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I was hoping Batista would hit a HR & flip his bat again. But Odor throwing the ball away will do.
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Welp.
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I hear you, but when you need to go to the replay just to be able to see the body lose contact for a split second, I don't know, I just have a problem with that.
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- A judgment call would have to be made to determine if the player was off the base long enough to be considered out or given a 'neighborhood safe" call. (I am steadfastly against adding any rule that adds more judgment calls to the game. I'd hate to add a he was mostly safe so we'll call him safe type situation into the game. I'd prefer a player either be out or safe. Either you hold the bag or you don't. - If players know they don't have to hold the bag they are going to slide later and harder into to the bag to try to get there faster. Knowing they have to hold the bag is a speed limit of sorts. Even in the play in question Baez face-planted into the fielders leg. - If these calls keep getting made players will learn better slide technique and hold the bag. Baez has had some really creative slides to get around tags this year. However, He has also had some of the ugliest slides this year jamming fingers and having to walk off a collision. Just my 2 cents
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I heard Bob Costas talking the other night about making the divisional series best of 7 and giving the #1 seed five home games (2-2-3 format) in the series against the wildcard. Anyone here like that idea? It would not have saved the Rangers this season, but I think it has some merit.
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I respect your opinion. But it has been proven time & time again our eyes are prejudicial witnesses. Not just in sport. In everyday life. Replay balances things out.
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Without replay, that is called safe 100% of the time. I agree it is a grey area. But in a replay era, being 100% technically right is the new standard so you have to call him out if he loses contact. Just like the neighborhood play on a DP. The interesting part of the Indians/Red Sox broadcast was that Ernie Johnson and Ron Darling took the "I would have liked to have called him safe" stance while Cal Ripken took the "You have to maintain contact" stance. Was interesting that they actually discussed it for a couple minutes. Last edited by TribeFanInNC; 10-10-2016 at 09:58 AM. |
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I agree. While I don't think the spirit of replay was to overturn those types of tag plays, I don't see any better alternative. I would rather have a black and white rule (if the runner is tagged any point while not in contact with the base he is out) than some umpire judgment based on when the tag was applied and/or how far the runner came off the base.
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Cubs might not be celebrating tonight after all.
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I'm rooting for the Indians to get to the WS now.
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It isn't the end of the world. YET.
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It seemed to get a little heated, too.
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I am not a Red Sox fan, but I wanted to see Ortiz go out on something other than a sweep.
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Agreed. That was a brutal way to go.
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Took the Giants 13 innings at home to win a game that they were heavily favored to win in nine.
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Cubs-Giants kicks off soon...
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