USAFChief
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I'm not sure how you could be more wrong. There already is a rule on the books designed to prevent runners from interfering. The example specifically mentions the turn man on double plays. Just start enforcing existing rules. If a runners actions are intended to reach base safely, no problem. If his actions are intended to interfere, he's out, along with the batter in a DP situation. Umpires ALREADY call interference in every othe situation. Nobody is saying there won't be contact. Simply let natural contact occur from a runner sliding as hard as he wants DIRECTLY INTO SECOND BASE. Which, BTW, is how they play in Japan. I wonder if you've ever seen a JBL game.
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And what WASN'T luck was the Cubs finding a way to make that happen, despite having a manager under contract.
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Berrios and a lesser prospect, yeah. A lesser prospect and Kepler, yeah. Berrios and Kepler seems too steep, although it's not outrageous. How about Stewart and Kepler? Or as others have mentioned, if it's Berrios and Kepler, I'd need more from the A's. I like Gray, but there are some nagging question marks there.
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Myth: Starting Pitcher Velocity
USAFChief replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
"Velocity allows a greater margin for error..." So it's not a "myth" then.- 64 replies
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He's welcome to his opinion that "this isn't the type of mistake replay was meant to rectify," but that sounds rather silly to me. If you're tagged while the ball is live, and you're not on a base, you're out. Not to mention, Runners have always been called out if they lose contact with a bag and are tagged out. The only difference now is, replay gives umpires better looks at smaller windows of being off a bag. Once you start deviating from a standard, you end up stretching and contorting to absurd levels...sort of like the "neighborhood" play. And then you end up with the kind unintended consequences that will need to be...wait for it...rectified.
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He certainly can't catch any less.
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Houston has blown a 6-2 lead in the top of the 8th, KC still batting. On the TV thing...the problem is that over-the-air broadcast platforms don't want to pay for playoff baseball. We're lucky cable picked them up, or we'd not be able to watch at all without literally paying for it. I understand not wanting to pay for cable/satellite, but then don't complain about not being able to watch cable/satellite.
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Given Arcia's season, I doubt he has much trade value. Plouffe plus any minor league pitcher not named Berrios. Close?
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How about Cleveland as a Plouffe destination? Urshela is no sort of answer, IMO.
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Concur. It's a force play. Anything other than a hard slide--feet first or head first if you wish--directly at the second base bag slows you down, and is therefore not an attempt to reach base safely, it's by definition an attempt to interfere. Enforce the rule already.
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I'd still probably take it, but Vargas and/or Arcia at DH isn't the only gamble I'm worried about. I'm worried a little about Sano's continued ability to hit, and worried a lot about his ability to play third base every day.
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Me 'n the choir are both trying to reach the few sinners still too blind to see.
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I couldn't disagree more with this take. What Utley did has been allowed to happen, but it doesn't make it right. Even MLB doesn't think it's right...there is a written rule against this specific thing on the books, with an explanation that specifically mentions taking out infielders on a double play. Because of that, MLB had to go through the contortions of sanctifying ignoring ANOTHER rule, the force play, and we get the BS of the neighborhood play, along with the inevitable problems of deciding what is, and what isn't, such a play. And we haven't even discussed the ridiculousness of replay in this case...overturning an out call without clear evidence, ignoring interference because that's somehow not reviewable, putting a runner on a base he never reached safely, and radically altering a playoff game. Thankfully, this will change before next season. Too bad it had to come to this, but at least this will force change, hopefully for the right reasons, but at the least because MLB realizes it screwed up big time, and there can BE no rational explanation.
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Trade: Joe Mauer +30 million for Justin Morneau
USAFChief replied to curt1965's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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But -1 for poor use of asterisks.
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If we're talking "moving goalposts," you might want to reconsider your "83-79" post, which was in response to a post that asked us to consider the Ryan yearS, not year. I'll save you the trouble...Ryan's tenure has a record that is sub-.500, and includes one playoff series win.
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I'm not sure how MLB could have handled this any worse. They have ignored the interference rule for decades now, giving runners a free shot at middle infielders. These are force plays at second base...anything other than a direct slide into second slows the runner, so there can be no claim the runner is doing anything other than deliberately interfering. All they had to do....years ago...was enforce the rules. Slide as hard as you want...directly into second. The "neighborhood play" is a ridiculous invention as well. Force plays require contact with the base everywhere else, why not second base? You just open yourself up to impossible situations when you start intentionally ignoring rules, and this is no different. Enforce the interference rule, and the neighborhood play isn't necessary anyway. Middle infielders have three "safe" sides of the bag to bail to. All that said, you can't really single out Utley for much blame, this has been going on forever. The blame lies with MLB. And now they want to suspend him?? For what? He was ruled SAFE on review, for Pete's sake. MLB is going to overturn the out call, say there's no interference and no neighborhood play, and then turn around and try to suspend him? Does anybody think this could have been handled any worse?
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In what possible way was that not a "neighborhood" play? He was attempting to turn 2.
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Concur. Although I don't think they need to change a rule. Just enforce existing ones.
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I don't think he was trying to hurt Tejada, but that's not important. It isn't necessary to try to guess at that. He was in violation of a written rule, that isn't typically enforced but should be.
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I think what is disgusting is the actual shooting. Second would be attempts to deflect from the shooting by blaming "politics" while throwing massive amounts of money and political clout against any and all attempts to develop rational and enforceable gun legislation.
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Setting aside the unfortunate injury... I hope this provides the impetus for MLB to start enforcing rule 6.01 and/or 5.09 and declaring automatic DPs when runners clearly interfere rather than attempt to beat a force play with a "slide." Utley's slide was a clear violation of an existing rule. And the entire replay fiasco that followed was ridiculous.
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Will Kurt Suzuki's Offense Continue?
USAFChief replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Perhaps a cautionary reminder about thinking players with long track records can radically change results, and to not jump to unfounded conclusions. -
Non school shootings are so much less harmful.
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Maybe so, but that wasn't the context of the claim.
