AP MFY IGT - 2006

[Frayed Knot]

Unit (5 games) & Torre (1) suspended for the throwing thingie.

Not that it really means much; 5 games for a starter means you time it to start the day after he pitches and just push him back 1 day and Torre can manage by remote control anyway ... but I'm still surprised. It's not like it was some big, huge incident.

[Centerfield]

It was ridiculous how badly Posada was crowding the plate. I have always thought, if it were possible, that there should be some imaginary line extending six inches or so off the plate, and if you were dumb enough to get hit by a pitch while in that zone, you shouldn't get a base.

[MFS62]

You mean, like the inside line of the batter's box?
That should be easy enough for the ump to notice, since he's supposedly looking at it anyhow. If he can't see the line, it would seem that the only thing blocking his view would be part of the batter.

But that's just me.

Later

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: It was ridiculous how badly Posada was crowding the plate. I have always thought, if it were possible, that there should be some imaginary line extending six inches or so off the plate, and if you were dumb enough to get hit by a pitch while in that zone, you shouldn't get a base.

I think, technically, that the rule is if the player doesn't attempt to move that the umpire has discretionary powers to call it a simple ball. If he's in the strike zone it can be called a strike

I don't think I've ever seen either rule enforced though.

Probably the "did he try to get out of the way rule" is a little tough to judge. If the hitter thinks the ball is going to break, he may stay in there waiting for it to break, and appear to be trying to get hit on purpose.

[Frayed Knot]

]You mean, like the inside line of the batter's box?

Y'know they oddly seemed to do away with the inside of the batter's box a few years back. The box is now a 3-sided rectangle.

]the rule is if the player doesn't attempt to move that the umpire has discretionary powers to call it a simple ball. If he's in the strike zone it can be called a strike ... I don't think I've ever seen either rule enforced though.

The most famous example of an ump actually enforcing that rule was the one that extended Don Drysdale's consecutive inning scoreless streak (later broken by Hershiser). Drysdale plunked someone with the bases loaded but the ump refused to award the batter 1st base on account of his lack of mobility and he was eventually retired allowing the streak to continue.
I haven't seen it called in years - but it would be the best medicine to combat those with combat armour from sticking their wing into the ball's path (yes, I'm looking at you Craig Biggio).

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Yankees tried to take Chinny Wang all the way for a 2-1 complete-game victory today. He got the complete game, but walked off a loser as Ryan Zimmerman knocked a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to win in Washington.

[Elster88]

ARod with the RBI double putting his team up by one in the eighth.

He is so unclutch.

Edit: I'm Fonzie, baby!!!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Must have been a fun weekend for the Washingtonians.
Full houses, Yanx in town for the first time in 30+ years (all games are more exciting when the Yanx are involved don't you know) and they take 2 of 3 while coming from behind in late innings twice in a row. Beat Rivera once, and then beat them the next day because Rivera wasn't available because they had to go to him the previous day after blowing a 7-run lead.

[nymr83]

]the rule is if the player doesn't attempt to move that the umpire has discretionary powers to call it a simple ball. If he's in the strike zone it can be called a strike ... I don't think I've ever seen either rule enforced though.

i don't think its supposed to be "optional" if the guy is over the plate. if the ball is in the zone its a strike no matter what.

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: The Yankees tried to take Chinny Wang all the way for a 2-1 complete-game victory today. He got the complete game, but walked off a loser as Ryan Zimmerman knocked a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to win in Washington.

Zimmerman has now defeated two New York teams with late inning home runs. Was his the one that tied the game off Wagner in the ninth?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Thuh-uhhh MFYs lose!

[metirish]

Torre will be holding meetings soon to solve this.

[nymr83]

yankees lead the phillies 9-7, Torre is desperate to win this one as he brought Rivera in to face the bottom of the lineup in the 8th and Rivera batted (he struck out swinging) in the top of the 9th.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Ryan Howard (2 HRs, 3B) has all 7 Philly RBIs. He'll bat 4th in the 9th.

[Elster88]

I don't feel like reading the article, but here's the teaser:

]GODZILLA'S REHAB RIGHT ON SCHEDULE By GEORGE KING Hideki Matsui's goal of returning from a fractured right wrist by the middle of August took a step in the right direction yesterday.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

See this between innings?

Farnsworth pitching in the 9th, crosses up Posada on a fastball that nearly kills him and gets by him, allowing a runner to advance. They meet at the mound and appear to get into it -- Farnsworth turns his back on Posada, and Posada shoots this "can you believe this guy? Fuck this!" look and he turns to go back to the plate. Before the next pitch is delivered, Posada stands up and demonstratively goes through the signals.

Farnsworth delivers as strike as asked, then a RBI single, and is gone in a 2-run inning.

Braves leading 5-1 in the bottom 9th

[Frayed Knot]

Posada was headed back to the plate from that conference before Guidry even reached the mound. He let the pitching coach and the infielders straighten things out.
Farnsworth has been pretty lousy lately (including tonight). Probably not a good idea to start butting heads with your catcher/friend of the captain.

Braves win 5-2 after the Skanks got a decent outing from Jaret Wright.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

This afternoon's MFYs/Braves Gay Dame is now in the 12th, tied 2-2.

[Elster88]

Top 12th...now 3-2 on a Giles HR.

2 outs, first and second.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Gayrod ended it on a walkoff. Hoorah for us?

No. Bad for us.

[Gwreck]

FUCK!

I guess they can stop whining now about how he "isn't clutch."

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I guess this wasn't a big game.

[seawolf17]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: I guess this wasn't a big game.

They beat a last-place team who had lost about 4500 straight games.

[stevejrogers]

seawolf17 wrote: ="ScarletKnight41"]I guess this wasn't a big game. They beat a last-place team who had lost about 4500 straight games.

Yeah, watch him ground out weakly back to El Duque on Friday night, the boos will be quite loud.

[Guest mt8thsw9th]

ARod's "clutch" hit was simply the case of a blind squirrel finding a nut. The guy's a dog when it really matters, and 1 time out of a hundred does little to change that. Was this his first walk-off hit of any sort with the Yankees?

The funniest clutch moment I've seen with ARod on the Yankees was Game 5 of last year's ALDS. Down by 2, Jeter leads off the ninth with a single, and ARod promptly GIDP's. He's a hell of a talent, but his guts are questionable to say the least.

[Zvon]

mt8thsw9th wrote: ARod's "clutch" hit was simply the case of a blind squirrel finding a nut.

LMAO! This is classic.
Made me think of a rickitty yak finding a yam bag.

[Elster88]

mt8thsw9th wrote: ARod's "clutch" hit was simply the case of a blind squirrel finding a nut. The guy's a dog when it really matters, and 1 time out of a hundred does little to change that. Was this his first walk-off hit of any sort with the Yankees?

Amazing.

[Frayed Knot]

A ruling has been issued from high atop Mt. MFY that because ARod's game-winning HR came against a bad team it still falls short of qualifying him for "TRUE YANKEE" status.
Also, in a related statement, the 'Turning Point of the Game' for yesterday's game was decreed to be a 4th inning groundout to Jeter. He was like so totally in the right spot.

[Guest silverdsl]

Gwreck wrote: FUCK! I guess they can stop whining now about how he "isn't clutch."

Doubtful. A-Rod has become so hated by some Yankee fans that he will need to hit a homerun in every game against the Red Sox for the rest of the time he's in pinstripes to get into their good graces. You'd think he robs small children of their candy and strangles puppies with the way some can't stand him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I had no idea Alex Rodriguez was batting .010 in clutch situations.

Both squirrel and dog, he must chase himself up trees.