MLB Talk

[Jeffy25]

Lots of fans throw back home run balls back. I don't think it shows no class, it's more of a tradition.

They don't in Busch Stadium, doesn't matter whose home run it is....it's a stupid thing to do in my mind. call me old fashioned but it seems disrespectful to do...and I know a lot of teams do it....I think it says negative things about your fans

[200tang]

They don't in Busch Stadium, doesn't matter whose home run it is....it's a stupid thing to do in my mind. call me old fashioned but it seems disrespectful to do...and I know a lot of teams do it....I think it says negative things about your fans

I highly doubt no fan in Busch Stadium has ever thrown a ball back.

[Jeffy25]

I highly doubt no fan in Busch Stadium has ever thrown a ball back.

it has happened before, but not even close to frequently....you go to a weekend series, you MIGHT see one thrown back from the opposing team, might.....

[Jeffy25]

I highly doubt no fan in Busch Stadium has ever thrown a ball back.

were more apt to run on the field

[BINGLEBOP]

THAT would show less class than throwing a home run ball back on the field.

[Jeffy25]

THAT would show less class than throwing a home run ball back on the field.

oh i know it isn't classy, but we don't do things to disrespect other teams in st. louis. Do you remember last year when Tony LaRussa refused to talk to the Post Dispatch because of an unfair article written in the paper about the Cubs? Damnit, you treat other teams with respect when they come, you cheer them on when they make a nice play, you worry abuot them when they get hurt, and treat their fans with respect....It's annoying as hell when I see a bad cardinal fan....and everytime I have gone to another stadium I haven't witnessed the same thing. maybe I am being biased, but I don't know why fans don't treat other teams with respect, it's like it's more fun to root against your enemies then to root for your team

[Jeffy25]

good sportsmen ship....you don't have to root for any other team, but rooting against them i think is a little annoying, my kid won't be hating the cubs, or any other team as far as I can help it....

[filihok]

Looks like the Nats are going to get off the snide tonight

[200tang]

When I told people the Angels had more question marks of injury and age and the Mariners had more question marks of upside people laughed at me. THEY LAUGHED!

http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging...ned-pec/21843/

Well, Vlad is the first position player to go and I think age is going to finally hit him this year. TERRIBLE plate discipline + aged skills = uh-oh for Angels' fans. It's still early in the season, but things are really not looking good for anyone in the West except Texas.

[OldFatGuy]

Nats Win ! ! ! !

The Nats won a ballgame !

EDIT:

DOH ! Then I switch it the Mets/Padres game and the Mets announcer says "Well, our long national nightmare is over. The Washington Nationals won a baseball game."

Smartass.

[KowboyKoop]

I can't imagine any reason why you wouldn't keep any HR ball no matter what. I've caught one before (Javy Lopez in 1997, hit off of Chan Ho Park, brag!) and I have it to this day...I think it's be pretty dumb to be so lucky as to get one and then throw it back on the field for 2 seconds of glory.

EDIT: and by caught one, I of course mean it hit off some guy's hands a couple rows up and went directly under my seat, where I bravely stuck my hand down and picked the ball up out of some nacho cheese

[TheBest21]

They don't in Busch Stadium, doesn't matter whose home run it is....it's a stupid thing to do in my mind. call me old fashioned but it seems disrespectful to do...and I know a lot of teams do it....I think it says negative things about your fans

People in the bleachers at Wrigley have done it for years and I'm surprised you have just figured that out. I don't see why its a problem. It's that person's choice to throw it back on the field or not. It's kind of hard not too when people around you are telling you to do it since its a tradition in the bleachers.

[BINGLEBOP]

I can't imagine any reason why you wouldn't keep any HR ball no matter what. I've caught one before (Javy Lopez in 1997, hit off of Chan Ho Park, brag!) and I have it to this day...I think it's be pretty dumb to be so lucky as to get one and then throw it back on the field for 2 seconds of glory.

It's just a baseball and no different than a foul ball or one hit into the stands during batting practice (unless it's a rare home run like somebody's 500th, in which case it's worth money), although I can understand why a child would be excited about keeping it, especially if it's there first one.

[TheNamelessPoet]

as much as I dont want the mets to win... delgado got robbed... taht was 4" at LEAST outside

[KowboyKoop]

It's just a baseball and no different than a foul ball or one hit into the stands during batting practice (unless it's a rare home run like somebody's 500th, in which case it's worth money), although I can understand why a child would be excited about keeping it, especially if it's there first one.

It's not just a baseball. It's a ball hit for a HR in a MLB game and something you can keep forever and have a great story to tell for the rest of your life (and have proof of). I'm not all giddy about it or anything, but being lucky enough to have one I think is definitely worth it...I just don't see the fascination with throwing it back on the field. I mean....nobody cares for more than two seconds.

I definitely agree that a child would be more excited about it..if I caught one now I'd give it to a kid if there was one close by, or if I had kids they'd get it. Throwing it back would never be an option.