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At the professional level, all of this "rest" is just based on the theory guys won't get hurt if they aren't playing. MLB went to five man rotations, then 100 pitches became a magic number. The NBA is becoming a bigger joke because of it. Guys are resting for parts of back-to-back games, even though they've got 3 games left before being off all summer.

Guaranteed multi-million dollar contracts created this practice, and it's not going away. The same kind of thinking now has some teams talking about six-man rotations. The reason you don't see it in the NFL is two fold: most contracts are not guaranteed, and you only have 16 games. You can't roll over for a few of them and expect to get anywhere. In MLB and NBA, that's not the case.
 
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If you watch the full video you see something interesting.

Adrian Beltre puts a bear hug on Bautista and just walks him away from everything. No Bluejay even acts like he is going to walk over to Beltre. Is that because they don't want to help Bautista or don't want to mess with Beltre?
 
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wolves2002 said:
If you watch the full video you see something interesting.

Adrian Beltre puts a bear hug on Bautista and just walks him away from everything. No Bluejay even acts like he is going to walk over to Beltre. Is that because they don't want to help Bautista or don't want to mess with Beltre?
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i noticed that as well
 
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Timing of this was interesting too as last Friday my brother-in-law, a big baseball fan, asked my thoughts on bat-flips and long HR trots, etc. Got into a discussion on it and my conclusion was this: I don't really care. If a guy wants to have fun and flip a bat or enjoy a big moment, whatever. BUT don't be surprised if someone else gets pissed off about it decides to light you up. Every action has a reaction.

Exhibit A: Bautista, Jose.
 
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