Chris Hoiles' feat was just equalled

[CallMeBrooksie]

13 hours ago, Frobby said:

I would not say Markakis was cold to the media or the fans.   He was shy, soft-spoken and not very, you know, eloquent.   But I felt a deep connection to him due to his modesty and work ethic.  

It's his prerogative and I don't mean to be critical, but from a fan perspective I found him to be distant towards the fan-base. Not that he was a difficult guy to root for, but I would never call him my favorite player at any point.

[ScGO's]

17 hours ago, CallMeBrooksie said:

I hope every kid in America watched Bote show us how amazing baseball can be.

What so they can do Jose Bautista bat flips on 280 foot flyballs?  Cus that's the kind of crap I've seen coaching over the last 5 seasons.  As a coach, I have to do just as much work teaching character in the game as I do the skills because harnessing the ego is a great skill for not only baseball, but life.  I love passion in the game, but not showing people up.  And I think that's what celebrations like Bote's and the Cubs do to the other team.  Not advocating it, but wouldn't be surprised to see Bote get a brushback next time up against the Nats.  I think Hoiles and the O's reaction to his slam was passionate without showing up the other team and not looking like a buffoon. 

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, ScGO's said:

What so they can do Jose Bautista bat flips on 280 foot flyballs?  Cus that's the kind of crap I've seen coaching over the last 5 seasons.  As a coach, I have to do just as much work teaching character in the game as I do the skills because harnessing the ego is a great skill for not only baseball, but life.  I love passion in the game, but not showing people up.  And I think that's what celebrations like Bote's and the Cubs do to the other team.  Not advocating it, but wouldn't be surprised to see Bote get a brushback next time up against the Nats.  I think Hoiles and the O's reaction to his slam was passionate without showing up the other team and not looking like a buffoon. 

Are those 280 foot flyballs going over the fence?  Not sure what age you're coaching but 280 feet should be a really big blast for a kid that's not playing on a regulation field.  

[CallMeBrooksie]

1 minute ago, ScGO's said:

What so they can do Jose Bautista bat flips on 280 foot flyballs?  Cus that's the kind of crap I've seen coaching over the last 5 seasons.  As a coach, I have to do just as much work teaching character in the game as I do the skills because harnessing the ego is a great skill for not only baseball, but life.  I love passion in the game, but not showing people up.  And I think that's what celebrations like Bote's and the Cubs do to the other team.  Not advocating it, but wouldn't be surprised to see Bote get a brushback next time up against the Nats.  I think Hoiles and the O's reaction to his slam was passionate without showing up the other team and not looking like a buffoon. 

This isn't Little League baseball and it's not their job to show people how adolescents should play a sport. It was an incredible moment and the celebration was fun. You want to take a hard-line, old school approach, and have a coachable moment for the kids? How about don't give up a 3 run lead in the 9th inning. Then you can be the one to celebrate.

Also, if you hit a walk-off homer in a playoff game like Bautista did, you should flip the bat to the freaking moon if you so choose. It's okay to have fun. It's also okay to go about your business quietly and humbly. There's room for both in professional baseball.

 

[Fuzzball22]

When I heard about Bote's homerun and them saying it was only done a few times before I thought of Hoiles homerun. But I thought he hit it in extra innings and I thought the O's were only down 2 when he hit it. I looked on baseball reference and was surprised to see that Hoiles hit 8 grand slams in his career and 3 in his last season. Just for comparison sake Brooks had 6.