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It just dawned on me, why Americans like to watch basket-ball. There are no celebrations after each basket.
It just dawned on me, why Americans like to watch basket-ball. There are no celebrations after each basket.
Named for Hank - perhaps it should read: "Beware of Falling Joey Bats" - just sayin'...
PS: NRH I still use that picture of me you took at Rogers' Centre (several lifetimes ago) for may screensaver...just sayin'...
PS: NRH I still use that picture of me you took at Rogers' Centre (several lifetimes ago) for may screensaver...just sayin'...
There are no celebrations after each basket.
Which is why they have that inane post-free throw flesh pressing celebration.
Well actually there are very often celebrations off most baskets, especially dunks. But it's a bit harder for establishment to crack down on displays of exuberance when 98% of players and nearly all the great ones are of one ethnicity. Will be nice though when old white men stop caring about how young people celebrate sports. NFL and MLB sure try their hardest.
I'm very doubtful that in a game that ends 108 to 92 there's much celebration every time a point is scored.
A game would last 5 hours.
It's a poorly kept secret that reporter paid to cover the game used to watch the last 5 minutes and write their summary.
A game would last 5 hours.
It's a poorly kept secret that reporter paid to cover the game used to watch the last 5 minutes and write their summary.
As I said in the other thread, Europe is not America. But then again Agassi and Connors were both very exuberant. Anyway not sure if individual sports are a good comparison to team ones. I just wish more people could be like Gronk. That guy is awesome.
If people can't appreciate the high emotions running in that game, then they have never truly laced up.
The celebration was over the top, but that game was over the top. Love it.
The celebration was over the top, but that game was over the top. Love it.
that inning DESERVED that bat flip. nothing less would do. best thing i've ever seen..i don't expect to sver aee anything like that the rest of my sports fan days.
In basketball, play continues after most baskets, which does reduce the opportunities. So you get most of the biggest displays after an "and-1" (a player makes a bucket and is fouled in the process, at which point play is stopped.) Obviously, it's very hard to score when you're quite literally being fouled, so players feel pretty good about themselves when they manage it.
Well the constant nature of the game leads to less celebrating. Unlike baseball or football where after every play there is an enforced pause. But still NBA games (and NCAA too) are hugely emotional when time gets stopped or things like dunks or blocks or dagger threes happen. But sure you can't always celebrate, you gotta get back on d. But when that clutch play happens and the other team calls the timeout to regroup the team on top are jumping and screaming like little kids.
Buster Olney's been linking to some celebrated bat flips of the past in his Twitter feed: Reggie Jackson when he got Bob Welch at the end of the 1978 series (not really a flip, to my mind - but very cool); Kurt Bevacqua in 1984 (I think he was blowing kisses?); and Tom Lawless in 1987.
The Lawless one is incredible. It put the Cards up 4-1 in the fourth inning. So Lawless walks about halfway to first, does a tremendous bat flip, and circles the bases at a positively Ortizian pace.
Tom Lawless! The guy hit 3 home runs in his career, counting that one. Where did he even learn to flip a bat? And why?
The Lawless one is incredible. It put the Cards up 4-1 in the fourth inning. So Lawless walks about halfway to first, does a tremendous bat flip, and circles the bases at a positively Ortizian pace.
Tom Lawless! The guy hit 3 home runs in his career, counting that one. Where did he even learn to flip a bat? And why?
That Lawless home run might even have scraped the back of the fence on its way out - a towering drive it was not. I remember watching that as a ten year old, just completely mystified by what he was doing.
The Sun headline from yesterday was "Flip You". There definitely was an element of bird-flipping as well as bat-flipping there. It was not only "I am the emperor of this land" and "did you see what I just did?" (as Jo Po had it), but also the bat as the middle finger to the pitcher.
Oh, sure. Direct link to the file: http://aaronreynolds.ca/misc/joeybats.png
Here is a related note regarding the competitive spirit.
After the season, I think we need to update the banner with "the flip" as part of it somehow, and show Edwin with an Edwing. My kids LOVE the Edwing!!
Unless something catastrophic happens in his team option year next season, the Jays are kind of obligated now to offer Bats an extension, aren't they?
Although the Rangers could use an upgrade at 1B over Moreland, who will be a UFA in 2017.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Although the Rangers could use an upgrade at 1B over Moreland, who will be a UFA in 2017.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
who will be a UFA in 2017
It's baseball, so the U is not required. FAs only come in one flavour.
My own belief is that the respect issue in baseball is at least party due to the one-on-one batter/pitcher matchup that forms the starting point for almost every play on the field. While the one-on-one matchup does happen in other sports, it's much more of a foundation in baseball. When one of the Three True Outcomes happens, celebration would likely be taken more personally by the batter who just struck out swinging or the pitcher who just got tagged for a home run.