability to never be right unless the world ends
It's a man's world. DUR!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy25
Actually I chose never because I don't want them to ever play. Realistically they probably will at some point, but I don't think there's any real way to choose what year. It's like picking a choice out of a hat.
...why?
Not that I really care. Saying that you never want them to play MLB baseball is fine by me (although I'll readily admit to the opposite view, that women should play), I'm just curious about what the problem is.
And if you said after 2100, you might be proven right, but you are unlikely to live to know about it. And really, people that said never would be proven right if MLB ever folded - which I see as roughly as likely as a woman making it to MLB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy25
I'm in agreement with you on the why?Quote:
Originally Posted by ohms_law
Why shouldn't they be allowed to? If she is good enough, screw it...there was a 17 year old women who was drafted to play pro ball in Japan this past year...why can't that happen here? Hell it could happen in the next five if some of these great softball players decide to focus on getting better in baseball...or if that was a girl's dream to do it
yup, absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy25
Just because really. I don't have any reason other than I would personally rather keep it men only.
some would (not necessarily you) call that sexist. it's like those that didn't want Jackie Robinson on the field because he wasn't white...it's very similar if you think about it. You are used to it being this way...and many people don't seem to want to want to accept that possible change. I am not calling you a sexiest or anything, or trying to really compare you individually...but the idea is similar. Keeping it men only, is like saying foreigners can't play, or that blacks can't play etc etc....if you are good enough for the Major Leagues, then you have every right to try out for a team, and if you are good enough and can make it...more power to you, you just made the game better by simply being a part of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 200tang
Please don't take that as an attack tang. But that is simply how I feel on the subject.
Yeah, excuse me for calling it sexist if your reason is "because I don't want them to."
See, that's the whole thing right there to me.Quote:
if you are good enough for the Major Leagues, then you have every right to try out for a team, and if you are good enough and can make it...more power to you, you just made the game better by simply being a part of it.
If it makes the game better (by widening the player pool), what's the problem, really?
The "sexism" angle never really plays into it for me. I do think that is one possible angle to the issue, but it's tangential to simply increasing the possible player pool to me...
It's just a personal preference. If I had to choose between watching baseball played by men or women I would choose men.
Honestly, if someone came to me and said "the decision on whether or not women are allowed to play baseball is up to you" I would let them. It's just a personal preference that I would enjoy baseball being played by men only.
That's fine to me, really. I just don't understand why is all.
If the potential player pool is 100% larger... what's the real problem?
I like your name, simply because I love cigars :pQuote:
Originally Posted by haveacigar
Tang: If it's your person preference, then fine. But it will be difficult to give a valid reason as to why they shouldn't be allowed to play.
Let's say a Mariners scout finds 21 year old woman...she is a little (let's say) "manly" but she can throw mid ninties with solid accuracy and is a lefty. Would you not accept a minor league contract to her?
Like I said, I have no real problem with women playing MLB, it's just a personal preference. If they found & signed her I wouldn't stop watching the Mariners or root against her. I actually hope that the Japanese knuckleballer makes her way to America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy25