Its been posted already
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_08_19_anamlb_tbamlb_1&mode=wrap
bottom right maddon ejected was the play.
The best part of the thread is quinn asking how to make upside down i's!
lol
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_08_19_anamlb_tbamlb_1&mode=wrap
bottom right maddon ejected was the play.
The best part of the thread is quinn asking how to make upside down i's!
lol
Was really, really hoping that Maddon would go out to give Meals (now at home plate tonight) the lineup cards and ask him, "So are you going to fuck up balls/strikes as bad as that shit last night?" and get run before the first pitch, EarlWeaver-style.
Alas....not enough whiskey and too much wine in Maddon's cupboard
Alas....not enough whiskey and too much wine in Maddon's cupboard
Upton actually turned toward 2nd when he saw the throw getaway and then turned back. It does not matter how slight the move is. Upton definitely turned ever so slightly when he saw the ball getaway. The Angel player saw it and immediately went over to tag him for the out. I have to say its a good call. Remember, any motion toward another base makes him a live runner. He has to get back to first before being tagged out. I've seen worse.
MLB, ump: Aybar call was wrong
Published Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:50 PM
<HR noShade SIZE=1>ST. PETERSBURG — Upon further review, umpire Doug Eddings was wrong about the controversial obstruction call involving Willy Aybar in Sunday's game at Chicago.
Mike Port, MLB's vice president of umpiring, told the St. Petersburg Times on Thursday that it was "a missed call" and that in making the split-second decision, Eddings thought he saw runner A.J. Pierzynski "impeded more than he was" by Aybar, the Rays' third baseman.
"Looking back at that occurrence, for the first and last time, it was a missed call," Port said. "And it was not because Doug Eddings, an umpire with 10 years' experience and 10 before that in the minor leagues, didn't know the application of the rule, but just that in the moment in applying the rule, he saw something he thought was more than it turned out to be."
Pierzynski, in a rundown between second and third in the 10th inning, stuck out his left elbow at Aybar. Eddings ruled there was obstruction and awarded third base to Pierzyn- ski, who later scored the winning run for the White Sox.
Port said that after watching replays, Eddings was "the first to admit" he was wrong and said so to MLB officials who regularly review controversial plays. There is no recourse, however, for the Rays.
Were you watching the game or the replay? His FEET never switched angles. The only thing that remotely moved was his head, and it looked to his left that was it. I didn't know that when running you have to look straight ahead as well.
The umpire afterwards said that after going over first base you must IMMEDIATELY return to the base. He said that was the rule and that was why Upton was out, so he didn't even say he was out for the reason you're saying.
But if that was the rule then 90% of runners could be tagged out for not immediately returning to the base. The umpire used a technicality in the rule after he got it wrong to justify his call. He knew Upton didn't turn towards second; hell every baseball analyst in the world knew he didn't so he argued that he didn't immediately return to the base.
Sorry but have to strongly disagree with you on this one because that wasn't even why he was called out. He NEVER took a step towards second base or out of the base line in the direction of second base. A shift in weight, in the head albeit, does not justify a move towards second. It was a horrific call. I wish the umpire would just say he got it wrong like Doug Eddings said he got it wrong, but it won't happen.
