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Forum: Baseball Wed Oct 30, 2013, 10:59am

Replies: 33 Bunt and the Running Lane Views: 4,340 Posted By bluehair If you're calling me a lier... First, I may be mistaken, but if you're calling me a lier, {deleted}. Second, I had no idea what intervening meant in a baseball context, so I looked it up in my Funk & Wagnall. F&W didn't have a...

Forum: Baseball Wed Oct 30, 2013, 10:03am

Replies: 32 "Ban on plate collisions seen as likely" Views: 4,825 Posted By bluehair Should have been titled "Benches clear after F2... Should have been titled "Benches clear after F2 takes the opportunity to slug AJ"...which just doesn't happen often enough. I think this fight broke out after the contact after the contact. AJ...

Forum: Baseball Wed Oct 30, 2013, 09:55am

Replies: 33 Bunt and the Running Lane Views: 4,340 Posted By bluehair I have an understanding what a play is. My... I have an understanding what a play is. My misunderstanding was in the definition of intervening and was which play was the intervening one (if there is one). You have a pitch (a play, I believe) a...

Forum: Baseball Wed Oct 30, 2013, 09:17am

Replies: 32 "Ban on plate collisions seen as likely" Views: 4,825 Posted By bluehair Why does your "temper" reason for a no-collision... Why does your "temper" reason for a no-collision rule have to compete for importance with the injury prevention reason for a no-collision rule. These reasons don't conflict. Unless you deny that an...

Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 29, 2013, 03:58pm

Replies: 33 Bunt and the Running Lane Views: 4,340 Posted By bluehair The video was a play in last night's game. There... The video was a play in last night's game. There was no RLI on that play. The OP was speculating on whether it would be good strategy to throw at BR out of the RL if R3 is scoring on a suicide...

Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 29, 2013, 02:52pm

Replies: 33 Bunt and the Running Lane Views: 4,340 Posted By bluehair The intervening play in the OP was R3 scoring on... The intervening play in the OP was R3 scoring on the squeeze bunt before the RLI...score the run.

Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:36am

Replies: 32 "Ban on plate collisions seen as likely" Views: 4,825 Posted By bluehair Sure, there are times when runner sees that he is... Sure, there are times when runner sees that he is dead meat and tries to run F2 even though F2 hadn't blocked access prior to receiving the ball. But there are also many times where F2 will set up...

Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:12am

Replies: 94 2013 World Series Thread Views: 9,992 Posted By bluehair I think you mis-interpreted what MDL was saying... I think you mis-interpreted what MDL was saying (or I am). I think his point was that if an umpire thinks that because a runner didn't try to advance after being obstructed is, and of itself, a...

Forum: Baseball Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:02pm

Replies: 32 "Ban on plate collisions seen as likely" Views: 4,825 Posted By bluehair Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be F2s My question would be, how would you change the rule to where players will adhere to the no-collision motivation for the rule change. Just because you make something illegal doesn't mean that players...

Forum: Baseball Tue Oct 01, 2013, 06:58am

Replies: 23 Is an on-deck batter required? Views: 4,169 Posted By bluehair Sometimes more than others. Sometimes more than others.

Forum: Baseball Mon Sep 30, 2013, 12:34pm

Replies: 23 Is an on-deck batter required? Views: 4,169 Posted By bluehair If he wasn't there and the umpires didn't stop... If he wasn't there and the umpires didn't stop the game until he was, no one other than an umpire would have noticed/cared. If he wasn't there and the umpires did stop the game until he was,...

Forum: Baseball Thu Sep 26, 2013, 11:33am

Replies: 14 This was a mess Views: 2,179 Posted By bluehair It is the same, all that is required is a... It is the same, all that is required is a suspension of disbelief.

Forum: Baseball Thu Sep 26, 2013, 08:50am

Replies: 14 This was a mess Views: 2,179 Posted By bluehair That makes sense, but I don't know of a... That makes sense, but I don't know of a rule/interp to use for cover.

