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Why is there so much spitting in baseball? Gross! 
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11 Jun 2011, 6:43 pm
11 Jun 2011, 6:44 pm
KyleTheGhost wrote:
Why is there so much spitting in baseball? Gross!
•Theory One: It's Tradition. Several bloggers believe that the spitting may be a holdover from the days when players chewed tobacco. When chewing tobacco, players can't swallow the tobacco juice, so they spit it out. Tobacco has largely gone away, but the spitting remains.
•Theory Two: Players are bored or nervous. There's a lot of downtime in an average baseball game. During an average game, the ball is actually in play for just a matter of minutes. Could it be that players spit as a way of calming their nerves?
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12 Jun 2011, 6:06 am
MyDogSasha wrote:
KyleTheGhost wrote:
Why is there so much spitting in baseball? Gross!
•Theory One: It's Tradition. Several bloggers believe that the spitting may be a holdover from the days when players chewed tobacco. When chewing tobacco, players can't swallow the tobacco juice, so they spit it out. Tobacco has largely gone away, but the spitting remains.
•Theory Two: Players are bored or nervous. There's a lot of downtime in an average baseball game. During an average game, the ball is actually in play for just a matter of minutes. Could it be that players spit as a way of calming their nerves?
http://www.tesh.com/ittrium/visit/A1x97 ... x1c408x5x1
I just wish they wouldn't do it when a camera is pointed at them. Why do we have to see it?
12 Jun 2011, 7:52 am
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12 Jun 2011, 8:03 am
12 Jun 2011, 2:49 pm
KyleTheGhost wrote:
MyDogSasha wrote:
KyleTheGhost wrote:
Why is there so much spitting in baseball? Gross!
•Theory One: It's Tradition. Several bloggers believe that the spitting may be a holdover from the days when players chewed tobacco. When chewing tobacco, players can't swallow the tobacco juice, so they spit it out. Tobacco has largely gone away, but the spitting remains.
•Theory Two: Players are bored or nervous. There's a lot of downtime in an average baseball game. During an average game, the ball is actually in play for just a matter of minutes. Could it be that players spit as a way of calming their nerves?
http://www.tesh.com/ittrium/visit/A1x97 ... x1c408x5x1
I just wish they wouldn't do it when a camera is pointed at them. Why do we have to see it?
because they like showing us there spit its not fun if we dont see it.
12 Jun 2011, 2:51 pm
