You're taking this way too personally - at no time did I mention that you were a retard or that you were somehow less of a person for not being a man.
Men handle things differently from women, is that really all that much of a stretch?
The women I've played ball with primarily agree with you that some sort of self-enforced code is retarded, most of the guys I play with think the code is necessary. Like everything in life, this doesn't translate across the board.
In your opinion, the code is stupid. Fine. You win.
Just because two groups of people are different doesn't make it impossible to understand where the other is coming from. Look, you're a good dude, but your posts were impossibly sexist and condescending. People are going to react adversely to that. It's obviously not what you intended, so sorry I was sensitive. Let's forget it.
As it is, i don't think the code is stupid in its entirety. I think there are some traditions that are great and some that simply are archaic, outdated, not relevant, etc,. and some that hurt your team.
I don't think any lead is safe any more in modern baseball. I think a team should play aggressive (NOT bush league) baseball to the last out.
That's all I'm saying.
It was not my intention to start a holy war.
