I don't understand how you can be a professional umpire and call a pitch a ball that was 4 inches from any edge of the zone.
You can count on one hand the number of competent umpires.I don't understand how you can be a professional umpire and call a pitch a ball that was 4 inches from any edge of the zone.
Not if it goes 5They need him to start another game in this Series ... which is a helluva lot more important that trying for some historical oddity
As a person who's spent a lot of time walking and running over the Mass Ave. Bridge, I think he's about a smoot, but it depends on the ear.Altuve is less than a smoot.
White garters at home and grey on the road.Luke NaNoosh on the hill.
If I recall correctly, 1 smoot = 5'4" (~161.5 cm) plus an ear (?). I'll grant Albies exceeds the standard; uncertain about Altuve.I’m pretty sure that Altuve < smoot, Albies > smoot, but I may have misheard the announcer. . . . Meanwhile, this is the longest, slowest game ever.
Not getting on base?There is that whistling again. Are the Astros up to something?
Yeah, Rosario needs to lay out there: he probably catches it.Dive for that, Rosario.
Yes, Rosario wasn't going to lay out with Swanson right in front of himSwanson should have let up sooner, no way he was getting to that and he ended up being in Rosario's peripheral.
It's just sports. A no hitter matters as much as you want it to.Meanwhile, in things that actually matter, Matzek needs to buckle down
So ... if the Braves were playing the Red Sox, you'd have wanted them to complete the no-hitter?It's just sports. A no hitter matters as much as you want it to.
Assumes facts not in evidenceBuck might split his undies if Houston ties it up.