Forum: Baseball Thu Sep 19, 2013, 11:18pm

Replies: 17 Umpire Gone Way Wrong Views: 3,181 Posted By bluehair Not this time, but this guy has punched an umpire... Not this time, but this guy has punched an umpire before (apparently common knowledge). This umpire wasn't going to let it happen to him. Should he have waited for a sucker-punch? Damned if you do...

Forum: Baseball Thu Sep 19, 2013, 10:47pm

Replies: 9 2-strike strikeout Views: 1,451 Posted By bluehair The video didn't show what happened after B left... The video didn't show what happened after B left the BB. I've been told that PU did give an out mechanic (not in the video), but I don't know. Hey kid, c'mon back. You get three strikes on...

Forum: Baseball Fri Sep 13, 2013, 09:58pm

Replies: 17 Umpire Gone Way Wrong Views: 3,181 Posted By bluehair Apparently baseball umpires are treated a bit... Apparently baseball umpires are treated a bit differently in the far east. evident here (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3361989/japanese-umpire-gets-decked) and more videos here...

Forum: Baseball Wed Sep 11, 2013, 09:40am

Replies: 56 LLWS - Washington / Connecticut Views: 7,624 Posted By bluehair How hard the contact is might be considered in... How hard the contact is might be considered in determining intent. In the Albert Belle play, some could judge the degree of contact is evidence of his intent to interfer with the fielder's ability to...

Forum: Baseball Mon Sep 09, 2013, 04:16pm

Replies: 56 LLWS - Washington / Connecticut Views: 7,624 Posted By bluehair I'm glad that it is written interp and not... I'm glad that it is written interp and not mythical. Though that doesn't preclude that it originated from tradition of giving the benefit of the doubt to the rough and tumble offenses of days gone...

Forum: Baseball Mon Sep 09, 2013, 02:32pm

Replies: 56 LLWS - Washington / Connecticut Views: 7,624 Posted By bluehair On the play you describe, baseball tradition... On the play you describe, baseball tradition gives the benefit of the doubt (intentional or not) to the runner. But that benefit of the doubt is not unlimited. If R1 is within reach of 2B when he...

Forum: Baseball Mon Sep 09, 2013, 10:04am

Replies: 56 LLWS - Washington / Connecticut Views: 7,624 Posted By bluehair Hmmm...though the definition (in 2.00) includes... Hmmm...though the definition (in 2.00) includes all plays (or doesn't exclude any), you (and J/R) are limiting interference using 7.09(j). 7.09(j) specifies "attempting to field a batted ball"....

Forum: Baseball Tue Aug 27, 2013, 02:36pm

Replies: 8 Electronic Zone Evaluation data. Views: 2,135 Posted By bluehair Brooks Baseball This page just show KZ data (http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/zoneTrack.php?month=10&day=7&year=2010&game=gid_2010_10_07_nyamlb_minmlb_1%2F)

Forum: Baseball Mon Aug 26, 2013, 09:15am

Replies: 56 LLWS - Washington / Connecticut Views: 7,624 Posted By bluehair I don't understand why some don't think F6 was... I don't understand why some don't think F6 was making a play. He gloved a groundball, and had R3 trapped between 3B and HP. You do not throw to 3B, and you do not throw to HP. The smart baseball play...

Forum: Baseball Fri Aug 02, 2013, 06:20pm

Replies: 10 Mariners Manager Confusion, Helps Cost Team Game... Views: 2,161 Posted By bluehair That would probably be more evidence that it... That would probably be more evidence that it shouldn't have mattered if a manager/coach thought that it did matter. Too bad Seattle didn't protest the game. Without a protest, MLB may not address...

Forum: Baseball Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:38pm

Replies: 15 Bucs vs Nats...attempted advance toward 2nd? Views: 2,710 Posted By bluehair He went straight through from that round-off... He went straight through from that round-off angle. That "round-off" before he got to 1B probably made it look more like a move to 2B. It sure wasn't the usual overrun of 1B to beat out a grounder....

Forum: Baseball Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:45am

Replies: 14 Chad Fairchild Views: 2,497 Posted By bluehair Things like this happen quick. Umpires use as... Things like this happen quick. Umpires use as much evidence as they can gather. The chances of the ball hitting a railing slat and boncing back at that angle is much less than a ball hitting the...

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