Reply to "So, emotion is bad unless you want to bean a batter?"

CaCO3Girl10,000+ posts

Steve A. posted:
Understand that very often, drilling a hitter intentionally has no emotional component whatsoever. I can tell you from experience, I have been in a spot as a reliever where it just so happens that I am entering a game situation where the "unwritten rules" dictate that it is my "job" to drill the next guy at the plate. He probably had nothing to do with the original offense & I definitely had nothing to do with it either, but we both know what's going to happen.
Now, if I choose to pass on this "opportunity," nothing will really happen to me but my team & manager will know that I am not the guy who will back you up when the chips are down. I will NOT be the guy you want in the foxhole, so I drill his a** & he either comes out or goes to 1B. I get respect from my team & particularly, my manager, if he is old school.
This is called "Making Baseball Fun Again."

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