IGT 6/23/2013: NYM @ PHI -- With Whiz

[Zvon]

Raining harder now. 6th inning.

[Edgy MD]

Hitting Harvey in the rain can't be comfortable.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Hitting Harvey in the rain can't be comfortable.

Just standing in the box against him in grippery slippery rain must be scary. For us. Utley has no fear and man he still can get down that line.

[Edgy MD]

Gots to think his day is done. One out in the seventh and the tarps roll out.

[Zvon]

The tarp comes out.

[nymr83]

Darling "this [the rain delay] might knock Harvey out"

it HAD BETTER knock Harvey out... in a 6-0 game what point would there be in marching your young ace out there again after he takes a seat for so long? bring on the shitpen!

[Edgy MD]

Impressed Savery got up to make that play on the liner by Harvey.

Here's a screencap I got of the play:

[Edgy MD]

Nymr83 wrote: it HAD BETTER knock Harvey out... in a 6-0 game what point would there be in marching your young ace out there again after he takes a seat for so long? bring on the shitpen!

Wow, you sell it so sweetly.

[Zvon]

Darling "this [the rain delay] might knock Harvey out" it HAD BETTER knock Harvey out... in a 6-0 game what point would there be in marching your young ace out there again after he takes a seat for so long? bring on the shitpen!

Agreed #83

Impressed Savery got up to make that play on the liner by Harvey. Here's a screencap I got of the play:

Better than any image I would have come up with. Very accurate depiction.

[Zvon]

Games starting up again. hmmm.

[Edgy MD]

Harvey out. Hawkins warming.

Mets extra-basin' some more.

[Edgy MD]

And some more.

[Zvon]

Wright is slammin!


Old TriBOOM image Ill run out one last time.

[Zvon]

And Byrd doubles in Wright. This is fun. Baseball is awesome again.

[Frayed Knot]

Byrd & Young certainly doing their best to answer those who want them out of the line-up.

[Zvon]

Hawkins on to take charge.

[Zvon]

Some no name first appearance rook Ks the side.

[Zvon]

Wow. What a day for the Capt.

[Frayed Knot]

Nice cap to the afternoon, but that was a classic CBP-HR
Not sure that's out anywhere else except Houston.

[nymr83]

Wright homers, Byrd doubles, 9 extra-base hits for the Mets!

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nice cap to the afternoon, but that was a classic CBP-HR Not sure that's out anywhere else except Houston.

Yea, looked like he one handed it. Still, squarin' up the ball all day. I love it.

[Frayed Knot]

OK, so Revere caught that last out of the 9th and simply trotted in with the ball. Obviously at some point it becomes an out even though it doesn't transfer to his bare hand. I mean, if he were to drop it out of his glove and onto the mound while trotting past would the ump declare it a 'no catch'? I don't think so.

That's why it always struck me as an odd bit a rule book minutia.

[smg58]

Unusual double play when Rollins stopped between first and second, but Murphy handled it perfectly and we're one out away.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: OK, so Revere caught that last out of the 9th and simply trotted in with the ball. Obviously at some point it becomes an out even though it doesn't transfer to his bare hand. I mean, if he were to drop it out of his glove and onto the mound while trotting past would the ump declare it a 'no catch'? I don't think so. That's why it always struck me as an odd bit a rule book minutia.

It was an ump getting fancy with the rules, no doubt. If that call was against us (our fielder dropping it) I would have went ballistic.

[Guest themetfairy]

Books!

[Zvon]

Very good game. Harvey wins. Wright rocks. Mets roll.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: OK, so Revere caught that last out of the 9th and simply trotted in with the ball. Obviously at some point it becomes an out even though it doesn't transfer to his bare hand. I mean, if he were to drop it out of his glove and onto the mound while trotting past would the ump declare it a 'no catch'? I don't think so. That's why it always struck me as an odd bit a rule book minutia. It was an ump getting fancy with the rules, no doubt. If that call was against us (our fielder dropping it) I would have went ballistic.

But it's the right call even if an odd one -- and, yeah, I've seen it go against the Mets as well.
Just pointing out that there's a practical limit to how long you can enforce the 'clean transfer' thing.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Nice cap to the afternoon, but that was a classic CBP-HR Not sure that's out anywhere else except Houston. Yea, looked like he one handed it. Still, squarin' up the ball all day. I love it.

It must be someone's turn to play the Brown Dirt Cowboy today because the captain was fantastic.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Nice cap to the afternoon, but that was a classic CBP-HR Not sure that's out anywhere else except Houston. Yea, looked like he one handed it. Still, squarin' up the ball all day. I love it. It must be someone's turn to play the Brown Dirt Cowboy today because the captain was fantastic.

This may be one of the most anticipated albums in my life.
It wasn't Yellow Brick Road great but it did not disappoint.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: But it's the right call even if an odd one -- and, yeah, I've seen it go against the Mets as well. Just pointing out that there's a practical limit to how long you can enforce the 'clean transfer' thing.

I think the thing here is that the glove hand was still in its follow-through motion after catching the ball when the ball rolled out. So even though there was a moment or two where the ball was solidly grasped in his glove, it's hard to argue that he ever had "control" of the ball.

I don't know exactly how the rule is worded, but I think the spirit of the rule should be whether the fielder had control of the ball, where he could decide what he wanted to do with it; throw it to the infield, toss it into the stands, wipe his nose with it, lick it, whatever. Revere never really had that possession.