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1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

"There have been 7 walk off homers by a catcher in postseason history".....CRACK

Damn, that was some timing.

When he said that I said and here comes number 8. you know that always happens when announcers say shit like that. 

Seems like in a case where the ball was thrown out of play, the runner had 3rd base (if ruled by position on base path at time of throw) and would have been allowed to advance one base to take home. Very strange though. One of those things you never figure to happen and when it does there's always a gray area. I remember Jose Canseco head-butting a ball over the fence for a home run while playing right field. Difference for this one is it hit the ground first. Weird nonetheless.   

Even with the 2-1 advantage and playing at home, I still feel like the Rays somehow have the upper hand. Maybe it’s just E-Rod on the bump for the Sox tonight.

Should be a fun crowd tonight.

16 minutes ago, dbecks said:

Even with the 2-1 advantage and playing at home, I still feel like the Rays somehow have the upper hand. Maybe it’s just E-Rod on the bump for the Sox tonight.

Should be a fun crowd tonight.

Agreed to some extent.  They will definitely have the advantage in each individual game but thankfully we have the advantage in the series.

The ground rule double was the correct call by the umpires, the rules are clear on that.  That doesn't mean that the rules are necessarily correct or fair in all circumstances.

1 hour ago, dbecks said:

Should be a fun crowd tonight.

Everyone is going to be out on the streets drinking all day while the marathon goes by, so... yeah.

13 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

And it wouldn't have mattered given what happened in the bottom

Yeah, thank God that was a two-run HR.

Shit here we go again with the new and improved expanded strike zone

Fucking Fox, are they really using comic sans? Is this baseball or fortnight?

5 minutes ago, beer said:

Fucking Fox, are they really using comic sans? Is this baseball or fortnight?

Their score graphic is fucking AIDS.

ESPN actually has the best one and that's saying something. 

damn nice catch. Glad we are hitting the ball, but seems like right at them. I love me some MLB playoffs and don't care if FOX sux. 

ABs like this... in games like this... are killer. 

Damn, 17 pitches.  Three straight foul balls, then three straight balls, then 10 straight foul balls, and then finally the swinging strike.

Huuuuge to get out of that that quickly after that 1st AB. 

That same play will never happen again but it’s enough for me to advocate a rules modification to introduce the ground rule triple. Shouldn’t be a four-bagger, but if you (even though  unintentional) somehow defensively put the ball out of play in fair territory, that shouldn’t be the same as a ball down the line rolling under the tarp…

I don't get why everyone is so hung up on it.  It wasn't on purpose.  It was a freak thing but not that different than a regular ground rule double.

Good thing the Rays pulled McHugh after 18 pitches.  I don't get how they think they can get through a postseason throwing 8 pitchers every single game.  I know they almost won it all last year but they've gone even more extreme with it this year.

Just now, WBT said:

Good thing the Rays pulled McHugh after 18 pitches. 

Yeah I was wondering if someone could explain that to me. Seems like poor management. 

Tampa is broken. This shit over. 

Looking like batting practice

Ruh roh St. Pete/Montreal/notTampa

This is done. Rays are dumb. This is what it looks like when nerd douches go unchecked.

What a tremendous fuckup. I'd be so pissed if I was a Rays fan. 

At least until I remember I have Brady. 

15 minutes ago, WBT said:

I don't get why everyone is so hung up on it.  It wasn't on purpose.  It was a freak thing but not that different than a regular ground rule double.

Except that it’s a ball in fair territory that a fielder had a chance to make a play on and instead caused the ball to go into the stands. Like I said above, I don’t think that should fall under the same set of rules as a batted fair ball curving down the line that ends up under a tarp. The defensive player should be held to a one-base higher standard than the tarp…

This isn't out of reach but my God they need to get something going. And I don't see the Sox going cold. 

6 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

This is done. Rays are dumb. This is what it looks like when nerd douches go unchecked.

Dumb like a fox. They’ve made the playoffs 3 years running with a average payroll of $66M

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Dumb like a fox. They’ve made the playoffs 3 years running with a average payroll of $66M

I think we can acknowledge that Cash has overall done a really good job but that tonight looks like a pretty big fuckup. 

It doesn't matter if you make the wrong call in May and drop a game. Slip up in a must win game in October and you're going home. 

Guessing he learns from it. 

24 minutes ago, WBT said:

I don't get why everyone is so hung up on it.  It wasn't on purpose.  It was a freak thing but not that different than a regular ground rule double.

It’s more akin to throwing the ball into the dugout which is 2 bases from position of runner at the time. 

I think we can acknowledge that Cash has overall done a really good job but that tonight looks like a pretty big fuckup. 
It doesn't matter if you make the wrong call in May and drop a game. Slip up in a must win game in October and you're going home. 
Guessing he learns from it. 
Chortle
5 minutes ago, Scraps said:
7 minutes ago, ztejas said:
I think we can acknowledge that Cash has overall done a really good job but that tonight looks like a pretty big fuckup. 
It doesn't matter if you make the wrong call in May and drop a game. Slip up in a must win game in October and you're going home. 
Guessing he learns from it. 

Chortle

You're right. He probably thinks he did nothing wrong and got unlucky. 

The Rays problem is that relievers are effective because of the unknown.  That almost becomes null and void in a 5 or 7 game series.  Especially considering they are facing really fucking good hitters every batter, not just your average MLB hitter.  The Rays compound this by using their relievers more than any other club and doubling down on that strategy in the playoffs.

Man that should have been a tag...

5 minutes ago, txhorns said:

Especially considering they are facing really fucking good hitters every batter, not just your average MLB hitter. 

They're also playing at Fenway in front of a suffocating crowd...

The Rays just didn't have enough pitching in this series.  I don't know why some thought they would win this series fairly easily.

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