The weirdest rules in sports and the absurd stories behind them | Weird Rules Marathon: Volume 2



What happens when a switch hitter faces a switch pitcher? How can a basketball team score before the game begins? How come the NFL targetted a record-setting, handicapped field goal kicker? Why can’t a basketball team intentionally score on itself?

Well, buckle up. It’s time for a Weird Rules marathon.

Edited by Jiazhen Zhang
Produced by Ryan Simmons and Will Buikema
Illustrations and animations by Philip Pasternak and Kamille Rodriguez

Appearances by Mike Imhoff, Joe Ali, Brian David Gilbert, Rebecca Jennings, Charlotte Wilder

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20 thoughts on “The weirdest rules in sports and the absurd stories behind them | Weird Rules Marathon: Volume 2”

  1. Ryan was built for this series, man. He's so good at steering the conversation and knowing exactly how to reply to the guest's inquieries.

    Thanks for making these compilation volumes.

    Also, shoutouts to the artists drawing the chalkboard stuff. Great animations.

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  2. When i was in High School they banded dunking pre game our team had an injury due to pre game dunking so they changed the rule and gave a tech to any team that dunked ..stupid but true.

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  3. I am going to say for the Venditte discussion:

    As pointless as the Venditte – Henriquez at-bat was to the outcome of the game, this was minor league baseball and neither of them were there to win the game they were both there to climb the ladder to MLB and in that case every at-bat counts. Even more so in this case, as this was Venditte's first minor league appearance and Henriquez's first game after getting sent to a lower league. So, yeah both were very concerned with every plate appearance.

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  4. People absolutely can train themselves to use their non-dominant hand. As many left handed people were forced to do in the past. However, to be good enough with both hands to be a major league pitcher is pretty absurd.

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  5. Im ambidextrous and in minor hockey I abused that and there should have been a rule. In Canada a lot of right handed players are taught to shoot with a left handed stick, I used a right handed stick so a kid on my line would trade sticks with me mid play when we switched sides. I scored so many goals with that it was like cheating right handed I had a more accurate shot but left handed it was much faster. Once I got to highschool the game was too fast to do it.

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