I'll be honest, outside of some sort of half assed "swim move" (which would not be advisable) I'm not sure what else Voit could have done short of just giving himself up.
April MLB Game Thread
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Ohtani drove in two runs and also allowed one hit over six shutout innings, striking out 12. The Angels batted around in the first inning, allowing Ohtani to become the first starting pitcher since at least 1900 to bat twice before throwing a single pitch.
I agree; and it wasn't like the ball got there so early that giving himself up would be the obviously right move (and I'm pretty far on the safety side of things)
There might've been a little shove there, but to me it did look more like a 'this huge helmet is going to hit me in the upper chest' thing than any sort of intentional effort to hurt someone; this is just something that's going to happen occasionally unless the catcher wants to go another foot or so further away from the plate to avoid it
The Miguel Cabrera 3,000 hit watch should begin in the next 15 minutes. If I counted correctly, he'll become the 33rd member of the club and the first since Albert Pujols almost 4 years ago.
His first hit was a home run. His 1000th hit was a HR. His 2000th hit was a HR. What are the odds he joins Boggs, Jeter, and ARod as having his 3000th hit be a HR?
I suppose it was the correct baseball move, but the Yankees intentionally walked Cabrera in the top of the 9th with a base open.
Tigers score two on a bloop into shallow CF, and the Tigers fans fire up a Yankee Suck chant.
Tigers score two on a bloop into shallow CF, and the Tigers fans fire up a Yankee Suck chant.
The White Sox should win the AL Central pretty easily on talent alone, but they seem like a sloppy team. They've played the worst defense in the league so far. They put the ball in play but pretty much everyone not named Yasmani is overly aggressive (one of the worst walk rates in the league and currently the worst OBP). On the base paths, they're 9-for-10 on stolen base attempts, but they had two runners thrown out at the plate pretty easily in this series, one in a game they lost by one run.
Rob Drake inserted himself into the game today.
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Seemed like he did make a quick turn to second before slowly walking back to first. The first base coach seems to be telling him to get back to the base to no avail.
Looked more like a small hop as he stopped his momentum from running through the bag, then he happened to turn around in the direction of 2B. No overt move toward second. Didn't even appear to be a though in his mind.
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Obviously said in jest, but it would be funny if he bunted for his 3000 hit
Yeah, there wasn't a deliberate move, but he still turned to the left and the coach rightly told him to get back to the base. Everyone but Mancini knew there was a chance he could be out there. Doesn't make the ump's call correct, but Mancini created his own luck.
I always wonder who got caught napping on plays like that. In this case, I'm assuming it's the pitcher. 3B is chasing the ball, SS is at second to take the throw because he was shifted to the right side to begin with. Catcher presumably stayed home but arguably he could have moved up the line to cover (with the 1B back-filling to cover the plate). Actually looks like he was backpedaling back to the plate as Reynolds slide into third so he at least attempted to get there.
Guess when you play with fire (shifting), you're going to get burned.
Even though SS is shifted, he should be hustling to 3rd b/c the second baseman can cover 2B (don’t need two guys there). RF and 1b back up the throw to second. Pitcher could also go to 3B or to back up a possible throw to 3B. I wouldn’t fault the pitcher for not covering a base since they usually only have back-up responsibility, unless this team defined covering third as the pitcher’s job in this scenario.
I remember all the way back to little league where we'd spend entire practices going over scenarios and where all nine players on the field needed to be (everyone had to be moving somewhere) and what responsibility they had on every play. Guess I'm just surprised that with shifting becoming more common, they haven't drilled those kinds of scenarios and assigned responsibilities.
Absolutely. As a youth baseball coach I spent a lot of time on this!
The pitcher is probably at secondary fault. He should be heading to the third base line to back up a throw to third, and when he sees the SS isn’t there, he can move up to cover the base. But the SS really should be there. When the third baseman vacates, it’s almost always the SS’s job to fill in (unless he’s going after the same play as the 3B, which wasn’t the case here).
