6/19-Minnesota-Big River
- Thread starter joe dokes
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Signed through 2028 (I looked it up). I guess it makes some sense to protect your investment by playing him at DH but damn that's a ton of lost value.
That is certainly more clear than your paraphrase. Thanks.
That said, it wasn't "thrown out of bounds" so much as it "clanked off a glove and bounced out of bounds"...that's a shitty rule.
If I'm reading that rule correctly then it would depend on if Reyes had reached 1st base or not. Given how Wong was halfway to 3rd by the time the throw was made it seems likely Reyes had already reached 1st, but we'd need another angle to confirm, meaning Wong should have been given 2 bases from where he already was, which would have scored him.
If they actually applied the rule correctly then it's fucking dumb because Wong was past 3rd before the ball even went out of play
Meanwhile, rule 8-3-3 seems to conrtradict:
8-3-3 Each runner is awarded:
- four bases (home) if a fair ball goes over a fence in flight or hits a foul pole above the fence, or is prevented from going over by being touched by a spectator, or is touched by an illegal glove/mitt or detached player equipment which is thrown, tossed, kicked or held by a fielder;
- three bases if a batted ball (other than in item a) is touched by an illegal glove or mitt, or by detached player equipment which is thrown, tossed, kicked or held by a fielder, provided the ball when touched is on or over fair ground, or is a fair ball while on or over foul ground, or is over foul ground in a situation such that it might become a fair ball;
- two bases if a fair batted or thrown ball becomes dead because of bouncing over or passing through a fence, or lodges in a defensive player’s or umpire’s equipment or uniform; or if a live thrown ball:
- including a pitch, is touched by an illegal glove or mitt, or by detached player equipment which is thrown, tossed, kicked or held by a fielder; or
- goes into a stand for spectators, dugout or player’s bench or over or through or lodges in a fence and it is not thrown by a pitcher from his plate as in 8-3-3d;
- When two runners are between the same bases on an overthrow into dead ball territory, the lead runner receives two bases and the following runner is awarded one, since both runners cannot share the same awarded base.
The NL Central as well. Part of the problem is that most marquee FA usually head to the coasts.
