MLB and the Detroit Tigers Bandwagon Thread

[THE_WIZARD_]

OJ and Rush Limbaugh?

[Dr. Strangelove]

[Mike]

I was making jokes last night about the "In Memoriam" segments being sponsored by FanDuel and Bet MGM.

[AlabamAlum]

DSL,

Yeah, I watched this ASG live, and it was no doubt a goon play by Rose (considering the game it was in), but…

-Back then, if a catcher blocked the plate, it wasn’t just “legal” to blow up the catcher, it was expected.
-Fosse was blocking the plate without the ball.
-Fosse himself never blamed Rose, noting the above fact.
-Fosse didn’t miss a game as a result of the collision iirc and played 9 more years. Rose, incidentally, DID have a few days off.


So, who do I personally blame more for this? Rose, of course, but some baseball people (especially younger ones) have wrongly turned this into something equivalent to the Rape of Nanjing.

And my final word on this is it’s viewed worse because after the collision, Rose kinda stood over Fosse and jawed with him. If he had just walked back to the dugout or feigned concern, it would be viewed differently.

[Mike]

Plus back then the All-Star game was a much more competitive affair. Those guys really were playing for bragging rights and wanted to win that game. It was bottom of the 12th at the brand new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati and the hometown hero was barreling down third base line with the winning run. I would imagine any other player would have plowed the catcher 100 out of 100 times in that scenario too. Rose actually started to do a head first slide but then noticed Fosse was blocking the plate and pulled up and ran him over instead.

When I first heard about this play years ago I thought it ended Fosse's career. Dude played another 8 seasons in MLB. It's a totally overblown event.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Growing up in a family of Cleveland fans Rose was despised.

There are other reasons to think Rose was a not-so-great guy and I'm not talking about the gambling either. But I'm all for him getting into the HOF now. Maybe his kids can benefit somehow.

Also: dumb haircut.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Plus back then the All-Star game was a much more competitive affair. Those guys really were playing for bragging rights and wanted to win that game. It was bottom of the 12th at the brand new Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati and the hometown hero was barreling down third base line with the winning run. I would imagine any other player would have plowed the catcher 100 out of 100 times in that scenario too. Rose actually started to do a head first slide but then noticed Fosse was blocking the plate and pulled up and ran him over instead.

When I first heard about this play years ago I thought it ended Fosse's career. Dude played another 8 seasons in MLB. It's a totally overblown event.

Fosse did play another 8 seasons but 1970 was his peak. He never hit that well again and couldn't stay healthy. By 1974 he was essentially a backup catcher at age 26. Possibly coincidental timing. Maybe 1970 was always gonna be a flash in the pan year for him but...yeah. It's not the Ron Behagen head stomp. Like AA mentioned, Rose worsened things in retrospect by appearing to taunt Fosse before heading off to the dugout.

[AlabamAlum]

I can absolutely see how it would’ve been looked at differently for Indian fans.

[AlabamAlum]

AND Fosse never answered for his Shostakovich-like communist involvement.

[iam416]

Kris Kristofersen was way more communist that than the detestable Fosse. I mean, I think he probably cried when the Wall came down. But, Fosse was only a decent catcher who couldn't write a song to save his life. So, fuck him.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Apologize for winning eternal glory in the Battle of Leningrad?!?! Nyet, comrade, nyet!!!!!

[AlabamAlum]

Hahahaha. Excellent work by all this morning.

[AlabamAlum]

Now back to this season.

What a MASH unit:

[AlabamAlum]

Nice win, Tiggers.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Padres 18 Braves 0.

Too bad there is not a mercy rule in MLB...to spare the baseball world from this abomination...