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Hondo

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  1. You guys are comical. Can either one of you provide a reference for the baseball statistic "picked off"...? Can you explain this video, discussing lefties/pickoffs and why the very first example provided is the runner going on 1st move and getting thrown out at second by the 1b...particularly why the expert states "Petit picked off David Wright...", "They'll go first move and you can pick them off that way"...?
  2. I played college ball. I understand what happened on the play. The pros in the booth, the guy who makes notations for the books, me, and everyone else who isn't a fucking nerd trying to one up people on the internet, refers to it as getting picked, even if he was going on first move, when the pitcher catches the break and goes to first. The official scoring is "caught stealing" and yes, he was attempting to steal by going first move. The pitcher caught it, picked to first, resulting in the 1B throwing the runner out at 2nd vs. the catcher doing it. Hence "they've got him picked."
  3. h) The Official Scorer shall charge a runner as “caught stealing” if such runner is put out, or would have been put out by errorless play, when such runner (1) tries to steal; (2) is picked off a base and tries to advance (any move toward the next base shall be considered an attempt to advance); or (3) overslides while stealing. You're going to argue semantics/official scoring? "Is picked off a base..." is quite literally part of the official scoring for the "caught stealing" charge. He was picked off. He tried to advance. He was caught stealing. Because he was picked off and tried to advance. FFS.
  4. I stole lots of bases, off of lefties and righties. "1st move" is only one of many options for breaking on a lefty. And if you go first move, you'd better make it to 2nd before the throw from 1B or...wait for it...you've been picked off.
  5. He was out. Prager has given up 4 hits and 1 run in 80 pitches over 5 innings. He was out. Well, he got picked off. You sure are emphatically wrong a lot.
  6. Base running error takes a run off the board. Leadoff double left on base. Not how you win tight games when the pitchers are dealing.
  7. "Flores trips over 1st base. Out for the season."
  8. That's on Rodriquez. If you're going to try to stretch a double, you go balls out straight out of the box.
  9. That'll cost us a run in a game we're gonna need them all.
  10. Yep. Pitch count climbing.
  11. At this rate, I'm surprised Riojas didn't strain an abdominal reaching for that high throwback from Galvan. "Strained abdominal. Out for the season."
  12. We aren't allowed to have nice things. 😀
  13. Baseball...football...we're always down one or two crucial pieces due to injury. Brooks, Witt, Baxter, Belyeu, Spencer... It's maddening. Yeah, we have depth and guys have stepped up; all the credit to those guys. But still.
  14. Galvan is starting to lose me with all the unnecessary theatrics.
  15. With 2 outs. Because that's what we do.
  16. He was thinking, "I loafed out of the box instead of running hard because I thought I hit a homer and now I've got to make up for it by at least getting a double."
  17. Proposed change to the Texas State University commercial: "At Texas State University, WE... ...couldn't get into the University of Texas."
  18. "Home runs haven't been a big part of the Bobcats' game. In 29 games, they've only homered 26 times... ...and there's another 2-out homer to right field."
  19. Why you need pitching to win it all, Exhibit A.
  20. I'm calling game.
  21. RR and get off the field
  22. Probably not a great decision to send Williams there, but the kid looks good on the base paths.
  23. Perfect time for Mendoza to wake up
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