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Pitcher-Turned-Law Student On Cheating In Baseball

Posted by timothy on from the sports-builds-character dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As a 27-year old minor league pitcher who had never made it to "The Show" (ballplayers' slang for the big leagues), Garrett Broshius was advised by a coach to develop an 'out pitch' by cheating (doctoring or scuffing the baseball while standing on the mound). It was an ethical crossroads faced by many players past and present, and Broshius ultimately decided to give up the game. While a student at the St. Louis University School of Law, he wrote a paper that attempted to apply the tenets of legal theorists to the rampant cheating in baseball and other sports (click the 'download' button, no registration required). While Broshius' paper isn't brilliant or novel, it tours the techniques and issues surrounding cheating in baseball better than most. Broshius concludes with recommendations for how baseball should handle two classes of cheating: 'traditional' cheating of the type he was advised to do by the coach, which has achieved acceptance in some quarters as part of the game; and 'new era' cheating involving performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids, which has become prominent in the last 25 years. Oh, and Brosius remarks that in almost every baseball game he watches these days, he notices something suspicious — usually from the pitcher."

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  1. To quote Homer Simpson. . . by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    after he gave up drinking for a time to please Marge:

    I never realized how boring this game is.

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  2. Isn't that the point? by simonbp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that kinda the point of baseball? It's only cheating if they catch you? Is a scuffed ball any different from stealing a base?

  3. What kind of hardware do I need to play this? by Guano_Jim · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been trying to download this "baseball" game all morning and all every website I visit just shows me a bunch of sweaty dudes in pajamas.

    They're using wooden controllers (!) and even worse, they're outside. Is this a beta? wtf

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  4. Wait..LOL WUT? by ArhcAngel · · Score: 3, Funny

    So the guy has an ethical dilemma with an out pitch but not with becoming an attorney? I have yet to meet an attorney that didn't employ at least a few ethically questionable tactics.

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  5. Re:baseball needs more replay by korgitser · · Score: 4, Funny

    baseball needs more cowbell

    FTFY

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  6. OUTSIDE?? by washort · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aren't there bears outside?