IGT 6/12/2013: STL @ NYM -- Gee, Your Team Plays Horrific

[Ceetar]

[Ceetar]

On Molina's double last night, Valdespin (the second baseman) for some reason ran all the way over to the third base line to stand like 6 feet from David Wright (Duda relayed in to Quintanilla who then flipped to Valdespin since he was right there). Why? What could he possibly have been thinking he was going to do?

I only noted this because when Duda fielded it I looked towards second to see if they had a chance to get him and saw Murphy running to cover. It's almost like a wheel play on a double.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Went out for the evening. Didn't even follow it on handheld devices during the film.

So that's what broke your streak of mis-placed posts!
If there's any consolation it's that, just like a hitting streak, your streak isn't broken in games you never appeared in.

Edited June 13, 2013 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: On Molina's double last night, Valdespin (the second baseman) for some reason ran all the way over to the third base line to stand like 6 feet from David Wright (Duda relayed in to Quintanilla who then flipped to Valdespin since he was right there). Why? What could he possibly have been thinking he was going to do? I only noted this because when Duda fielded it I looked towards second to see if they had a chance to get him and saw Murphy running to cover. It's almost like a wheel play on a double.

On a double to LF, the SS & 2B usually act as double cut-off men (either to 3B or, if a runner was on 1st before the hit, to home) while the 1B trails the batter/runner towards 2nd on account of there ain't no reason to cover 1st anymore.
Now I can't picture that play specifically in my head, but it sounds like Valdespin was in the correct general area even if maybe not in the ideal spot.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: On Molina's double last night, Valdespin (the second baseman) for some reason ran all the way over to the third base line to stand like 6 feet from David Wright (Duda relayed in to Quintanilla who then flipped to Valdespin since he was right there). Why? What could he possibly have been thinking he was going to do? I only noted this because when Duda fielded it I looked towards second to see if they had a chance to get him and saw Murphy running to cover. It's almost like a wheel play on a double. On a double to LF, the SS & 2B usually act as double cut-off men (either to 3B or, if a runner was on 1st before the hit, to home) while the 1B trails the batter/runner towards 2nd on account of there ain't no reason to cover 1st anymore. Now I can't picture that play specifically in my head, but it sounds like Valdespin was in the correct general area even if maybe not in the ideal spot.

That does seem to make sense. I guess it just felt weird because the play was along the line so whereas normally he'd be right around SS position, here he was basically standing in front of David Wright. Also with Yadier the runner little chance he was going to third. What makes the decision between deciding to cover second for a possible throw?

no replay on mlb for the double, so can't look back at it. aw well.

[Edgy MD]

I'm old school. The shortstop or secondbaseman gets the outfield cutoff, the other one covers the bag, and the first baseman gets the infield cutoff.