My brother and his son are at the Phillies-Brewers game in Philly. He texted me that Lorenzo Cain's wife and their kids were taking pictures around the bullpen area prior to the game. When they finished, she put Phillies sweatshirts on her kids to cover the Brewers gear they were wearing.
Lorenzo Cain married a really smart woman.
Lorenzo Cain married a really smart woman.
The expanded rosters are killing offense. Teams have 15 pitchers and never have to put someone tired on the mound. I get it, since spring was abbreviated, but getting to a more normal roster setup should help things.
During the Reds 10-game losing streak, they've been outscored 63-20 and have not completed a single inning with a lead (twice they scored in the top of the 1st and were losing by the end of the inning).
The balls are dead again, balls hit at the same exit velocity at the same angle are not going as far, plus the now universal humidors are making it even worse (for hitters). Of course there are other reasons but that is the main one offense is so dead so far sport-wide.
Will MLB ever get the ball "just right"?
Meanwhile, Bruce Zimmermann still has a 0.00 ERA
ediT: just ended finally
Meanwhile, Bruce Zimmermann still has a 0.00 ERA
ediT: just ended finally
Shit, my ex’s dad took us to a Phillies home game where we sat with the players’ wives. The shit this one guy was saying to Jimmy Rollins in 30 feet from his wife and child…
Miggy just got 3000 and Iggy (Rockies) came on over to hug him right away. Iggy sure was happy with that IBB on Thursday.
Truly one of the greatest ever to play The Game. Astounding what he has accomplished.
OK I'll rain on the parade. He's been a replacement level player for like 5 years. Gotta love those long term contracts where the guy only sticks around because of the length of the deal.
I have more of a problem with Cabrera's past off-the-field issues, so I've never been a fan, but as someone who roots for another team in the AL Central, there was a long period of time where he was the most feared hitter in baseball for me. He absolutely destroyed Cleveland pitching for years.
Ilitch really screwed that organization over during his final years, overpaying on extensions for guys already past their prime in his futile attempt to chase a ring.
Ilitch really screwed that organization over during his final years, overpaying on extensions for guys already past their prime in his futile attempt to chase a ring.
Eventful end to the Yankees-Guardians game...
First Steven Kwan nearly kills himself trying to make a catch to end the game in LF:
Fans in the bleachers giving him shit for it, Myles Straw wasn't happy about it:
And then right after the game ends, people from the RF stands start chucking bottles at the Guardians outfielders. Judge and Stanton have to go out to tell them to knock it off.
First Steven Kwan nearly kills himself trying to make a catch to end the game in LF:
Fans in the bleachers giving him shit for it, Myles Straw wasn't happy about it:
And then right after the game ends, people from the RF stands start chucking bottles at the Guardians outfielders. Judge and Stanton have to go out to tell them to knock it off.
Here is the video of those trash fans throwing Shit on the field
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Michael Kay needs to put a buck in the swear jar. He called them "Indians" in that clip.
In baseball, there is always a chance you'll see something you've never seen before. For me this is one of those things.
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Hall of Famer Whitey Ford now on the field pleading with the crowd for... for some kind of sanity.
“That’s not Yankee Stadium, those aren’t Yankees fans” would also technically work.
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Oscar Mercado describes what happened in the outfield
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Myles Straw
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Oscar Mercado describes what happened in the outfield
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Myles Straw
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Credit where credit is due, good on the Yankee players who walked out into the outfield while this shit was happening.
I eagerly await the outrage and derision from the national media directed at the NYY fanbase. This is way worse than a single bottle getting tossed Kyrie’s direction from a million feet away.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33794133/new-york-yankees-fans-throw-debris-cleveland-guardians-outfielders-game-incident-happen
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33794133/new-york-yankees-fans-throw-debris-cleveland-guardians-outfielders-game-incident-happen
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