bmfc1 wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Jesus. That's the 3B's ball. Ike is second choice. Ridiculous. Niese has to get the hell out of the way. Haven't seen all the game but I saw this and it was in a perfect spot, exactly on a line to the mound between 1st and 3rd. Wright could have caught it, Ike could have caught it. And even though he should have yielded, Niese should have caught that. It went right through him. I thought he swallowed it and shit it out. You're right Zvon, Niese should have caught it but on IF pop-ups, I always was told, and taught, that the 3B is the 1st priority, followed by 1B. Niese may have called off everyone else, leading to the clusterfuck, but on paper, David should have taken charge. Cal disagrees: http://www.ripkenbaseball.com/cc/notebook/index.html?article_id=582 I agree with you. I played third base in baseball and softball and I, as the 3rd baseman, would have had a good angle to approach and take charge of the situation. Problem there was no one took charge. Yea, as I third baseman I would have felt that was my bad.