2019 WS - Nationals vs. Astros - Gamethread

DeadlySplitter

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1% chance of a hit goes for HR because of this park, 81% hit chance laser into Gurriels' glove. I love baseball
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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You watch maybe more baseball than most people on this site. He took a route that a good number of players take every, single game imo. It was a bad call and everyone knows it - thats why it took so long.
Every one of those runners is liable to be called for interference if hit with the throw. That is the rule. It just never matters unless the ball is hit in front of the plate. The lane is there so that throws coming from behind the runner can be made. You have to run in foul territory to avoid exactly what happened there.

For fuck’s sake. The call was exactly right. The Astros are the ones with the gripe if it is not called.
 

jon abbey

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Every one of those runners is liable to be called for interference if hit with the throw. That is the rule. It just never matters unless the ball is hit in front of the plate. The lane is there so that throws coming from behind the runner can be made. You have to run in foul territory to avoid exactly what happened there.

For fuck’s sake. The call was exactly right. The Astros are the ones with the gripe if it is not called.
Exactly.
 

jayhoz

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Every one of those runners is liable to be called for interference if hit with the throw. That is the rule. It just never matters unless the ball is hit in front of the plate. The lane is there so that throws coming from behind the runner can be made. You have to run in foul territory to avoid exactly what happened there.

For fuck’s sake. The call was exactly right. The Astros are the ones with the gripe if it is not called.
There was no line of site or impediment of the throw issue. The ball was up the line. It's not like it was 1 foot in front of the plate.
 

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SO THEY DIDN'T EVEN REVIEW IT? THEY JUST HAD HIM READ THE RULE TO THE UMP AGAIN AND HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID "YEAH, LIKE I WAS SAYING - OUT"?!?!

EDIT: Davey Martinez, in going ripshit and getting tossed, might have shown himself the most sane person involved here.
 

DeadlySplitter

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rules infraction? what does that even mean here?

I knew it wouldn't be reviewable due to judgment call. but it ought to be reviewable and more clearly defined.
 

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Rule 5.09 (a)(11) Comment (Rule 6.05(k) Comment): The lines marking the three-foot lane are a part of that lane and a batter-runner is required to have both feet within the three-foot lane or on the lines marking the lane. The batter-runner is permitted to exit the three-foot lane by means of a step, stride, reach or slide in the immediate vicinity of first base for the sole purpose of touching first base.
 

gedman211

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It's in the same category as the reception rule in the NFL. If everyone in the bar thinks its a catch, then it's a catch
 

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SO THEY DIDN'T EVEN REVIEW IT? THEY JUST HAD HIM READ THE RULE TO THE UMP AGAIN AND HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID "YEAH, LIKE I WAS SAYING - OUT"?!?!
They were discussing the protest apparently. They had to figure out if it was rules violation or judgment call.
 

jon abbey

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Rule 5.09 (a)(11) Comment (Rule 6.05(k) Comment): The lines marking the three-foot lane are a part of that lane and a batter-runner is required to have both feet within the three-foot lane or on the lines marking the lane.
There you go, clearly the right call.