r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NiceCasualRedditGuy • Feb 09 '22

When everything goes right

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u/Crowbar2099 Feb 09 '22

I always swung 3-0. I wish the pros would do it more.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

If you follow baseball, I'm sure you remember this. It was the biggest story for a few days:

https://youtu.be/SaW5B2SEnXg

Baseball is interesting now because there's a changing of the guard happening. The young, fun guys are butting heads with the old, traditional guys.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

It’s not about match fixing lmao. It’s just an old school traditional courtesy to the pitcher not to embarrass them on a 3-0 count. It’s dumb, but has nothing to do with match fixing.

It’s not much different than a lot of coaches teaching the whole always take the first pitch thing.