TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

[Frayed Knot]

Grand Slam Diaz for the Cards. 5-2 StL in the 4th.

Diaz, btw, was a childhood friend of Jose Fernandez and left the team yesterday to spend the day with the Fernandez family.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Final in St. Louis : Reds 2, Cardinals 1.

Kolton Wong had a leadoff triple in the bottom of the ninth but was stranded.

[Centerfield]

Yay!

Happy outcomes!

[Frayed Knot]

And the Rox are now up 2-0 in top 7

[dinosaur jesus]

Buster Posey bats as the winning run with two outs in the ninth, but grounds out. The Rockies beat the Giants 2-0.

[Edgy MD]

A glorious night. An enchanted evening.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A magical night, reducing the old number of magick to 2.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah everything except the Red Sox failing to clinch at MFY Stadium when Kimbrel and whoever blow a 3-run 9th inning lead and lose on a grand-slam by Teixera. We'll have to get them back for that in the World Series if we don;t wind up facing Cleveland that is.

[Centerfield]

How about some love for the Cincinnati Reds as they wrap up their season. These glorious Reds were nice enough to go 0-6 against our beloved Mets, while posting a respectable 9 wins against St. Louis.

Two of three in this last series really put a dent in their playoff hopes going into the weekend.

Thank you Reds. You may now re-commence sucking.

[Centerfield]

Aaack. I spoke too soon! Reds have one more game against the Cards.

Crap. Put sucking on hold for one more day. Just kidding!

[Benjamin Grimm]

[TransMonk]

In Cincinnati, they're tied at 1 after three with

[youtube:23pm4q1v]FkLTwX0duY4[/youtube:23pm4q1v]

[Frayed Knot]

3-1 Cards, end of 5

[Fman99]

Centerfield wrote: Aaack. I spoke too soon! Reds have one more game against the Cards. Crap. Put sucking on hold for one more day. Just kidding!

This is on you, my man. Just sayin'

[Zvon]

TransMonk wrote: In Cincinnati, they're tied at 1 after three with [youtube]FkLTwX0duY4[/youtube]

Eh, if CF jinxed 'em Monk balanced it out with an awesome song.
If the Cards win I will console myself by listening to Red Rain at max volume.
I think the Reds are gonna rain down some runs tho.

Peraza just singled with 2 out in the 7th.
Still 3-1 Cards.

[Zvon]

Reds score in the 8th. 1 on, no out.

3-2 Cards.

[Zvon]

Reds tie it 3-3 with 2 out in the 9th!! yayoooeeeeyeaaaa.

[HahnSolo]

Reds tie it on a cheapie. 2 out 2 strike nubber drives a run in

[Benjamin Grimm]

Two outs, runner on third, 1-2 count, top of the ninth, the Reds score the tying run on a slow grounder to third that's an infield hit!

[Zvon]

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Cards get a man on with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th. Grichuk up. 24 dingers. Hmm.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Rockies score 2 in the first in San Francisco!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cardinals win in the ninth.

Oh well.

[Zvon]

Wow. Fuck you fat ass. Fuck you Reds.

Cards walk-off in the 9th. Molina RBI double.
Reds should have had Carpenter at the plate, I feel, but they bungled their shit.


Might be reviewed. Talk of it possibly being a ground rule double.

[Zvon]

The Reds might want to have this reviewed but the umps have left the field.

[HahnSolo]

That should be a ground rule double. That's some bull spit by the umps. How the hell is that not reviewed?

[Frayed Knot]

Looked to be in play all the way to me. Reds just messed up both ends of the relay throw.

[HahnSolo]

It hit the back wall pretty clearly I thought. That makes it a ground rule double. I think it ought to be 2nd and 3rd.

But never mind what I think. How do the umps just leave the field leaving the Reds with no ability to challenge?

[Zvon]

HahnSolo wrote: It hit the back wall pretty clearly I thought. That makes it a ground rule double. I think it ought to be 2nd and 3rd. But never mind what I think. How do the umps just leave the field leaving the Reds with no ability to challenge?

Did the Reds have a challenge left? I didn't watch the entire game. If they had one left then they have to pick this game up and finish it. This is pretty preposterous.

OE: according to MLBtv, it's ovah!

Edited September 30, 2016 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Apparently those advertising signs, above and also slightly in back of the regular wall, are in play and it's the railing behind both of them that determines HR/not and also in-play/not so that hit was a live ball.
But, yeah, having the losing manager chase the umps down the runway in a case like while the home team dog-piles at the plate and the cameras and microphones are coming out to do post-game interviews is one of many problems that apparently no one anticipated when they slapped together this replay rule.

[Zvon]

On a play where there is any question, and this was certainly one, the umps should just do their job and wait to see if there is a protest. At least look at the bench/manager to see if there's a possibility of one. What, was there a swingin' ump party after the game or something? WTF?