The death of the neighborhood play...

[SanDiegoSteve]

And naturally, I'm old school as well. I guess it will take my retirement (again, as I have more lives than Bret Favre apparently) to get me to stop calling it. I make the player make the most of the play, and I thought that Aybar, by straddling the base, then pivoting to position his right leg on the backside of the base, had demonstrated enough "neighborhood." That's my opinion. I don't think I am "dead wrong" in any shape or form, just have a different, old school opinion.

[mbyron]

For me, it's not a question of old- or new-school. In my games, it's a question of safety.

All the games I work, with the exception of one league, use NFHS sliding rules. Given those rules, there is no safety-based justification for giving the neighborhood play. So I don't give it.

In the one men's league that uses pretty straight OBR, I give the neighborhood play, provided that the fielder touches the bag at some time close to when he has the ball.

For me, the neighborhood play is not intrinsically good for baseball. That is not to say it's intrinsically bad, just that it needs some other rationale to be called.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

And naturally, I'm old school as well. I guess it will take my retirement (again, as I have more lives than Bret Favre apparently) to get me to stop calling it. I make the player make the most of the play, and I thought that Aybar, by straddling the base, then pivoting to position his right leg on the backside of the base, had demonstrated enough "neighborhood." That's my opinion. I don't think I am "dead wrong" in any shape or form, just have a different, old school opinion.

No, you're not wrong; you're also right, like we determined. The fielder can be "near" the bag or make it "look good" and still be given the out.

... But I'm still making the fielder touch it at some point.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

... But I'm still making the fielder touch it at some point.

Hey, what you do in the privacy of your own home is your business!

[JJ]

[QUOTE=SanDiegoSteve;631702]And naturally, I'm old school as well. I guess it will take my retirement (again, as I have more lives than Bret Favre apparently)[QUOTE]

We'll never forget you, Brent!

JJ

[JJ]

SanDiegoSteve..."And naturally, I'm old school as well. I guess it will take my retirement (again, as I have more lives than Bret Favre apparently)"

We'll never forget you, Brent!

JJ