Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseballPath: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs.uiuc.edu!pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu!stephFrom: steph@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson)Subject: Re: Braves Update!!Message-ID: <steph.735349318@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu>Sender: news@cs.uiuc.eduOrganization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, ILReferences: <13512@news.duke.edu> <1993Apr19.194025.8967@adobe.com> <13586@news.duke.edu> <C5sysG.KAD@odin.corp.sgi.com>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 23:41:58 GMTLines: 49In <C5sysG.KAD@odin.corp.sgi.com> luigi@sgi.com (Randy Palermo) writes:>In article <13586@news.duke.edu> fierkelab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu (Eric Roush) writes:[...]>>>>When Gant turned away, Hirschbeck IMMEDIATELY motioned for Gant>>to step into the box.  IMO, at this point in time, Hirschbeck>>was determined to show Gant exactly WHO was in charge of this game.>>Gant wasn't dawdling; he hadn't had a chance to dawdle.  And Hirschbeck>>was simply exercising a power play.  Gant resisted, as many of>>us might to what we thought was an unreasonable request, and>>Hirschbeck called for the pitch.  At that point, Cox came out on>>the field, the pitch was thrown, and many other Braves left the>>dugout.  Cox was tossed "protecting his player".  I was pleasantly>>surprised that Gant kept his cool enough to stay in the game.>>>Did you see the same game I saw? Gant, most reasonable, argued a>horrible call which Hirschbeck, correctly, did nothing about. Gant>then proceeded to walk halfway to 3rd base, lean on his bat and>glare at Hirschbeck. While I don't necessasarily subscribe to the>theory of showing people up, this was an obvious attempt by Gant to>do so to Hirschbeck. He left Hirschbeck no choice but to take control>of the situation. The bottom line is: Gant started a dangerous>power struggle with Hirschbeck when his team needed him most and>he lost.The events I saw were:1)  Called strike by Hirschbeck2)  Shocked-looking Gant asks for appeal to first3)  No appeal to first4)  Gant steps out of batters box.5)  Hirschbeck *immediately* orders Gant back in.  [bad move]6)  Gant ignores Hirschbeck and walks off. [bad move]7)  Hirschbeck yells at Gant.  Gant is silent.8)  Hirschbeck calls for the pitch.9)  Pitch is called a strike.10)  Cox argues (couldn't see when he came on the field)11)  Cox is ejected, players everywhere12)  Play finally resumes.Gant shouldn't have ignored Hirschbeck.  Not returning made the strikecall fairly likely.  Although I suspect an argument might have gottenGant tossed altogether.  But if Hirschbeck had let Gant step out, thewhole incident probably would have been avoided.-- Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic  "It is considered good to look wise, especially when not    overburdened with information" -- J. Golden Kimball