Cards vs. Blue Jays for the first time ever...

[JazzyManda]

the rule is that if you have an illegal bat, then your are automatically suspended for 10 games

and if he was using this bat for like the homerun durby and when he was going for the record, damn, that's sad


Amanda

[Katia's Lover]

the rule is that if you have an illegal bat, then your are automatically suspended for 10 games

and if he was using this bat for like the homerun durby and when he was going for the record, damn, that's sad


Amanda

I've never heard of any rule that says it's an auto 10 game suspension, although it is the norm.  Albert Belle got 7 back a few years ago.

[JazzyManda]

i was listening to Joe Buck and he said that it was an automatic 10 game suspension. but i guess they could go easier on him. i don't know. kind of pisses me off though.....



Amanda

[Katia's Lover]

I hate Joe Buck... don't listen to him.  Basically, the only reason he has a job is because of his last name.

[JazzyManda]

i like the guy, he's not that bad. at least he's not like other sports anouncers and talk to ya the whole damn game. at least Joe shuts up once in a while. lol

[Grakthis]

the rule is that if you have an illegal bat, then your are automatically suspended for 10 games

and if he was using this bat for like the homerun durby and when he was going for the record, damn, that's sad


Amanda

There is no such rule in MLB.  If someone on a radio show or whatever claimed this then he was lying.

its up to the discression of the MLB to lay down a punishment.  There is no rule in the books.
---Andrew

[JazzyManda]

then why would JOE BUCK say it was a rule?



Amanda

[BWilli]

then why would JOE BUCK say it was a rule?



Amanda

JOE BUCK is not the king of baseball

[JazzyManda]

well i think he would know the rules wouldn't you?

[BWilli]

maybe....maybe no

[Katia's Lover]

well i think he would know the rules wouldn't you?

No.  Joe Buck knows NOTHING.  Joe Buck is the product of his father--nothing more.  

Let me read it straight from the rulebook (although this is the 2000 edition, the rule has not been modified since).  "A batter is out when... (section D) He uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire's judgment, has been altered or tampered with in such a way to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball. This includes, bats that are filled, flat surfaced, nailed, hollowed, grooved or covered with a substance such as paraffin, wax, etc. No advancement on the bases will be allowed and any out or outs made during a play shall stand. In addition to being called out, the player shall be ejected from the game and may be subject to additional penalties as determined by his League President.

There you have it my friends.  The additional penalty is determined by his League President (that may have been changed to MLB Commissioner, as we don't have league presidents anymore).  Joe Buck was wrong--as he always is.

[BWilli]

well i think he would know the rules wouldn't you?

No.  Joe Buck knows NOTHING.  Joe Buck is the product of his father--nothing more.  

Let me read it straight from the rulebook (although this is the 2000 edition, the rule has not been modified since).  "A batter is out when... (section D) He uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire's judgment, has been altered or tampered with in such a way to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball. This includes, bats that are filled, flat surfaced, nailed, hollowed, grooved or covered with a substance such as paraffin, wax, etc. No advancement on the bases will be allowed and any out or outs made during a play shall stand. In addition to being called out, the player shall be ejected from the game and may be subject to additional penalties as determined by his League President.

There you have it my friends.  The additional penalty is determined by his League President (that may have been changed to MLB Commissioner, as we don't have league presidents anymore).  Joe Buck was wrong--as he always is.

damn boy....

[Katia's Lover]

Jealous?  No.  My idol is Skip Carey.  I do play-by-play for sports here on campus--broadcasting is my major and what I'm going to do one day.  It just kills me that he gets good jobs that I would like to have one day simply because is father was such a great man.  Kind of like Chip Carey--another broadcaster that can't tell a basketball from a baseball but gets jobs because of his father/grandfather.

[BWilli]

thats the way the cookie crumbles....

[JazzyManda]

well i think he would know the rules wouldn't you?

No.  Joe Buck knows NOTHING.  Joe Buck is the product of his father--nothing more.  

Let me read it straight from the rulebook (although this is the 2000 edition, the rule has not been modified since).  "A batter is out when... (section D) He uses or attempts to use a bat that, in the umpire's judgment, has been altered or tampered with in such a way to improve the distance factor or cause an unusual reaction on the baseball. This includes, bats that are filled, flat surfaced, nailed, hollowed, grooved or covered with a substance such as paraffin, wax, etc. No advancement on the bases will be allowed and any out or outs made during a play shall stand. In addition to being called out, the player shall be ejected from the game and may be subject to additional penalties as determined by his League President.

There you have it my friends.  The additional penalty is determined by his League President (that may have been changed to MLB Commissioner, as we don't have league presidents anymore).  Joe Buck was wrong--as he always is.

damn boy....

double damn boy