Yes, There Is Crying in Baseball (and It's O.K.)

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:04 PM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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Suzyn Waldman was unapologetic Tuesday for choking up and sobbing briefly in her report Monday night on WCBS-AM after the Indians knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs.

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jfxgillis

Can we get this rule settled once and for all? Is there or is there not crying in baseball?

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3 votes

#1 - Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:04 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

Ever been to Wrigley, Jack?

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#1.1 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:07 AM EDT

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jfxgillis

Dennis:

Funny story.

Not during a game. But when I did my "un-wind" after getting my degree, consisting of my then-girlfriend and I doing a six-month tour of the lower 48 in van, we stopped at Wrigley to take pictures and do the regular touristy blah-blah.

Cubs were out of town that week, damn it. But while we were doing the pictures, I noticed there was a service door wedged wide open. So I said "Let's go," and we scampered up the ramp to get some great pictures of a dead empty Wrigley field. True pastoralistm .... until some guy in a jump suit with a Cubs patch came HOLLARING and RUNNING after us.

It was like a sit com. The guy was threatening to call the police as I affected a posture of genial stupidity, meanwhile, I'm signalling behind my back to my pal to keep taking pictures, which she did, until finally we "realized" we didn't belong there and left.

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2 votes

#1.2 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:54 AM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

LOL. Wrigley is a wonderful place, but during baseball season the crying comes somewhere between the drinking and the suicides.

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3 votes

#1.3 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:56 AM EDT

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caltha-palustris

No Jack, there's no crying in baseball. It's just a game.

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4 votes

#2 - Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:00 PM EDT

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jfxgillis

caltha:

Oh dear. I seeded this to set up a link in an article I'm writing. It's got tears in it.

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3 votes

#2.1 - Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:19 PM EDT

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caltha-palustris

What...wait I think I remember seeing Billy Martin cry once...in his beer...that is.

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4 votes

#2.2 - Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:22 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

It's just a game.

Heresy!

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3 votes

#2.3 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:57 AM EDT

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Jason Ford

It's just a game.

Steve Bartman vehemently disagrees with you.

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2 votes

#2.4 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:52 AM EDT

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biggerthebetter

There is NO crying. But spitting and crotch tugging are not only tolerated, they are required.

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2 votes

#3 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:06 AM EDT

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schnoo

No crying in baseball. Maybe. A lot of crying after. Usually.

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1 vote

#4 - Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:33 PM EDT

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