STRAIGHT PITCH LEAGUE

[JoeDirt]

Here's what I don't get, why does everyone take online games so seriously? Who gives a fuck who wins, if there's lag or if someone complains about lag?

RBI Baseball is about fun and drinking and hitting bombs. Serious players really confuse me

I can see your point in regard to online for sure.  I can also see your point of you're drinkin' a few brews while playing in person.  The only time I cannot see your point is if you're playing competitive ball in person--especially with a little action on the line.  Riley and I play this way all the time; and while "serious," it's still a shitload of fun.

[ronzo]

hi everyone - i'm fairly new to this forum, but i love what i've seen so far.

i have to ask a question:  why are people so interested in straight pitch RBI games??  i just don't see what fun that would be.  i'm not trying to be a wise-ass here.  it just seems to take a lot of the skill out of the game.  i think in order to be a well-rounded ribby player, shouldn't you be good at ALL facets of the game??   
and why stop there.  how about no stealing bases too?? 
i mean what if people played texas hold 'em but weren't allowed to bluff??

please don't misinterpret this as me being a wiseguy.  it's just that my friends and i take the pitching thing really seriously.  there;s nothing better than starting john tudor and being able to throw the wicked back-door curve for a strikeout of jim ed rice.
anyway, just my two cents.  and thank you to whomever started this forum...it's friggin' sweet.

ronzo

[OctoFranco]

Different folks, different strokes.  I think you'll find that straight pitch players are the minority though.  I for one play anything-goes style almost exclusively.

I know Gantry (the administrator of this site) and his friends play straight-pitch in order to maximize enjoyment of the drinking game -- indeed, when playing the drinking game is the only time I'll play straight pitch.  It does have it's advantage there:  1: getting you smashed faster and 2: not striking out 27 times after you get too drunk to judge quick enough on what's going to be a ball and what's going to be a strike.

Welcome to the boards, by the way.