2021 MLB Thread

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

15 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Will is the biggest moron of them, but yes there are numerous dumbasses on the Pirates.  The 2nd baseman Frazier should have been standing on 1st the whole time and just been yelling at the dumbass to turn around and throw him the ball....or at least be standing there for when the catcher had to throw to first.  

This.

And to compound it, the outfielder backing up first also missed.  Something I didn't notice until watching the jomboy recap of it.

 

Edited May 28, 2021 by MC Fresh Breath

[Helobious 9465]

58 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I thought you're it out if you give up trying to advance, but that apparently only applies to dropped third strikes.

If that was true any rundown ever would be an automatic out. I weep for the kids that used to be subjected to your umpiring. 

[Huckleberry 32660]

Pretty clearly implied that he's talking about advancing to first base. The batter-runner obviously can't legally occupy home at the end of the play. In most rundowns the runner can conceivably occupy either base at the end of the play.

[Beau Vine 53845]

30 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Will is the biggest moron of them, but yes there are numerous dumbasses on the Pirates.  The 2nd baseman Frazier should have been standing on 1st the whole time and just been yelling at the dumbass to turn around and throw him the ball....or at least be standing there for when the catcher had to throw to first.  

They were apparently shifted on the play, so he was way around in the SS position, but yeah.  

Or the RF should have run in.  Outfielders love to get involved in the infield.

[Beau Vine 53845]

13 minutes ago, Helobious said:

If that was true any rundown ever would be an automatic out. I weep for the kids that used to be subjected to your umpiring. 

Was talking about the batter, not a runner.  I guess I should have been more clear, rather than relying on some nuanced thinking on your part.  

[Helobious 9465]

31 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Every chubby mexican beer league softball player in San Antonio just nutted. Those jerseys are sick & should sell well all over. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1973]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

I wonder if LaRussa is cool with this.

[huge 3787]

8 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

I wonder if LaRussa is cool with this.

He's the leader of the SWAGBRIGADE

[hayden_horn 11358]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Upon further reflection I am going to lay off of Will Craig moving forward. Maybe because I'm getting soft in my old age and the little league team I coach lost the championship game last night, but somewhere in that now somewhat highly paid man is still the little kid who dreamed of making the major leagues. And less than two weeks after realizing that dream he will now forever be associated with one of the worst plays in baseball history. That's gotta fucking sting.

I shall now spread the hate toward the rest of his team, absolutely none of whom yelled at him to just step on first base as confirmed by his teammates after the game. I mean for fuck's sake it would have just taken anyone on the Pirates to pull their head out of their ass. At least his manager and teammates tried to shield him by owning up that fact in postgame.

let's not overlook the batter who stops and signals safe and stands there for a moment before advancing to first

[Had Enough 2033]

Unless I missed the comment, the catcher wasted time trying to apply the tag at home. If he runs Baez down and tags him, inning over.

This whole chain of events occurs because Baez half assed it to first. If he runs hard, he beats it or forces an immediate tag.

Argument could be made Baez ran outside his lane there at the dirt in front of home.

[Helobious 9465]

24 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

let's not overlook the batter who stops and signals safe and stands there for a moment before advancing to first

He’s the same guy that applied a perfect no-look tag mid celebration in the WBC. He gets a pass.

 

[hayden_horn 11358]

10 minutes ago, Helobious said:

He’s the same guy that applied a perfect no-look tag mid celebration in the WBC. He gets a pass.

 

that is badass.

[Huckleberry 32660]

17 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Unless I missed the comment, the catcher wasted time trying to apply the tag at home. If he runs Baez down and tags him, inning over.

This whole chain of events occurs because Baez half assed it to first. If he runs hard, he beats it or forces an immediate tag.

Argument could be made Baez ran outside his lane there at the dirt in front of home.

Yes the catcher also should have been pointing at Baez telling Craig to just tag him or go touch first.

And I don't see the argument on your last comment. Baez didn't move outside his initial path until Craig was throwing the ball to the catcher. Outside the baseline is only against the rules if you're doing it to avoid a tag attempt.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Huckleberry

[TonyTexas 10467]

26 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Outside the baseline is only against the rules if you're doing it to avoid a tag attempt.

Not true. I’ve seen it called many times when the runner goes outside or inside the line in an attempt to interfere with a throw.  

Edited May 28, 2021 by TonyTexas

[Huckleberry 32660]

12 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Not true. I’ve seen it called many times when the runner goes outside or inside the line in an attempt to interfere with a throw.  

