October 9, 20214 yr Author Last inning for Houck? THey've hit the ball hard this inning after doing jack shit against him.
October 9, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, shadow_operative said: lol that fan did his best to make it look like he'd reached over. He’s a TB fan as well.
October 9, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Joe West would have already ruled it a double. The rage reaction button was not enough.
October 10, 20214 yr Alex Cora has changed his mind from yesterday. Chris Sale is available as a reliever in this series, starting today.After yesterday, I could use a pick me up. Go Sox.
October 10, 20214 yr I was told by Vasgersian that Eovaldi was the last big game pitcher in the ALWay to show up early in this one bruh
October 11, 20214 yr Why even have video review if they are going to ignore it? Clearly safe. I'm not really a strong fan of either side.Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
October 11, 20214 yr Seems like bouncing off a player like that shouldn't screw the lead runner who easily scores...that's pretty unlucky
October 11, 20214 yr any video of the call? i just now tuned in. who all was involved in the play? maybe i can find it on twitter. Edited October 11, 20214 yr by shadow_operative
October 11, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said: Jeez, STFU Vasgersian. Goofy bastard just called his shot
October 11, 20214 yr "There have been 7 walk off homers by a catcher in postseason history".....CRACK Damn, that was some timing.
October 11, 20214 yr What would the alternative be though? Calling it a homer? Doesn't seem like there's any in-between.
October 11, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: any video of the call? i just now tuned in. who all was involved in the okay? maybe i can find it on twitter. lol, tuned in at the right time.
October 11, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Blotto said: damn. he was going to score easily. really tough call.
October 11, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, ztejas said: What would the alternative be though? Calling it a homer? Doesn't seem like there's any in-between. Probably none, they should amend the rules though that if the outfielder creates a ground rule double any lead runner gets an additional base....or something like that. Edited October 11, 20214 yr by Surly Bevo
October 11, 20214 yr Just now, Surly Bevo said: Probably none, they should amend the rules though that if the outfielder creates a ground rule double any lead runner gets an additional base....or something like that. Yeah was just thinking about it further - there's obviously an in-between which would be a triple. Say everyone on base scores but the hitter gets 2 bases or something like that.
October 11, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, ztejas said: What would the alternative be though? Calling it a homer? Doesn't seem like there's any in-between. i imagine that if the runner were rounding third and the CF picked up the ball and threw it into the stands that said runner would be awarded the next base. seems like that's what should have happened here.
October 11, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, ztejas said: What would the alternative be though? Calling it a homer? Doesn't seem like there's any in-between. I'm no baseball expert, but the announcers said it was at the umpire's discretion. It obvious the runner would have scored, so give him the run and put the batter at 2nd. Problem solved.
October 11, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said: I'm no baseball expert, but the announcers said it was at the umpire's discretion. It obvious the runner would have scored, so give him the run and put the batter at 2nd. Problem solved. That's true, but with a caveat. The runner was determined to be between 2nd and 3rd when the ball went over the wall. Would he have scored ? Yes - easily. Umpire ruled him back to 3rd due to where the runner was when it happened (and similar to how a traditional ground-rule double would have been ruled). If that ball bounces over the short wall in right field (untouched traditional ground-rule double), it would have been ruled the same way - runners on 2nd and 3rd - regardless of whether the runner would have scored from first or not. The crazy thing to me/question is the contact with a defensive player. The rule states if the player wasn't controlling the ball then it doesn't matter. It's a ground-rule double. I'd expect a rule update/clarification on the player contact part in the offseason, but what's done is done. You cant say Tampa would have definitely won or Boston would have definitely lost because of that play though with Boston hitting a 2 run HR at the bottom of the inning. That's only 1 run and Boston got out of the inning after that. It's one of the weirdest plays I've ever seen. And I am glad the umps deferred to NY for ruling. It would have looked like "the fix was in" to me (and I am a Red Sox fan) had they not done that.
October 11, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ztejas said: What would the alternative be though? Calling it a homer? Doesn't seem like there's any in-between. If the ball is thrown out of play, it's two bases from the time of the throw. If the ball is deflected out of play, it's two bases from the time of the pitch. Not sure why there's a distinction there.
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