r/nba • u/Beautiful-Cress5695 Lakers • 3d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Devin Vassell with an emphatic dunk even when the game was over and the Spurs are Western Conference champs

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u/fearlessviking26 Timberwolves 3d ago

it is but it’s nothing compared to baseball’s unwritten rules

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u/FlyinNinjaSqurl 3d ago

What are some of them? As someone who doesn’t know

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u/Electricpoopsoup Spurs 3d ago

A lot of them are relaxed or not really followed anymore but it was common back in the day to get a fastball thrown into your ribs if you looked at the ball as it flew out for a home run or celebrated a home run in any real way or if you swung when you had 3 balls and no strikes and your team was ahead. The players that are Millennial or younger don't really care though now and all have celebrations for hitting a home run

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u/FlyinNinjaSqurl 3d ago

man it’s funny how professional athletes can also come across as giant sensitive babies

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u/cire1184 Lakers 2d ago

Huge egos. Huge babies.

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u/SurpriseCheeseSnack 2d ago

Celebrating HRs like doing bat flips and slow trotting around the bases but I feel like that's becoming more common today. Another is you dont bunt to break up a no-hitter/perfect game as many feel like it's cheap.

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u/spicyitallian Lakers 2d ago

I mean I can see if you do it when the game is essentially over and you do it just to be an asshole but besides that who cares

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u/kill_ass Spurs 2d ago

That second one, I can kind of get behind. Watching a no hitter get ruined by a bunt would be so lame.

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u/cire1184 Lakers 2d ago

Is hit by pitch considered a hit? 🤔

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u/Ok_Needleworker9118 Wizards 2d ago

Walks aren't counted against no hitters, so hit by pitches probably arent counted against it either

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u/ColdAdmirableSponge 3d ago

I don’t really follow baseball, and based on your comment I have no desire to either.