Seven-year old boy hospitalized after being hit w/ foul ball

[Banedon]

Adults bringing gloves to games is lame in the same sense that a fan wearing the full uniform is lame.

 

And somewhere in Chicago Ronnie Woo Woo sheds a single tear. . .

 

I don't agree with the whole "no glove" rule thing, but if you're using Ronnie Woo Woo to show that wearing a full uniform isn't lame, I don't think that's a winning argument :P

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I think the argument can be made that there's no difference in "protecting" someone with a glove. Either you're close enough that a line drive foul is too quick for your reactions with or without glove, or you're far enough a way that you can get both hands up to protect yourself/your kid.

[Derwood]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

[Faceman]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

[Derwood]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

oh for god's sake. seriously? go crush some beer cans on your forehead

[Soul]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

Why do you care about this at all? Teams allow people to come to the ballpark with a glove, announcers tell fans to bring their gloves all the time. Who the hell cares if some 30 year old wears his glove to the game?

[CUBZ99]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

Isn't the rationale for using the glove in both situations the same?

 

I guess that you could say that catchers are even bigger wimps because they have all of that extra padding.

[Tyrant]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

Why do you care about this at all? Teams allow people to come to the ballpark with a glove, announcers tell fans to bring their gloves all the time. Who the hell cares if some 30 year old wears his glove to the game?

 

You can do what you want. I just would find it annoying to carry around a glove when I'm sitting 380 feet from home plate.

[Faceman]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

oh for god's sake. seriously? go crush some beer cans on your forehead

 

Yes, it is all about being a man. That's my point entirely.

 

Make sure you wear the eye black and sunglasses so you don't lose the foul popup either.

[Faceman]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

Why do you care about this at all? Teams allow people to come to the ballpark with a glove, announcers tell fans to bring their gloves all the time. Who the hell cares if some 30 year old wears his glove to the game?

 

I don't really care. But it's comical that people think they are protecting themselves from lined shots into the stands because they bring a glove.

 

Bring a glove because your kid wants you to? Absolutely perfect.

Bring a glove because you want to catch a couple balls? If it suits you.

Bring a glove to protect yourself from major league line drives as you keep score, eat peanuts, converse with others at a game. Laughable.

 

That's all. Nothing about being a man in there at all. Or anywhere in the thread, really. I'll bow out now. Carry on.

[bukie]

Of course, the underlying purpose of the glove, in any situation, is for protection from injury. But that's just laughable.

[Magnetic Curses]

I hate sitting down the lines for this very reason. I'd much rather be in the bleachers or in the upper deck.

 

no, the bleachers are still too dangerous if you aren't paying attention, ask yeti.

[Soul]

I hate sitting down the lines for this very reason. I'd much rather be in the bleachers or in the upper deck.

 

no, the bleachers are still too dangerous if you aren't paying attention, ask yeti.

 

The real solution here is to implement a no kid rule. It's just too dangerous.

[Derwood]

they seem to do okay with the netting all the way down the lines in Japan....

[Butterscup1679666578]

I hate sitting down the lines for this very reason. I'd much rather be in the bleachers or in the upper deck.

 

no, the bleachers are still too dangerous if you aren't paying attention, ask yeti.

 

Last year I went to a game and we were in the first row of the bleachers, and during BP a ball came flying in and it hit this girl sitting a few feet down from me right in the chest. She was okay, so everyone thought it was hilarious. It was weird though, because no one knew where the ball had come from. We're pretty sure it wasn't a batted ball because I had been paying attention to BP and no one had hit it up there, but it was way too hard to be thrown. One of life's mysteries, I guess.

[Sammy Sofa]

I hate sitting down the lines for this very reason. I'd much rather be in the bleachers or in the upper deck.

 

no, the bleachers are still too dangerous if you aren't paying attention, ask yeti.

 

Last year I went to a game and we were in the first row of the bleachers, and during BP a ball came flying in and it hit this girl sitting a few feet down from me right in the chest. She was okay, so everyone thought it was hilarious. It was weird though, because no one knew where the ball had come from. We're pretty sure it wasn't a batted ball because I had been paying attention to BP and no one had hit it up there, but it was way too hard to be thrown. One of life's mysteries, I guess.

 

It was Dunn's homer from the other day. It circled the Earth so fast it tore a whole in the fabric of time and re-emerged that day.

[Jehrico]

Faceman[/b]"]

you know who the biggest wussies are? those 9 guys on the field wearing gloves. man up for god's sake

 

Is anybody actually using that argument? That's it's not manly to wear a glove?

 

I wear a glove all the time. But only when I'm, you know, playing.

 

oh for god's sake. seriously? go crush some beer cans on your face, man

Fixed.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what is "cool." I'm so glad it's been years since I was in middle school.

[Tyrant]

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what is "cool." I'm so glad it's been years since I was in middle school.

 

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what they can and can't tell other people.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what is "cool." I'm so glad it's been years since I was in middle school.

 

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what they can and can't tell other people.

 

Oh, you can tell them anything you want. I'm just glad I don't give a crap what you say.

[bhogg]

I love how people on a message board like to tell others what is "cool." I'm so glad it's been years since I was in middle school.

 

 

You are so not cool. I won't be sharing my cheese toast with you in the future.

[FergieJ31]

I'm actually surprised tragedies like this aren't more common when you consider that over half a million pitches are thrown over the course of a full MLB season. And I'm also surprised the glove-at-the-ballpark issue is getting more airplay in this thread than the safety netting issue.

[TruffleShuffle]

since i was a little kid i've used two things to try to catch foul balls, my bare hands and my cup of beer.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

More advice on how to stay safe at the game. Seriosuly, most of us know this. Lets just keep praying that Dominick gets to go home soon.

 

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-stadium-safetyjul15,0,3453939.story

[ConstableRabbit]

Lame: bringing your glove to the game to catch a ball

 

Pathetic: claiming it's for protection against foul balls

 

You're either paying attention and getting out of the way in time or you're not paying attention and getting hit. If you're paying attention and still get hit, either your reaction time sucks or you have really nice seats and can probably afford the reconstructive surgery.

 

 

It's not about "manning up" and catching a ball with your bare hands; bringing a glove to the park is all about kids having fun dreaming about catching a batted ball. If you want to bring one, go ahead, but just don't tell me it's because you're afraid of getting hit with a ball and a glove is the only way to save yourself.