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BJ Upton

Discussion in 'Baseball' started by Braves, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Braves

    Braves Watauga Pioneers #6

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    I think you're right. He is another example. I wonder if the pro baseball people believe he will ever gain back the skills he had. My guess is No
     
  2. Braves

    Braves Watauga Pioneers #6

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    I thought it was to speed up the game...not so much to make a catcher hustle less. I may be wrong, but i thought that was the intent.
     
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    We pay them $30,000,000 million dollars to go jog to first but yet we pay teachers $30,000(salaries vary) dollars a year to teach our kids and doctors $130,000(salaries vary) to save our lives or save our love ones or give us the right medication to cure our problems. It really shows what we value in this country.
     
  4. Braves

    Braves Watauga Pioneers #6

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    Well, what do we expect? We never demand for our teachers to hustle. And anybody who wants can be a Dr, but a Dr can not become Albert Pujols or Will Smith (I heard he commands $30,000,000 a picture) and he can't hit a curve ball. Entertainers are entertainers....they either make a lot of money or have to sing at Bar Mitzvah's.

    Seriously, I'm all for teachers getting paid a lot more, but you couldn't pay me enough to teach at the public schools.
     
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    Not everyone can be a doctor, only a select few can do such a job.
     
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    State wide starting salary for a teach is $30,430 and certain counties in NC have add ons or increase pay from that. I think I calculate what I would make next year as a high school math teacher that will probably be an assistant volleyball coach and assistant baseball coach to be somewhere around $32,000. Being a teacher there is one thing that you cannot teach, you have to love kids and love to teach and never be in it for the money. I know that if i was ever given the opportunity to get paid to play, I would have jumped at it even if it was minimum wage at the MLB level. Even those guys are pretty much set for life.
    Hustle and heart will take you a long way in baseball and those are the intangibles that you cannot teach a baseball player.
     
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    No Doubt Braves...

    and very sorry to hear about your friend. Still, and correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the minor Leagues ban tobacco several years ago? And isn't it still allowed in MLB because of the players Union?
    Not debating whether or not it causes anything, just seems to be a bad example for the youts (intentionally misspelled) of America. (even though I am aware that it is just a much a part of the game as anything else)
    Regardless, Upton is dogging it on the field.
    As for what athletes/entertainers are paid. All set by the Market. The best heart surgeon in the world could not get 60K people to pay to watch him do a by-pass. my 2 cents
     
  8. aguyyouknow

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    That guy that's supposed to chase foul balls (back to the screen) is called the "ballboy" not the Catcher. In college the guy that chases foul balls into the parking lot is called a Freshman/Pitcher.

    The reason High Schools ask the on deck hitter is because the school is afraid to use a ballboy in case he gets hurt.

    Why not let the Pitcher retrieve it at the screen............he threw it!

    :rotflmao:
     
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    I thought tobacco products were banned?
     
  10. Braves

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    The lazy catcher should have blocked it :clown:
     

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