[Vision2020] Poor Sportsmanship

[Deacon James]

David,

The Phrillie Self-Implosion Machine has about as much of a chance of winning
the Wild-Card as the Devil Rays have in winning the AL East.

Must be rough being a fan of the city with the worst sports teams in
history.

Take care,

Deacon

On 8/11/06, David Williams <davidwilliams365 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think I'd have to agree with Deacon on this one.  The chief
> responsibility
> of any leadoff hitter is to get on base, no matter what.  You put your
> team
> in a hole by being impatient at the plate, swinging for the fences (unless
> you're Ryan Howard), or, in this case, pandering to a potential
> no-no.  This
> applies specially to rubber matches, in which small ball (i.e. bunts, sac
> bunts, sac flys, stolen bases, smart base-running) usually provides the
> margin for winning or losing.  Kudos to Zobrist for his hustle and game
> focus, especially on a team with sub-500 record playing in a division
> buried
> by the likes of Toronto, Boston and the Yankees.  A quick disclaimer: I
> might feel a bit different and sympathize more with Scott than I currently
> do if Zobrist did the same things against the Phillies.  Not so much that
> he
> would've ruined a no-hitter (I've already seen one), but b/c the Phil's
> are
> in the wild-card hunt, and they need EVERY win.  Apart from 3-game series
> against the Mets, Philadelphia's remaining schedule doesn't include one
> team
> with a record currently over .500.  GO PHIL'S!!!
>
>
> >From: "Deacon James" <deaconblues42 at gmail.com>
> >To: Vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Poor Sportsmanship
> >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:59:45 -0700
> >
> >Scott,
> >
> >Suspension? That's taking unwritten rules a bit far, don't you think?
> >
> >Initially, I felt it was cheap as well. However, it was the beginning of
> >the
> >6th inning in a 1-0 game. A no-hitter through 5 is nothing. Hardly a week
> >goes by without a pitcher achieving that.
> >
> >I think the argument stands if the D-Rays were down by 5 in the 8th; at
> >that
> >point the game would be out of hand. In a one run game just over
> >half-spent,
> >you can't fault Zobrist at all. In my opinion, he was doing whatever he
> >could to get on base, and he ought to be applauded.
> >
> >Take care,
> >
> >Deacon
> >
> >On 8/11/06, Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>At the M's game on Wednesday, Jarrod Washburn was pitching beautifully
> and
> >>had a no-hitter going until the 6th inning when Tampa Bay's Ben Zobrist
> >>lead
> >>off the 6th inning with a bunt single.  In my opinion this was UNETHICAL
> >>and
> >>Zobrist should be suspended for at least one game by the Tampa Bay
> manager
> >>if not the league commisioner.  Alternatively, the M's official scorer
> >>should have initially ruled the play an error on Adrian Beltre in order
> to
> >>keep the no-hitter intact and the scorer could have later changed the
> play
> >>to a hit once the Devil Rays actually produced a legitimate hit.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ag6F94JwmxUZLdr6UuPHWrUn0bYF?gid=260809112
> >>
> >>-Scott
> >>
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