News Cody Brundage loss to Mansur Abdul-Malik overturned by Georgia commission

[Aurelian]

Yup. Always bothered me. Homeruns are the most popular and immediate form of 'point scoring' in baseball and account for nearly half of all 'points' scored, as opposed to running the bases on in-field plays, so the fact that what you have to do to get a homerun is technically different stadium to stadium (my mind goes to the infamous "Green Monster") is some silly ass shit

Yah, in baseball not all homeruns are created equally so to speak. I'm not an expert but it probably has something to do with the game dating back to like the 19th century.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

You'd think that the ref and judges going over any major differences between the local rules and the unified rules would be part of their fight card preparation. Hell, you might even be right, in which case things are even worse with the states of reffing and judging than you already imagine them to be.

They do do that, but people really don't pay attention to it. My biggest problem with the confusion is that the commentators never know the rules of where they're announcing, and they're THE voices fans most often hear, so when the whole Evloev-Allen thing happened with the knees in Ontario, you got dumbass Cruz telling the fans the knees were legal and of course fans are gonna have a problem when we find out they're not.

Then video comes out after the event that shows a commission rep during the standard pre-event meeting telling the fighters and their corners, "Sorry guys, unfortunately our commission is a bit behind and hasn't yet ratified the new grounded fighter rule, so let me very clear on the fact that even one fingertip down means the opponent is grounded." And when we remember that fighters to individually apply for licenses in every state/territory that they compete, AND they get this pre event warning, AND they get the ref explain the rules in the back before the fight? At that point, the fighters really do need to take some responsiblity there, regardless of how disjointed this all feels

 

[JBJ was here]

Like the height and distances of the outfield fence for you to hit a homerun over?

In MLB you literally have ground rules specific to each stadium. For example, there's a rule made by MLB for Wrigley field about what happens if a batted ball gets stuck in the ivy.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

In MLB you literally have ground rules specific to each stadium. For example, there's a rule made by MLB for Wrigley field about what happens if a batted ball gets stuck in the ivy.

See, from an outside perspective, that feels like real amateur shit for a pro sport. If the ball goes into the storm drain, the game ends and the player who hit it will have to buy a new ball, while both teams go back to the Yankees' house so their moms can give everyone juiceboxes and cookies

 

[Khaosan]

Cody Brundage is a UFC world champion in an alternate timeline.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Different stadiums have different specs. So when you look at something like homerun numbers, it can vary or alter your career numbers depending on who played on which team and which stadium for their home games. It's kind of weird.

Tbf I think even in soccer the pitches vary slightly in size but nothing significant.

I guess in tennis you play on different surfaces.