Someone that doesn’t understand baseball would say they don’t understand the infield fly rule. Now not understanding the bock rule would however be common for any baseball fan.
You mean the balk rule? True.But the infield fly rule is not that hard. Neithre is the electoral college. (There are, however, different rules by state regarding faithless electors. And then there’s Maine and Nebraska, which isn’t really that hard either.)
The electoral college has done more damage to this country accidentally than any other organization could have done on purpose. Wonder what would have happened if Gore had won in 2000. His focus ( obsession actually) is climate change. Would the west coast be burning down if we had actually done as much as possible to prevent global warming starting 20 years ago? Would hurricanes and tornados be getting stronger and more wide spread every year? I doubt it.
Then they gave us Trump, who has given us the Trump plague which has caused the middle class to lose jobs and die a lot. Would this have happened it Obama’s pandemic response team hadn’t been cut out of the 2018 budget, just months before the plague hit? Again, I doubt it.
Everything we are dealing with would have been less of a problem if the electoral college hadn’t installed a president that the American people voted against.
In many opinions (including mine), the electoral college does not work, having given us presidents who lost the popular vote. it was originally formulated by the forefathers as a compromise to induce the slave states to join the union.
Ratkin over 3 years ago
Let’s see, the ruling President leaves his fly open when he’s in the field.
pschearer Premium Member over 3 years ago
It seems to me the Electoral College worked just fine.
Qiset over 3 years ago
Only someone that wants to get rid of it would say that no one understands it.
Daltongang Premium Member over 3 years ago
Someone that doesn’t understand baseball would say they don’t understand the infield fly rule. Now not understanding the bock rule would however be common for any baseball fan.
garysee over 3 years ago
You mean the balk rule? True.But the infield fly rule is not that hard. Neithre is the electoral college. (There are, however, different rules by state regarding faithless electors. And then there’s Maine and Nebraska, which isn’t really that hard either.)
i_am_the_jam over 3 years ago
There’s also a basketball rule that says that even if someone blocks a shot, if it was going in, it counts.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 3 years ago
The electoral college has done more damage to this country accidentally than any other organization could have done on purpose. Wonder what would have happened if Gore had won in 2000. His focus ( obsession actually) is climate change. Would the west coast be burning down if we had actually done as much as possible to prevent global warming starting 20 years ago? Would hurricanes and tornados be getting stronger and more wide spread every year? I doubt it.
Then they gave us Trump, who has given us the Trump plague which has caused the middle class to lose jobs and die a lot. Would this have happened it Obama’s pandemic response team hadn’t been cut out of the 2018 budget, just months before the plague hit? Again, I doubt it.
Everything we are dealing with would have been less of a problem if the electoral college hadn’t installed a president that the American people voted against.
KenDHoward1 over 3 years ago
Now, if only we all learned to play by the rules … < sigh >
mountainclimber over 3 years ago
In many opinions (including mine), the electoral college does not work, having given us presidents who lost the popular vote. it was originally formulated by the forefathers as a compromise to induce the slave states to join the union.
JamesRose over 3 years ago
No! No! The Infield Fly Rule is like the Common Law— see this law review article “The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule”
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?refere
[Unnamed Reader - c91c61] over 3 years ago
I can’t explain IF Rule, but I know it when I see it.