If you are a boomer and hate young people having fun, then this is not the article for you. Late Monday night, Fernando Tatis Jr., one of the young faces of baseball did something that had the ‘get-off-my-lawn’ crew out in full force.
With the San Diego Padres leading 10-3 in the top of the eighth, Tatis found himself in a 3-0 count. He proceeded to UNLOAD on the next pitch.
My Thoughts
3-0…green light…all damn day. Why in the hell should the batter openly watch a guaranteed fastball? Make that pitcher earn it. The pitcher loaded the bases which was his fault and then threw three more balls. Why should he be rewarded for not throwing a strike. Unless your team is literally killing the opponent, you send that pitch back to San Diego. Spit all over it and make sure it doesn’t come back.
I think my biggest gripe with the boomers crying about this is that this sport is based off numbers. It’s not just home runs and RBIs that they grew up with, but with slugging percentage and OPS now. Players get paid based off of these numbers.
Let’s say you are the best lawyer in your area and a competitor moves in. Are you going to show him mercy? Hell no. You want to bury him and his company. If you say you would show sympathy, you are a liar.
Boomer’s Thoughts
I can’t even fathom what they are thinking. Sports are competitions. You line up across from someone else and your goal is to be better than them, not care about how they feel.
I have gotten the crap kicked out of me in many sports before. Does it suck to get embarrassed? Yup. Does it teach me to get better? Always.
My middle school basketball team once lost by 60 points to a far superior team. We didn’t get any compassion, even from our coach. In fact, he made us run like wild at practice the next day because we played that bad.
Moral of the Story
Baseball is changing – either jump aboard or get off. Baseball as a sport needs to grow and get a younger fanbase, and pimp jobs, bat flips and shit talking is going to do that.
Hey Fernando, next 3-0 pitch you see, swing as hard as you can. Green light all day, baby.
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