[Baccellieri] Love: the scorebug Hate: the fact that there is a fence, a home run should be decided on whether or not the outfielders are willing to brave the corn to put it in play

[u/shadow_spinner0]

https://twitter.com/emmabaccellieri/status/1425963687077109763

[u/DrunkenAstronaut]

Imagine Judge getting lost in the corn and emerging 2 AB’s later

[u/TheDangiestSlad → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

last night i was thinking how perfect it would be for one of the outfielders to make a catch and fall into the corn (safely, of course)

[u/fskier1 → u/TheDangiestSlad]

Honestly could be dangerous, I think them stalks are kinda sharp

[u/Hawkeye03 → u/fskier1]

Plus, the farmers who grow that corn apparently used something like 1,100 metal rods tied to corn stalks to get them to stand up straight because a wind storm came through a couple of days before the game. Probably not a good idea to run into those.

[u/mizzousteve → u/fskier1]

They can be, yeah

[u/ThePelicanWalksAgain → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

We could probably still see a Yankees hat bobbing around

[u/Smellmyhand → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

Imagine he ends up playing outfield in the little league game

[u/emerson9991 → u/Smellmyhand]

No that’s Stanton, he does that to blow off steam

[u/APsWhoopinRoom → u/Smellmyhand]

"I am 12"

[u/RangersRox → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

Judge? Nah his head would be the only visible part of him, seemingly floating around above the cornstalks

[u/Archer-Saurus → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

How can he get lost when he's like 20' tall

[u/IronicCharles → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

Imagine if Manny was playing

[u/ELEMENTALITYNES → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

With the ball in his glove

[u/0-2er → u/DrunkenAstronaut]

emerging 2 AB's later pet sematary style

[u/avmp629]

Corn-rule double

[u/SirParsifal → u/avmp629]

You mean automaizec double.

[u/Vikkunen → u/avmp629]

I agree. IMO let the corn be the fence and treat it like the Wrigley ivy.

[u/Juzaba → u/Vikkunen]

So, if you look at it directly, then the ball is in play, but it can be turned into a rule book double if you just shrug and text it when you’re drunk around 10:30pm two Fridays from now?

[u/CydoniaKnight]

If you give Aaron Judge that kind of power, by the end of the game all of the corn in RF would just be trampled over crop-circle style.

[u/NegativesPositives → u/CydoniaKnight]

Just a whole row of corn cut in half because he hit a line drive that way.

[u/ILoveCavorting → u/CydoniaKnight]

Judge: “it just feels wrong not to swing.”

[u/swarlyisback → u/ILoveCavorting]

The best cornfield baseball movie was definitely Signs. Thank you

[u/ufotheater]

So an outfielder goes into the corn to catch a long fly, and he emerges holding the ball.

How do you know if he caught it?

[u/GibsonD90 → u/ufotheater]

Umpires stationed in the corn.

[u/SnowbackMcGee → u/GibsonD90]

Umpires of the corn.

Terrifying.

[u/LadyTruffle → u/GibsonD90]

Angel Hernandez stationed in the cornfield will call it strike three.

[u/CerryTrews → u/ufotheater]

We trust that he’s a good boy

[u/adamthinks → u/ufotheater]

CornCam.

[u/Cpt_squishy → u/ufotheater]

Like Ted lasso says, I believe in believe.

[u/ALaccountant → u/Cpt_squishy]

What if he comes back holding two balls? Double play?

[u/LadyTruffle → u/ALaccountant]

Umpire: "Please put your pants back on"

[u/ALaccountant → u/LadyTruffle]

Lol that was a good one. Thanks for the laugh

[u/Emeraden → u/ufotheater]

Overhead wire cam like 10-15 feet into the corn

[u/malepitt]

I am pretty sure the players would adore wild-and-wooly ground rules, like running into the corn, but probably only if this were an exhibition game, and not counted toward regular season results

[u/Caesar10240 → u/malepitt]

Also, the corn would cut the shit out of the players. It’s not exactly practical.

[u/Paramisamigos → u/Caesar10240]

Yeah some of these people obviously didn't grow up around corn fields. Just call it like it's lost in the ivy at Wrigley and give them a double. Cornstalks are not fun to run around and play in. My detasseling days still haunt me haha.

[u/flightsim777 → u/Paramisamigos]

Also super fun running into a big fucking spider web with its spider still attached as well.

[u/Paramisamigos → u/flightsim777]

Then flailing around smacking yourself in the face repeatedly because you feel something.

[u/theJiveMaster → u/Paramisamigos]

I remember going to a concert when I was like 16 at a place that had cornfields nearby and being all excited to run through them. You can't really run through it to begin with unless you're down with being hit in the face by corn. I'd say that was the biggest let down of the day, but it was a Dave Matthews Band concert.

(the concert was actually sick but the joke was right there, I had to do it)

[u/ViceroyFizzlebottom → u/theJiveMaster]

You can't really run through it to begin with unless you're down with being hit in the face by corn,

Also the razor edges of each leaf will cut you up.

[u/Wu_Tang_In_a_Pouch → u/Paramisamigos]

Yeah some of these people obviously didn't grow up around corn fields.

The audacity!

[u/Paramisamigos → u/Wu_Tang_In_a_Pouch]

You obviously missed the context of that whole conversation. Who cares where you grew up. But these dingbats in this thread saying they should run around through the cornstalks have for sure never run through cornfields before. Depending on the time of year, like now, right before harvest, those cornstalks will fuck a person up.

[u/CobaltRose800 → u/Caesar10240]

Honestly first thought after seeing everyone come out of the corn was 'check yourselves for ticks FFS'

[u/WorthPlease → u/Caesar10240]

There would be so many ground rule doubles.

