in light of all the controversies of the game, the backswing interference that wasn't called, the debate over the slide into first and the vertical tag zone, i vote that we play game 5 again.
- jayson werth
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Millie: I can’t seem to find a reliable interpretation of what should have been called in the 5th. Do you have one? Jeff Sullivan: I 60-70% believe that, by the letter of the law, Baez should’ve been out on a dead ball. But I 99% believe I would’ve found that annoying because Wieters was in no way inhibited by the contact
I also 100% believe the uncaught-third-strike rule is stupid in the first place
So I’m fairly sure the wrong decision was made regarding a stupid rule that occurred during a stupid rule
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
But I 99% believe I would’ve found that annoying because Wieters was in no way inhibited by the contact
this was my first impression as well, but there's a video near the bottom of this - https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-nationals-protest-case/ - that makes it seem much more substantial
the video, unembeddable, and with a bizarre URL, is here: https://gfycat.com/DelayedDeepCreature
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 October 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Getting an out involves catching a ball. This is as basic as baseball gets. The uncaught third strike rule makes perfect sense.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
lol ppl in my office are getting FIRED UP arguing about the slide/replay/lobaton thing
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
did they kick the desk but miss by two inches?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 October 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
i feel like a batter should get to run on a passed ball third strike, but not a wild pitch third strike. (why reward someone for swinging at a terrible pitch?) there's obviously no way to do it that way, so whatever, this is fine
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 October 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Yeah, technically there's a loophole in the current rule that batters could exploit. But if it were that simple then it would happen all the time, and it doesn't. So the rule is fine the way it is.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
running on PB strikeouts is exciting therefore good
― qualx, Friday, 13 October 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
I wish I would have seen this one, it looks like it was a totally insane game.
― earlnash, Saturday, 14 October 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link