October 10, 201510 yr deGrom and Kershaw locked up in a pitchers duel. (Larry King has a great row 1 seat behind home plate....has eaten about 10,000 calories of junk food... it's only the 5th inning..."Schenectady New York, you're on the air".)
October 10, 201510 yr deGrom and Kershaw locked up in a pitchers duel. (Larry King has a great row 1 seat behind home plate....has eaten about 10,000 calories of junk food... it's only the 5th inning..."Schenectady New York, you're on the air".) When I get to be his age (should say if), I plan on doing the same thing...
October 10, 201510 yr Author When I get to be his age (should say if), I plan on doing the same thing... An excellent plan. :thumb: Probably a much better seat than he used to get at Ebbetts Field.
October 11, 201510 yr Thanks, Ernie Johnson , for calling the foul pole by its rightful name. Hope Thom Brenneman was listening.
October 11, 201510 yr Bizzaro play in bottom of the 7th. Utley takes out Tejada at 2nd on a potential double play ball. Ump calls Utley out, Dodgers appeal, saying Tejada never touched the base (which he didn't). The thing is, Utley never did touch the base...just got up and ran to the dugout. Dodgers win the appeal, but Mets didn't/couldn't on Utley touching the base in the first place. It's key, because that would've been the second out. So with guys on first and second, one out later Adrian Gonzales delivers a two run double, and he himself scores on a double by the next guy.
October 11, 201510 yr Author From Yahoo Sports - -January 2014 "Jon Morosi of FOX Sports is reporting that the latest development in replay talks is that the “neighborhood play” — where the second baseman catches the ball off the bag and throws to first base in an attempt to both avoid an incoming runner and complete a double-play, and is given credit for the force out — will not be reviewable. Morosi adds that a manager may challenge that the second baseman did not make a catch but cannot challenge that the second baseman was on the bag when he received the ball. Further, Morosi says that a big reason why the play will not be reviewable is that forcing a second baseman to catch the ball while on the bag increases his risk of being injured by an incoming runner. The extra split-second or full second that he must hang around the bag increases his odds of having the runner slide into him, or being up-ended as he attempts to leap over the runner. Additionally, the runner is also at risk. This is how Justin Morneau suffered his concussion in July 2010."
October 11, 201510 yr The thing that I don't understand is this, I thought that if you (on offense) wanted to challenge a play, the runner was supposed to stay on the field. Maybe this isn't "official", but it sure seemed like that's what I saw happen nearly every other time this year. If a guy thought he beat the throw, or thought he avoided the tag, or whatever...he stayed right on the bag while the appeal was made. Utley didn't even hesitate. He made no motion to the dugout to dispute the call. I think he, himself, thought he was out. The only thing he was trying to do was to break up the double play. To me, this should have been like a dropped third strike. The catcher may not have tagged you, or thrown to first...but, if you leave the home plate area and head back to the dugout, you've given yourself up. That's what Utley did. By the way, I know the Reds aren't in the NL West anymore...but, I still hate the Dodgers.
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