I really don’t care what team it is. It’s a game. Games are supposed to be fun. If it’s not taunting, if it’s not delaying the game or the mechanics of setting the ball, it’s harmless.
If we’re going emulate the old days, here is one. Don’t want to see a team celebrate? Stop them.
The fun in a game is beating the other team. But in all honesty, in the grand scheme, this one seems minor. I don’t mind it though. When I look at what has become accepted in the MLB, I’m okay with this. What is commonplace now would’ve incited a brawl five years ago.
It’s weird with my view on this stuff. I’ve often said I miss the personalities in sports, especially coaches. I miss Bum Phillips and Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. But there’s also a side of me that gets irritated when I see a celebration for EVERY SINGLE positive play during a contest too. Make a 3, shoot your stupid arrow. Score a TD, flip into the end zone and do some pre-planned expertly choreographed dance move. Hit a HR, stand in the batters box and stare it down, turn to your dugout, flip the bat four rows deep and take 5 mins to circle the bases. There’s gotta be a middle ground in there.
