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ISUCubswin

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Puig celebrated out of the box thinking he hit a homer, but it ended up being an RBI triple. It was extremely clutch for the Dodgers.

Cardinal players have taken issue to this, ESPN anchors are saying it was wrong (one even said it was against the games code of ethics), and former player Mike Schmidt says the Cardinals pitchers should get one free shot at a hitter.

Really? Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and Mark McGwire all celebrated too early on multiple occasions thinking they had homeruns. We still see it today. And when Puig does it, it's against the games code of ethics?

Let the kid celebrate. He screwed up earlier in the series striking out with the bags full. Plus, it was a triple AFTER the celebration.

Oh, and that free hit - the Cardinals got that when they broken Hanley's rib.
 
So tired of the people complaining about violators of the unwritten rules. If they aren't written down, they aren't rules. If you want to plunk someone, then plunk someone. Just do it and quit ******* whining about it already.
 
Well now that the Braves are out of the playoffs, someone needs to police baseball's unwritten rules.
 
I wonder what Brian McCann would of done if he was playing 3B last night. Probably wouldn't of let him get to the base.
 
This is all so dumb. In every other sport you are allowed to celebrate a a big play. In football you see the ridiculous touchdown/sack/first down dances. In soocer, you rip your shirt off and slide across the field. In hockey, you throw yourself against the glass. Hell, celebration has even found its way to golf with golfers pumping their fists. The kid, as a rookie, had a huge hit in the NLCS, let him celebrate.
 
Baseball's "unwritten rules" are just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Like getting mad at someone because they watched their homerun ball too long. Are you ******* kidding me?
 
Another thing I was just thinking - it was probably an inside the park homer if he didn't celebrate out of the box - the Cardinals really shouldn't be mad about anything.
 
ESPN noted Carlos Beltran having issues with what Puig did out of the box, and once he reached third. All of this would be a non-issue if Beltran fields the ball cleanly in RF and throws out Puig going into second and never allows him third. I think the Cardinals should be happy he made a bone-headed play out of the box.
 
3TrueFans said:
Baseball's "unwritten rules" are just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Like getting mad at someone because they watched their homerun ball too long. Are you ******* kidding me?
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And how many are there? It seems like every time you turn around some salty old ex ball player is telling you what you can and can't do. Plus the fights are hilarious, it's all flailing arms and whifs. MLB fights are like watching a t-ball game.
 
CRCy17 said:
ESPN noted Carlos Beltran having issues with what Puig did out of the box, and once he reached third. All of this would be a non-issue if Beltran fields the ball cleanly in RF and throws out Puig going into second and never allows him third. I think the Cardinals should be happy he made a bone-headed play out of the box.
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Beltran has 16 playoff homers. He has had his glory. Let the young guy do his thing.
 
I'm a cardinals fan and they just need to drop it. He already got what he deserved by looking stupid watching a home run ball fall short. He's a bit of a punk kid but play better and you don't have to worry about him being a punk kid. Same thing applies to Bryce Harper.
 
Puig needs to grow the eff up, and I wouldn't mind him getting plunked for his cockiness, but I'm also not particularly upset about it. He looked like a ******* when it wasn't even a homer.
 
So the solution to keep people from breaking unwritten rules is to throw a baseball at their head the next game. Who wrote that rule.
 
CyCy said:
So the solution to keep people from breaking unwritten rules is to throw a baseball at their head the next game. Who wrote that rule.
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The consequences to breaking the unwritten rules are spelled out in yet another unwritten rule, it's beautiful!
 
ISUAlum05 said:
Puig needs to grow the eff up, and I wouldn't mind him getting plunked for his cockiness, but I'm also not particularly upset about it. He looked like a ******* when it wasn't even a homer.
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This is so absurd. Grow up because he celebrated what he thought was a home run, and later celebrated what was an actually triple? These "unwritten rules" are going to kill baseball. Part of the fun of sports is the drama and the excitement. We want to see the game mean as much to the players as it does to the fans, and that is not achieved by watching a player quietly trot around the bases when they hit a homerum, or getting up and dusting themselves off after sliding into third for a triple.

Also, who is to say if Wainwright go a strikeout there in a big spot he wouldn't have celebrated? Please.
 
3TrueFans said:
The consequences to breaking the unwritten rules are spelled out in yet another unwritten rule, it's beautiful!
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Well in all of this there is an actual written rule-- the one where you get a free trip to first if you get hit by a pitch. In a series where runs have been hard to come by, I'd love to see Puig get hit under the guise of an "unwritten rule" and come around to score a run.
 
I don't know who will start for LA tonight, but somewhere along the line, Beltran needs a few high hard ones. Maybe a rib for a rib.
 
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