"As a pitcher, I'd be pretty upset," Trout said.

[ABC]

This idea that a pitcher should just grin and bear it if a batter hits a mammoth home run and celebrates by flipping his bat?

 

Mike Trout isn't having any part of it.

 

"As a pitcher, I'd be pretty upset," Trout said.

 

And would Trout say that such a demonstrative batter would be showing up the pitcher?

 

"It definitely would be," the 24-year-old said.

 

That puts the two best players in baseball at opposite ends of the decorum spectrum.Bryce Harper, 23, recently told ESPN that the sport was "tired" because young players were discouraged from expressing themselves with "flair."

 

"If a guy pumps his fist at me on the mound, I'm going to go, 'Yeah, you got me. Good for you. Hopefully I get you next time.' That's what makes the game fun.""Jose Fernandez will strike you out and stare you down into the dugout and pump his fist," Harper said. "And if you hit a homer and pimp it? He doesn't care. Because you got him. That's part of the game. It's not the old feeling. …

 

Harper said the sport would be more popular if players could show exuberance.

 

"I just keep it the same," Trout said. "I don't try to show anybody up. Whatever somebody else does, that's what they do."

 

Trout said there is no chance he would flip his bat after a home run, even if he might try it during batting practice every now and then.

 

"We mess around in the cage and stuff," he said. "During the game, I just hit the ball and go.

 

"I go out there and try to respect the game. I go out there and play. My parents always taught me to be humble."

 

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-20160317-story.html

 

[ABC]

My bad, please move to main forum.

[HaloMagic]

Like when he pulled out the arrow and shot it.

[Blarg]

I suppose if Rodney hadn't have taunted the Angels bench with his arrow bullshit Pujols wouldn't have initiated the response.

[Jay]

Harper is from Vegas, what do you expect

[ten ocho recon scout]

My bad, please move to main forum.

had me going. Was waiting for the end of the article when trout pimped trump or something

[Jay]

Trout's a classy kid, we're lucky to have him.

[HaloMagic]

I suppose if Rodney hadn't have taunted the Angels bench with his arrow bullshit Pujols wouldn't have initiated the response.

And perhaps if Trout was true to his word he wouldn't have completed the response.

[Jay]

Cool you found one example of Trout giving a douchebag pitcher a taste of his own medicine.

Edited March 17, 2016 by Jay

[Blarg]

And perhaps if Trout was true to his word he wouldn't have completed the response.

Trout said he wouldn't initiate not that he wouldn't respond.

[HaloMagic]

Cool you found one example of Trout giving a douchebag pitcher a taste of his own medicine.

Is there a requisite number needed to find to show hypocrisy?

[HaloMagic]

Trout said he wouldn't initiate not that he wouldn't respond.

Okay Randy

[Blarg]

You jumped into the thread without a point and now are flailing with insults. Do you think as the day goes on you will receive any backing or support for your statements?

Edited March 17, 2016 by notti

[Jay]

Is there a requisite number needed to find to show hypocrisy?

 

ok well it wasn't a bat-flip so yes you'll need to find another one.

[Glen]

Trump 16!

[HaloMagic]

ok well it wasn't a bat-flip so yes you'll need to find another one.

"I don't try to show anybody up. Whatever somebody else does, that's what they do." - Mike Trout

[HaloMagic]

You jumped into the thread without a point and now are flailing with insults. Do you think as the day goes on you will receive any backing or support for your statements?

LOL @ without a point. The point was Trout made a hypocritical statement.

[Blarg]

No he didn't but keep flailing.

[HaloMagic]

I can tell you don't know what that word means.

[red321]

Mota for White House Spokesperson!

[ABC]

had me going. Was waiting for the end of the article when trout pimped trump or something

 

That would've been golden.

[Spirit]

Mike is part of the 0.5%. We need to tax the s**t outta that guy!

[NJHalo]

Mike grew up in the shadow of Trump's Atlantic City.

I smell an endorsement coming.

[Tank]

Mike grew up in the shadow of Trump's Atlantic City.

I smell an endorsement coming.

 

if he can hit a fly ball out of anaheim and through the window of a (presumably) nearby subway, just imagine what he could do to trump towers.

[TroutField]

LOL @ without a point. The point was Trout made a hypocritical statement.

Weren't they talking about bat flipping in the article? How does Trout making Rodney look like an idiot after he showed up the Angels make Trout hypocritical?

Edited March 19, 2016 by AngelintheTroutfield