It always used
to bother me in softball how a player would run back to the dugout after
striking out, as if in the hope her coach wouldn’t notice. To me, you own what you do and move on, at a good
but not altogether breakneck pace. That
said, I wish major-league baseball players would take a cue from softball and get
back to the bench before anymore paint dries.
What we get
instead are players who need to show how disgusted they are with themselves
(you know who you are, Todd Frazier); who stare at the pitcher in disbelief
(hello, Tim Anderson); and who look like a whipped dog (as in Matt
Davidson). At least no one on the White
Sox has picked up Adam LaRoche’s psycho-stare-at-the-mound routine.
Guys, a bit of
advice—don’t strike out, and you can avoid the slow-motion act at the plate.
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