[u/fleejol33]

Hate: mmmm corn

[u/WolfJackson]

What if the Children of the Corn are lurking out there?

[u/Itsaghast → u/WolfJackson]

Thrown out by He Who Walks Behind The Rows

[u/A_Monocle_For_Sauron → u/WolfJackson]

He wants you too, Terrence.

[u/pspahn]

Is it field corn or sweet corn?

[u/monstercock03 → u/pspahn]

Field

[u/AquariumBoots → u/monstercock03]

Yum

[u/monstercock03 → u/AquariumBoots]

It makes cows and pigs fat, comes out their ass as poop. Then we eat the pigs and cows.

[u/AquariumBoots → u/monstercock03]

Yum

[u/monstercock03 → u/AquariumBoots]

You comment yum on everything?

If so, please eat my sweaty asshole

[u/Se7en_speed]

They should have the fence behind 5 feet of corn. Like a very annoying warning track made of corn.

[u/The_Nightbringer → u/Se7en_speed]

With how sharp corn leaves are I would hope they wouldn't do that.

[u/Smellmyhand]

My dad grew up in Iowa and told me he and his brothers used to use the phrase “run ass first through a corn field” as in a way to joke with someone.

That could’ve been pretty interesting to watch

[u/gfmsus → u/Smellmyhand]

That's cause corn hurts like a bitch to run through. Especially wet.

It cuts you and it slaps you

[u/aceriel666 → u/gfmsus]

Ya, definitely not about catching a cob up the ass

[u/Ser_Dunk_the_tall → u/aceriel666]

Everything's on a cobb!!

[u/rvnnt09 → u/gfmsus]

Anyone that has ever tried to shuck it will testify it fuckin sucks

[u/BourbonBaccarat]

Petition to make the Fieldof Dreams the permanent ASG site.

[u/Inspiration_Bear → u/BourbonBaccarat]

9,000 seats?

[u/BourbonBaccarat → u/Inspiration_Bear]

So? The ASG is an exhibition game and makes the majority of its revenue from things other than ticket sales.

[u/herpaderpasaur47 → u/BourbonBaccarat]

Idk if this field in Iowa has the infrastructure for that kind of event

[u/bluecifer7 → u/BourbonBaccarat]

Only if we can hold the home run derby 2 miles high in the mountains of Colorado

[u/SJ_Shark_Byte]

Isn’t it an MLB fencing standard? Like there has to be a fence pole to pole and it has to be at least like 250?

[u/ayeno → u/SJ_Shark_Byte]

Make the fence out to past the corn field?

[u/Phatskwurl → u/ayeno]

If the Astros could have a flagpole in play for like 20 years you should be able to have some corn stalks in the outfield.

[u/Supergamingpotato → u/Phatskwurl]

Hey what did our flag pole ever do to you?

[u/doom32x → u/Supergamingpotato]

That hill should be celebrated for giving us videos of Berkman playing CF and navigating said hill like a dancing hippo.

[u/Levesque77 → u/SJ_Shark_Byte]

250 is like a softball field. it's wild to me that is the standard.

[u/N-Coy]

Backing into corn can be dangerous

[u/gfmsus]

Corn fucking hurts to run through.

[u/The_Nightbringer → u/gfmsus]

You can clearly tell who has and has not experienced the midwest in this thread.

[u/Smellmyhand]

Could’ve gotten a fun novel game and a Willy Mays catch recreation

[u/Celebrindans]

Running through a corn field is a quick way to get sliced up.

[u/LosHogan → u/Celebrindans]

The real risk is running naked backwards

[u/LosHogan]

Did they really need a damn Jumbotron out there???

[u/renegade02]

Bobby Bacala's daughter grew up to be a reporter? Crazy.

[u/SlothofDespond]

I like the scorebug style but it's too big.

[u/JuneCleaversMudFlaps]

I love basically everything about this

[u/StevenDSchain]

The Yankees would all get injured. If not all injured, everyone would need a rest day or three. THEN an IL stint or two, retro date. And the corn would also infect a few with Covid.

[u/Ser_Dunk_the_tall]

Just pluck a cob off of a stalk and throw it back into play in place of the ball duh

[u/LocalSlob]

if you've ever run through a cornfield, then you know what you are risking. probably not that bad now but wait till its time to harvest. dried corn stalks shred.

[u/pdieten]

The fence was jarring to look at, should have used a rope a couple feet in front of where the corn started

[u/smokeymicpot]

Tyler Wade just gonna be sitting in the corn field all game.

[u/rainbow_explorer]

TIL what a scorebug is. IMO it’s not a good name. I originally thought that meant there was something wrong with the graphic or the score. Anyone know the origin of the name?

[u/GiantsNut57 → u/rainbow_explorer]

Chyron, if I’m not mistaken.

Edit- origin not original…. Ummm it’s small like a bug and it keeps score

[u/rainbow_explorer → u/GiantsNut57]

Thank you. That actually makes a lot of sense.

[u/GiantsNut57 → u/rainbow_explorer]

That’s the best I could come up with lol

[u/droozer]

late and slightly off-topic but the emma bacca vs lindsey adler on twitter is currently the greatest rivalry in baseball

[u/PiratesVSOrioles → u/droozer]

deets

[u/delscorch0]

Been in a cornfield before. That would be a sprained ankle waiting to happen.

[u/Choobychoob]

Great idea for a night game.

[u/WastelandHound]

This is how it was in my backyard. The line of bushes separating the neighbor's yard was a homerun, but the ball was in play until it hit the ground. Wasn't unusual to have a ball 20 feet over the "fence" get caught for an out.