I'm not looking it up, but you can trust me on this one. 1st, or 1st and 3rd with less than two outs, you can't intentionally drop a ball to get a double play. You can let it bounce first, if the batter doesn't run. But if it hits your glove and then you drop it......dead ball, batter's out.
He also admitted it happens 5 times a week to him... So ,assuming he's telling the truth -and I see no reason why he would throw that out there, then what exactly is the difference?
Watch the play and then come back :missingte 'ha'
He could have yelled "everybody was kung fu fighting" and it still shouldnt have mattered. :missingte
Go Yanks! I have a hunch NY is going to go off now.:aktion033
ILLINI: But if it hits your glove and then you drop it......dead ball, batter's out.
SH: No way, man.
What if it hits the heel of your glove and bounces to the ground?
What if it hits 2/3 in your pocket and legitimately pops right back out?
In both cases that's a live ball my friend. The umpire has no call to determine intent to catch it.<!-- / message -->
SH: No way, man.
What if it hits the heel of your glove and bounces to the ground?
What if it hits 2/3 in your pocket and legitimately pops right back out?
In both cases that's a live ball my friend. The umpire has no call to determine intent to catch it.<!-- / message -->
It's a judgment call, but it's easy to tell if a guy drops it intentionally. It would be closely followed by a throw to 2nd base to start a double play. Infield fly is with 1st and 2nd. Logic is simple......any fly ball to the infield would be a double play. Intentional drop is for runner on 1st, or 1st and 3rd. It's almost never called, and it's only called if it's intentionally dropped. If a slow guy hits a popup with a runner on 1st, there's nothing stopping the infielder from letting the ball hit the ground, then picking it up to force the speedy guy at 2nd. It just can't hit his glove first.
Spooked BS Jman, it was a routine out and the only way he could not attempt to make the catch was if he was called off. Also Arod passed behind him within 5-6 feet.
As I said I was watching the game and it was unbelieveable. He had to think he was called off and therefore it seems Arod made a bush league play.
Haha, A-Rod is so proud of himself. That shit is hilarious, I could see that a million times. I'm not understanding where the hostility is coming from, I can't believe Toronto fell for that shit.
A-Rod even just said, that shit happens all the time on a flyball near the dugout of another team.
It's funnier that he said "Ahhhhhh" and not "I got it", actually. Equivilant to about "boo", when you're in kindergarten.
A-Rod even just said, that shit happens all the time on a flyball near the dugout of another team.
It's funnier that he said "Ahhhhhh" and not "I got it", actually. Equivilant to about "boo", when you're in kindergarten.
Intentional drop is a dead ball, and it's not called until the guy intentionally drops it. Players know this rule and that is why you won't see it called often.
SH: I'm calling shenannigans until I see a cite.
Yeah you might get the cheap force in exchange for the batter, but while you're busy knocking it down and picking it up, you're losing steps on the batter....not an assured DP at all.<!-- / message -->
SH: I'm calling shenannigans until I see a cite.
Yeah you might get the cheap force in exchange for the batter, but while you're busy knocking it down and picking it up, you're losing steps on the batter....not an assured DP at all.<!-- / message -->
