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What constitutes hard-nosed play?
This is one of those things that could be answered as individually as seems possible. Tonight a Cleveland rookie tried to run over KC's catcher and bowled him over in the process (he was still out at the plate) The less than knowledgeable fans at the game have been riding the kid for the rest of the game, despite it being the only sort of thing that he should have done in the situation. So what does hard nosed play mean to you? Does it include brushback pitches or hustling down the line to first on a routine grounder? Or is it more commonly recognized as baserunning that includes contact that's not considered unnecessarily aggressive?
5 Answers
- BCLv 51 decade agoFavourite answer
If you try extra hard or put in the extra effort without the situation calling for it neccessarily. An example that I can think of would be your team is down 15-0 lets say and you still dive into the stands to get the ball or you out run an infield hit. Its about showing the love and the passion of the game when your team or you are down. Gibson definetely was a hardnose play. Brushback pitches, no that doesnt help anyone.
- Ed BLv 41 decade ago
Like Notre Dame fan said, Pete Rose was a hard-nose player. Others from winning teams are Wally Backman from the mid eighties Mets. Mark Lemke on the Braves and RicketHenderson when he had the drive to win.
- 1 decade ago
When I think of "hard-nosed" the first thing that comes to mind is diving for some reason. I agree with colliding with the catcher in that situation though. If they block the plate, you should have the right to try and clear them. In my opinion anything involving hustle and extreme effort is hard-nosed.
- 1 decade ago
Guys like Pete Rose (scandal notwithstanding) and Kirk Gibson were the epitome of hard-nosed. If you're ever in doubt as to whether a particular play is hard-nosed, just ask yourself WWCHD (What would Charlie Hustle do)?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
beating out ground balls. charing balls. if getting out making the pitcher work to get you out
