(Baseball) Things we didn't know about significant others...

TimmyB · 08-07-2002, 03:53 PM

A rather contentious issue has arisen in my otherwise happy marriage over the subject of check-swings.

My well-educated, yet misguided spouse believes that if the hitter so much as twitches the bat toward the ball... BAM! Strike!

I have attempted to reason with her, explaining that batters (even the best batters on the planet residing in MLB) have such a miniscule amount of time to actually decide whether or not to swing, and then, have to use their incredible hand/eye co-ordination to actually try to hit the thing once deciding to offer at it... that... well... sometimes one has to change one's mind.

She won't buy it. (Nor will she let it go when she sees... however many check swings occour in the average nine-inning game.)

Obviously, I did not know about this before I proposed. (And now, a child is involved.)

Anyone else out there discover their significant other was just so... so... wrong on a baseball subject?

Skip · 08-07-2002, 04:04 PM

Well, my wife thinks baseball is "just plain boring." How someone to whom I have committed the rest of my life can be right, but yet so so so so wrong, is beyond me.

SmedIndy · 08-07-2002, 04:16 PM

Skip - I'm with ya there....

Max Power · 08-07-2002, 04:27 PM

Checked swing is an oxymoron.
They're all swings.

TimmyB · 08-07-2002, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Max Power
Checked swing is an oxymoron.
They're all swings.

Oh my...

JamesI · 08-07-2002, 04:31 PM

My wife finds the game boring too. She had fun when I took her to Camden Yards, but doens't care for the game.

KCBOOMER · 08-07-2002, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TimmyB
A rather contentious issue has arisen in my otherwise happy marriage over the subject of check-swings.

Any man that wins an argument with his wife has only himself to blame.

Skip · 08-07-2002, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JamesI
My wife finds the game boring too. She had fun when I took her to Camden Yards, but doens't care for the game.

My wife probably enjoyed our game at Camden more than any other too. But she'd rather go to a brewpub or BBQ joint and hang out in the back corner booth. Bummer.

TimmyB · 08-07-2002, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KCBOOMER

Any man that wins an argument with his wife has only himself to blame.

Indeed.

The two most important words in any marriage: "Yes dear."

Skip · 08-07-2002, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TimmyB
The two most important words in any marriage: "Yes dear."

Shoot, I missed that class. I thought they were "cold beer." That explains so much ....

SmedIndy · 08-07-2002, 04:56 PM

Actually, if you let her pick the shows once in a while, and watch "Sex and the City" with her, she'll let you watch the Iron Chef, the Game Show Network, and VH-1 Classic without a problem.

Skip · 08-07-2002, 05:00 PM

Well, we dont get HBO so that wont work. Her fetish du jour is The West Wing. I just pray it isnt either a Rob Lowe or Martin Sheen thing.

... and Iron Chef is horrible. Not horrible-funny, just horrible.

JamesI · 08-07-2002, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skip
... and Iron Chef is horrible. Not horrible-funny, just horrible.

Iron Chef can be great. I love the pomp and circumstance, but then I like to cook weird things too.

I'm lucky, my wife and I watch the same shows mostly, other than baseball.

hmrsf · 08-07-2002, 05:20 PM

We have a good understanding in my house. Still, the one thing that make me flip out is when I hear...."it's only a game." I know that I have failed my mission in educating my family.....they don't get it.

For fanatics we need rules. These are mine and I try to comply.
1.)no baseball talk from 12-4am.
2.)no baseball talk from November-March
3.)no talk of upgrading tickets.
4.)family vactions are not to be dictated by the season schedule. (I plan the vacations.)

I try hard not violate the rules.

Skip · 08-07-2002, 05:24 PM

hm - you are my soulmate, even if you dont know it yet!

How do you feel about long distance relationships?

08-07-2002, 03:53 PM	#1
TimmyB NetShrine's Magic 8-Ball Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Where the cops speak slow and the air is nice Posts: 2,591	(Baseball) Things we didn't know about significant others... A rather contentious issue has arisen in my otherwise happy marriage over the subject of check-swings. My well-educated, yet misguided spouse believes that if the hitter so much as twitches the bat toward the ball... BAM! Strike! I have attempted to reason with her, explaining that batters (even the best batters on the planet residing in MLB) have such a miniscule amount of time to actually decide whether or not to swing, and then, have to use their incredible hand/eye co-ordination to actually try to hit the thing once deciding to offer at it... that... well... sometimes one has to change one's mind. She won't buy it. (Nor will she let it go when she sees... however many check swings occour in the average nine-inning game.) Obviously, I did not know about this before I proposed. (And now, a child is involved.) Anyone else out there discover their significant other was just so... so... wrong on a baseball subject?

08-07-2002, 04:27 PM	#4
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Checked swing is an oxymoron. They're all swings. __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

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hmrsf forum mom Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: relocation Posts: 4,298	We have a good understanding in my house. Still, the one thing that make me flip out is when I hear...."it's only a game." I know that I have failed my mission in educating my family.....they don't get it. For fanatics we need rules. These are mine and I try to comply. 1.)no baseball talk from 12-4am. 2.)no baseball talk from November-March 3.)no talk of upgrading tickets. 4.)family vactions are not to be dictated by the season schedule. (I plan the vacations.) I try hard not violate the rules. __________________ NDF who shares good karma! Get a coaster! My cup is not only 1/2 full it is brimming! We don't need no stinking Arods!

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08-07-2002, 04:04 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Well, my wife thinks baseball is "just plain boring." How someone to whom I have committed the rest of my life can be right, but yet so so so so wrong, is beyond me.

08-07-2002, 04:16 PM	#3
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	Skip - I'm with ya there....

08-07-2002, 04:31 PM	#6
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	My wife finds the game boring too. She had fun when I took her to Camden Yards, but doens't care for the game.

08-07-2002, 04:56 PM	#11
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	Actually, if you let her pick the shows once in a while, and watch "Sex and the City" with her, she'll let you watch the Iron Chef, the Game Show Network, and VH-1 Classic without a problem.

08-07-2002, 05:00 PM	#12
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Well, we dont get HBO so that wont work. Her fetish du jour is The West Wing. I just pray it isnt either a Rob Lowe or Martin Sheen thing. ... and Iron Chef is horrible. Not horrible-funny, just horrible.

08-07-2002, 05:24 PM	#15
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	hm - you are my soulmate, even if you dont know it yet! How do you feel about long distance relationships?

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