Don Tiny wrote:
“Why can a pitcher show you his emotions and you can’t show yours to him? Those are baseball rules from a different time," Gomez said to USA TODAY Sports in Spanish. “It gets to the point where, when you’re by yourself, you think, ‘What did I do? I didn’t do anything inappropriate.’ It’s a bit frustrating, because all I’ve ever done is play the game with passion, with desire, with love, giving it my all, and a lot of people take it the wrong way."[/i]
Seems to me he has a point here. You hear about hitters getting shit for this way more than pitchers.
Pitchers didn't used to do that shit either. But from a practical standpoint, the batter isn't in a position to throw a 100 mph fastball at the pitcher's head.