Kolek planning to go pro
If that were my team, I would have gone ballistic. Horribly egregious call. A fail-mary level (in terms of severity of the miss, not magnitude of impact) call that the Cubs should be thankful didn't cost them. I know it's not reviewable, and that will almost certainly change this offseason. I cannot for the life of me figure out why the home plate umpire, who is in perfect position to see and makes the right call, allows himself to be overruled. I thought the announcers did a great job of explaining exactly what the ump is looking for and why the home plate should be the one to make the call.
I know it's not reviewable, and that will almost certainly change this offseason. I cannot for the life of me figure out why the home plate umpire, who is in perfect position to see and makes the right call, allows himself to be overruled.
You're right - I am being unreasonable.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a more egregious umpiring decision than that "foul tip" call in the top of the 8th.
Whats worse is that Rizzo actually did tip a ball in the 6th (?) and the ump called him out without any appeal.
I like Brian Anderson, but I worried I was losing my mind. He made it sound like it hit him when it clearly looked like it was off his bat.
Boy, hard to bet against the Yanks at this point. They will get Verlander, but they counter with Severino, along with that bullpen which is just unreal. Even with Betances unable to get anyone out, they have been dominant. Great start by Tanaka tonight. He killed my fantasy team this year in the first half, but he has been himself ever since.
I thought if you swing thru, you sacrificed hit batter protection. Could be wrong.
Hmmm? It hit his bat.
I must be thinking of the wrong play, where he swung and the pitch hit him. Or I was not paying good enough attention.
So, Kershaw is 99-1 after receiving at least 4 runs of support.
My Cubbie-fan son texted from Chicago to say "the White Sox foisted Quintana on us." My son's a Curb fan, too!
When someone named Kiki ends up with almost as many RBI in one game (7) as the Cubs had in the entire series (8), Jose Quintana is not the problem.
Dusty's gone in Washington...supposedly against the GM's wishes. Could be an interesting off-season for the Nats.
They have the weirdest thing with managers.
Verlander does Verlander things on Friday.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.