Frayed Knot

Yanx were getting 2-hit while down 1-0 thru 8 to the Tigers. In comes DET closer Jason Foley in bottom 9: Single, Bunt Single, Double, Single

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Swinging at that first pitch, Zimmo Yeah, that surprised me. But at least he swung at a good first pitch, as opposed to Marte.

Now let's get to work making Danny Young a two game winner (in as many innings).

Seems to me that we've messed up more than our share of come-backers so far in this young season.

What was that commercial from a while back: 'Not going anywhere for a while?'

I was able to follow that HR!

Weird stat for Christian Scott this year in Syracuse: 5 games, 25.1 IP, 12 Hits allowed, 7 HRs!!

The hard hit ball ratio in this game through three innings is about 15-1 Actually JD Martinez has two hit into two hard outs so it's more like 15-3

Frayed Knot wrote: This has the potential to get out of hand in a hurry. And it does.

This has the potential to get out of hand in a hurry.

Yes, do remember that it is 6:50 first pitch! And we may be having offensive woes but the Rays leadoff batter has a .279 OBP and their cleanup hitter is Slugging .220 Only C Ben Rorvedt (62 PA), 3B Isaac Parades, and RF Richie Palacios (87 PA) have an OPS+ over 100 And, actually, so does their #1 listed 'Utility Player' Amed Rosario. But five of their starters are at sub-70

In a reasonably BIG! early season test the Orioles took 3-of-4 from the Yanx this week in the first matchup between those two ALE rivals, allowing only six NYY runs in the whole series. Not that the O's knocked the cover off the ball with only 13 scored on their side (MFY pitching has held up surprisingly well minus Gerritt Cole) but that's a nice statement series win for late April/early May and it puts the O's 1 game on top in the division. After starting the season 12-3. the Yanx are 8-10 since. Not exactly a collapse but maybe more a regression to the mean.

Just finished watching (well, at least part of it*) and that game was ... something? * So I'm watching via delay when suddenly (around top 4) my stream loses a connection and before reappearing a few minutes later ... in the 7th inning!!!! I went from down 1-0 to a 5-5 tie and missed everything in between. I backed up about 20 minutes, enough to see the Mets make it 5-5 from 4-5 but didn't want to see the three innings I missed having already known the result (watching them go down 4-0 would have REALLY put me in a bad mood). So I essentially just saw from the 8th inning on although that turned out to take well over an hour. I have to now go back and reconstruct the nine runs that I missed. That's never happened to me before on the stream but I know the fault wasn't at my end. Great win though: - Marte with two great throws - Baty - multiple nice defensive plays - Narvaez - two great tags - Lindor - four RBIs in a game he didn't start - Nimmo tying hit - Bader winning run - Diaz two innings ... and that's just the parts I saw We're gonna need a big delivery from the folks at Schaefer

When they put up a Negro Lg category i keep thinking that it means someone who played in the NNL or NAL As well as in MLB, but just Negro LG players are acceptable also. Would have helped me if I knew that. Wound up with a 72 Rarity score, 55 of which was Jackie [.300 BA/Negro Lg]

=Fman99 post_id=154011 time=1714664714 user_id=86] Joey Lucchesi is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in the 'Cuse, though he's also walked 15 batters in 32 innings.

1) obviously I was being a wise ass with the scoring earlier comment. But when you don't get the overturned call you're hoping for it matters more when you're trying to use it to pry your first run of the game w/2 outs in the 9th 2) yes, the HP Ump essentially made the right call for the wrong reason. But would a safe call stood up under review? Probably but not necessarily. We've all seen enough games (in multiple sports) where you, me, the guy sitting on the barstool next to you, and the TV announcers are all positive that the call under review is going to be reversed ... and then it's not (or vice versa). 3) these blocking rules are never as cut and dried as those implementing them like to believe. The cameras aren't on the catcher as the throw is coming in which is particularly problematic when inches and half-seconds can mean the difference between a legal block or not. Pete got his hand in (just not ON the plate) but the C also had the ball by then. Was he completely legal prior to that? I couldn't tell.

Statement from the league office: “After viewing all relevant angles, the Replay Official definitively determined that no violation of the Home Plate Collision Rule occurred,” MLB's replay center said in its statement. “The catcher's initial setup was legal and he moved into the lane in reaction to the trajectory of the incoming throw. The call is confirmed, as it is not a violation. Additionally, the Replay Official could not definitively determine that the runner contacted home plate prior to catcher applying the tag. The call stands, and the runner is out.” This was after Mendoza's post-game comments: “They send out a memo in spring training what's legal and what's illegal and it's clearly on that email — that memo — that we got that catchers are not allowed to have their foot in front of the plate,” ... On top of the plate, they cannot straddle without possession of the baseball. He was very clear that the guy had his left on top of the plate without the baseball. I think they got the wrong call.” Ways to avoid this in the future: - don't get shut out for the first 8 innings have have to depend on a run via a short FO w/a slow runner on 3rd - slide feet first in order to get your 240 lbs behind those size 14 feet and knock the catcher off his pins if he's on the plate

=Centerfield post_id=153974 time=1714614783 user_id=65] I'm guessing the bench was empty?

In that brief argument clip we heard, Mendoza was arguing that the rule states the catcher can't stand on the plate. I don't whether or not that's the way it actually reads.

Frayed Knot wrote: 4/36 w/RiSP 4-for-37

This won't be overturned

FEET FIRST!!!!!

I thought the Cubs' OF was about to get their second juggling catch of the night.

How many IF groundouts tonight? Feels like about 20

Runs scored this week: 2, 4, 4 (3 in the 11th), 1, 4, 0 (so far) ... almost all of them via HRs. 4/36 w/RiSP