@Onyx_Hokie_2 said in People Amaze Me at Times:
I got matched up with a player in Ranked Seasons who came in with a record of something like 11-65. I decided to pitch to contact to give this person a chance to hit.
I threw meatball after meatball, and this person struck out time after time, including multiple times on flat fastballs right down the pipe.
Eventually, they hit a long home run and I triggered the replay. I took the lead with a 4-spot in the 4th or 5th, and I continued to throw strikes on every pitch, the only very rare exceptions being when I missed the zone by a few inches. In other words, I was basically being as nice as I could be throughout the game. There was zero chance of me losing, so why not? Why not in any case, really... although it's rare that "nice" translates into 70 down-the-middle fastballs in a game.
Anyway, whoever this person is responded by beaning four or five of my players, calling time with the home plate umpire as often as possible, and just generally being as obnoxious as they could.
I've been online for far, far too long for any kind of behavior to surprise me anymore, but it's still amazing to see someone acting like a [censored] for no reason, let alone in the face of generosity.
Unlike some of these Jack A** replies, I feel for you. Guys like that suck the fun out of the game.
I played an event game earlier and matched up with a guy who I could tell was good. He got a single with Cobb than the antics started with insisting on taking the lead ( or the double step and back taunt) so for almost 10 minutes I would wait until they made my pitcher come set, and step off.
This went along with bunt dancing. I held him to a run and hit a couple homers off Pearson by just waiting in the high fastballs to win 3-1 , which felt fantastic. Checked his record and he has a high season of around 960, so a guy that would kill me in a 9 inning game. But I love sticking it to these type of players any chance I get.