That is a separate rule and that runner is out for intentionally hindering a throw, not specifically for going out of the baseline. There is another rule about the baseline, but that one is more about giving up rather than actually attempting to advance or retreat by going out of the baseline.

[Beau Vine 53845]

3 hours ago, Scraps said:

Because I'm not the target audience for these, there's no point in me expounding on how much they suck.  I will say, however, that they are an improvement over these:

[MillerEP 30311]

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

3 hours ago, huge said:

He's the leader of the SWAGBRIGADE

 

[miguelito 11168]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Because I'm not the target audience for these, there's no point in me expounding on how much they suck.  I will say, however, that they are an improvement over these:

[clapclapclap 9000]

Pizza Patron Night?

The Untouchables Unwearables

Edited May 28, 2021 by clapclapclap

[clapclapclap 9000]

32 minutes ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

 

Is that Derka?

[Vic Mackey 46856]

 

[Underdog 28391]

40 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Is that Derka?

Does it have Gar-Animal labels on it that his mom lays out for him to wear?  

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

45 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

 

Helobious weeps for the players subjected to NYY coaching.

[Underdog 28391]

[shadow_operative 15931]

4 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

Is that Derka?

soon.

[WBT 20376]

6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Because I'm not the target audience for these, there's no point in me expounding on how much they suck.  I will say, however, that they are an improvement over these:

Even before I saw this reply I was wondering if LaRussa was also the manager when they wore shorts but not quite.  The shorts game was in '76 and his first stint managing the White Sox started in '79.

[elfenix 34161]

let's not overlook the batter who stops and signals safe and stands there for a moment before advancing to first

Overlooked? That's the best part

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Catch of the year is a little strong, but still damn good. 

 

[Helobious 9465]

17 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

Helobious weeps for the players subjected to NYY coaching.

I weep more for the guys subjected to our training staff. But yes Nevin has to be one of the worst 3B coaches out there today. So many shitty sends.

[Scraps 13518]

Well that wasn't Nevin who sent Sanchez....it was a replacement idiot

[Dewey 3279]

Usually you let your pitcher take care of things the next inning.  Lenny never waits. 

[Patrick Bateman 3874]

Welp, it won't outdo Felipe Vazquez, but this could be some serious shit.  Wonder if they'd look at Puig now.

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Shit, Yasiel has sexual assault allegations hanging over him too. 

[TonyTexas 10467]

On 5/28/2021 at 12:49 PM, Huckleberry said:

Outside the baseline is only against the rules if you're doing it to avoid a tag attempt.

 

2 hours ago, Dewey said:

How about if you go outside the line to run into a tag?

[Huckleberry 32660]

That's awesome.

Now I see the Ozuna thing. That is not awesome.

Edited May 30, 2021 by Huckleberry

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Trevor Story IL’d with right ‘elbow inflammation’. That ain’t good for anybody in his camp at the moment. 

[Beau Vine 53845]

I loved Lenny Randle when I was a kid.  

He wasn't quite as cool when he beat up Frank Lucchesi.

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Tampa just keeps fucking rolling. 

[Scraps 13518]

I enjoyed this earlier

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Dude quit playing 3B back in the day for the Yanks cause he kept taking balls off the face. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Tying run on 3rd for Balt, no outs, don’t score. 14 Ls in a row. 

[WBT 20376]

29 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I enjoyed this earlier
 

That warning track is full of shit.  I don't believe it.

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

If you buy a player for $1, he goes 1-28, did you overpay? Maybin DFA’d today. 

[Carl Spackler 3460]

On 5/29/2021 at 3:45 PM, Dewey said:

Usually you let your pitcher take care of things the next inning.  Lenny never waits. 

Lulz.  I remember reading about that play the day after it happened, but I don't know that I'd ever seen the video.  Yes, kids, we did not have the interwebs back then. 

Lenny was not one to mess around.  And you've also gotta love the 1B immediately coming off the bag to tackle Randle after Lenny belted his pitcher.

Edited June 1, 2021 by Carl Spackler

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Corpus Christi, holla. 

Dude's real lucky all he's getting is a night in the tank. 

[Scraps 13518]

Lol.

That was from 2014.

I am hoping they have a cop on premise somewhere now

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15796]

Whee! 

 

[Carl Spackler 3460]

Eagles beat the Bengals, 17-3.

Errr . . . waitasec.