Forum: Baseball
Tue Oct 04, 2011, 12:57pm
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Oct 03, 2011, 01:47pm
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Oct 03, 2011, 01:42pm
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I agree, a slowly hit or bunted ball that is...
I agree, a slowly hit or bunted ball that is allowed to come to rest in the hope that it might roll foul should be ruled fair if it overhangs the edge of the foul line. I think that is a much harder...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 02, 2011, 03:15pm
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Just googled "ball kicks up chalk" and came up...
Just googled "ball kicks up chalk" and came up with an old thread from this forum from July 2001. There was a side taken by Carl Childress and the other taken by Rich Ives. Nobody called Carl obtuse...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 02, 2011, 02:39pm
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Replies: 49
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Please explain how my reasoning is obtuse or...
Please explain how my reasoning is obtuse or tangential. The puff of chalk is the only thing that allowed ULF to make the right call. What is rather obtuse and tangential is trying to parse what...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 02, 2011, 02:14pm
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Replies: 49
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 02, 2011, 08:15am
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Replies: 15
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"[Danley] said that it hit his bat on the back...
"[Danley] said that it hit his bat on the back swing, which would have made it a dead ball. It just got messed up -- I don't know what was happening, but I know that he hit the ball. ... He made the...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 02, 2011, 08:07am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,848
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 01, 2011, 08:04pm
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Replies: 49
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 01, 2011, 07:41pm
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Oct 01, 2011, 07:34pm
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Replies: 15
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This is what I proposed in a prior thread about...
This is what I proposed in a prior thread about the fair/foul call that ended the Cubs/Astros game. There was a view that a ball could be fair if a small portion of it was over but not touching the...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Sep 30, 2011, 01:04pm
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Sep 30, 2011, 12:07am
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 11:57pm
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Replies: 102
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 10:08pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,212
McKean explained it on Baseball Tonite. They...
McKean explained it on Baseball Tonite. They conduct a draft of a pool based on merit and seniority. He said there are quite a few younger guys. He also said the Meals call didn't cost him since he...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 09:29pm
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Views: 2,820
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 08:07pm
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Replies: 18
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It looked like his first call was from a dugout...
It looked like his first call was from a dugout phone which should have standard wiring such as to the bullpen and press box/official scorer. Then it looked like he went to the tabernacle where the...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 07:50pm
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
When Crawford muffed the catch last night, U3...
When Crawford muffed the catch last night, U3 could clearly be seen giving an emphatic safe signal. Is the mechanic for him to also say "no catch"?
Why wouldn't the PU use the same mechanic for a...
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Forum: Baseball
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 07:35pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,212
Post Season Assignments
Question for you guys. How are post season assignments made? For example, do they try to keep crews together? Since it is expanded to 6, where do the extra 2 come from for the outfield and how is the...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Sep 26, 2011, 08:15pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,399
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Sep 25, 2011, 07:32pm
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Sep 25, 2011, 06:24pm
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Replies: 102
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but don't some...
Please correct me if I am wrong, but don't some rule sets say that the infield fly still applies even if the crew does not give the verbal call. If so, that doesn't seem proper at all - how are the...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Sep 25, 2011, 06:15pm
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
If the bat had touched the ball in a potential...
If the bat had touched the ball in a potential foul tip situation, the crew would be required to make a definitive call as to whether the catcher properly caught the ball for an out. Why should it be...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Sep 24, 2011, 08:17pm
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,288
Similar to the school of thought in some rule...
Similar to the school of thought in some rule sets that says the OT and DT should "know" it is an IFF even if nobody on the crew calls it. And then there is confusion if it is a force or a tag if the...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Sep 23, 2011, 08:46pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,135
Baseball's Unassisted Triple Plays Catcher...
Baseball's Unassisted Triple Plays Catcher (http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/utp_cat.htm)
This play is apparently ensconced at Cooperstown as the only known F2 UTP "at any level of...
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