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[Your Mother]

"Baseball" hypothetical question:

If there are two strikes on you, and the pitch is a "back door slider", do you "protect" the plate or do you "swing for the fences"? Also, you've never hit against this pitcher before. While swinging for the fences could possibly result in a HR, it's always possible that you'll strike out badly and end up with odd lesions and weight loss in a few years. Protecting the plate may not result in a HR, but less chance of dying striking out. What is your play?

 

[Zaxxon]

I've been dying to know the answer here as well.

 

[JAA]

fences

 

[Galileo]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

 

[Your Mother]

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WWAWD? Edit: AIM down?

 

[top dog]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

Need to know this first.. Assuming this is really about baseball.If it's about Otis, swing away.. we are all dying every day anyhow..

 

[Your Mother]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

Need to know this first.. Assuming this is really about baseball.

If it's about Otis, swing away.. we are all dying every day anyhow..

It's not about Otis, but I'm not clever enough to extend the analogy any further.

 

[top dog]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

Need to know this first.. Assuming this is really about baseball.

If it's about Otis, swing away.. we are all dying every day anyhow..

It's not about Otis, but I'm not clever enough to extend the analogy any further.

But it's an Otis-esque type situation.. Swing away dammit! You only live once.

 

[Galileo]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

Need to know this first.. Assuming this is really about baseball.

If it's about Otis, swing away.. we are all dying every day anyhow..

It's not about Otis, but I'm not clever enough to extend the analogy any further.

I missed somethin'

 

[MrPhoenix]

Protecting could result in:

1. Foul ball, restarting the process

2. Out, either by ground or air

3. Strikeout (off-chance if you're worth a damn)

4. Base hit

Going for the fences could result in:

1. Out, either by ground or air

2. Strikeout

3. Home Run

4. Foul ball

Now, assuming you're a talented player, I'd say go for the fences. Backdoor sliders right down the gully are pitches you wait months for sometimes and if you're confident in your homer abilities, by all means hack away.

Otherwise, you have to protect yourself because you may not recognize the pitch coming across the plate until too late.

 

[phthalatemagic]

swing for the fence = go for the really hot chick

protect the plate = go for the 6

 

[Zaxxon]

swing for the fence = go for the really hot chickprotect the plate = go for the 6

Hot chicks are less interested in the safety of the plate?

 

[Otis]

What's the game situation? Score? Inning? Baserunners?

Need to know this first.. Assuming this is really about baseball.

If it's about Otis, swing away.. we are all dying every day anyhow..

It's not about Otis, but I'm not clever enough to extend the analogy any further.

But it's an Otis-esque type situation.. Swing away dammit! You only live once.

Gets it.

 

[The Goat]

Hat for bat. Keep bat warm.

Gracias.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Bigbottom would swing for the fences.