Hegan and Hamilton

I like our radio announcers. But they live in a small world.

In the bottom of the fourth, they talk about the Larry Bowa situation. Larry Bowa hates the new rules that have been put in place. (The rules were put in place, because a first base coach was killed by a foul ball.) To show how much he hates the new rules, Bowa broke the rule by standing closer to the plate. Bowa was warned, repeatedly, not to do that. Bowa intentionally broke the rules, because he wanted to be tossed for the game. Then he threw a lame tantrum.

But Hegan and Hamilton misread the situation. They think Bowa broke the rule by standing farther from the plate. They note that ttfc's coaches are also standing outside the coaches' box. That is, they are farther from the plate than they would be if they were standing in the box. And they defend Bowa as a rational person for wanting to be as far from harm as possible.

Please Mike. Please Tom. Read the newspaper or catch Sportscenter. Know something about the world before commenting on it. Otherwise, you end up defending the childish behavior of self-important dolt.

Note: Thanks to Matt commenting at Baseball Musings for pointing out that Coolbaugh was a first base coach.