It's a lot harder to make contact and get a ball to the outfield when the ump forces you to swing at pitches a foot outsideDeJesus Built My Hotrod said:
Because anyone who loves baseball knows that having the tying run at third with no outs and not getting it home is a horrific fail. The wasn't the doing of the ump - that was the combination of a great pitcher and hitters who couldn't get the ball to the outfield. And to your point, all evidence points to Davis getting Revere even if that was called a ball. They could have called Navarro's pitch a ball and he likely still would have fanned. The better team won.
Fair enough. I will tooE5 Yaz said:
Because you weren't "bummed out." You built a soapbox to rail a single pitch call that you said may have affected the entire game.
And I'll be a prick if I want to be.
Probably a rapist hurricane, then.Reggie's Racquet said:Haven't you heard. The Mexican hurricane just crossed the border.
Max Power said:When the situation is only a failure if you strike out and the ump makes it so you have to swing at everything, then yes, those two terrible calls had an enormous impact in the result of the game.
Mexico should have built a big wall on its southern border to keep out the hurricaneMax Power said:Probably a rapist hurricane, then.
-Donald Trump
I think it's Kenny.strek1 said:What's the bird on the the trophy holding? A jock strap?
mikeford said:what an awful world series.
You have to admit...E5 Yaz said:
Do me a favor: Go back and see the chart for every at-bat during the game where the umpire made a poor strike-ball call. Then note the runners on base and the outs, and the count and calculated the probability that each and every one of those poor calls could have led to a different outcome in the game and report back.
strek1 said:Haha - If either Boston or MFY had left the tying run at 3rd with no outs more than tears would be flowing. Heads would be rolling. I'm glad I could watch somebody do that without having any skin in the game. So now does Gibbons keep his job?
He'll be in the running for MOY also.shawnrbu said:
Why would Gibbons lose his job? His team just had their best season in 22 years.
twibnotes said:You have to admit...
1) it was among the more egregious miscalls you would see in any game (ie, it wasn't even close)
2) the odds of a call that bad with a runner on third and less than two outs is pretty damn small
E5 Yaz said:
Why? A great young pitching staff vs the team with the best record in the American League.
Sounds decent to me
The MLB app showed the pitch as being much further away than a typical miscall.E5 Yaz said:
1) Nope. It just seems that way because it was the ninth inning ... and the team you favored didn't win.
2) How exactly are you calculating these "odds"?
And with that, I'm done on the topic
soxhop411 said:This FS1 post game is cringe worthy
They did but with the talent he's had before this year they have been underachieving. I had heard it might be a Mattingly like "World Series or bust" proposition.shawnrbu said:
Why would Gibbons lose his job? His team just had their best season in 22 years.
1) Yes on the 9th. No on team favored. As a neutral, that just sucked. As did the Navarro call.E5 Yaz said:
1) Nope. It just seems that way because it was the ninth inning ... and the team you favored didn't win.
2) How exactly are you calculating these "odds"?
And with that, I'm done on the topic
Al Zarilla said:How can they not have Erin in there getting wet?
It's probably in her contract. She's not an up and comer anymore. They are afraid to put her in a sexual harrassment situation. :lol:Al Zarilla said:How can they not have Erin in there getting wet?
What? This should be a terrific world seriesmikeford said:go comet hitting the earth and killing us all. what an awful world series.
twibnotes said:You have to admit...
1) it was among the more egregious miscalls you would see in any game (ie, it wasn't even close)
2) the odds of a call that bad with a runner on third and less than two outs is pretty damn small
Yeah nothing like kicking a guy while he's down.hbk72777 said:Rosenthal is pushing Price into Donnie Moore territory
Goes to show that MLB, the NBA, and NHL don't want any team coming from Canada to make the playoffs, unless it's to be the prison bitch of the U.S. franchises.
To the fans of the Mets and Royals, you can take all the MLB trophies and shove them up all your asses.
Nice to know that the changes the 3 leagues above made to keep the Canadian teams getting weak, stupid players pays off for the corporate profits of the U.S. franchises, and leaving teams like the Jays, and Toronto's sports bars, in financial debt.
To me, the 2015 MLB season is over, with the Commissioner's Trophy vacated.
> = (
FOX didn't like having the maple leaf, in the Jays logo, on their network, and yapped to the Royals and officiating crew to screw Toronto over, like Vince McMahon raped Bret Hart in the Montreal Screwjob from 1997's WWF.
Maybe Canada's franchises should start acting like heels and injuring the players on U.S. teams, just for wearing jerseys of those teams, to win titles from now on.
I want Canada's 2-decade long+ pro sports title drought in the NHL, NBA, and MLB to end, no matter nothing, and to me, if it means using the tactics of 'beatin' and cheatin', so be it.
shawnrbu said:
Why would Gibbons lose his job? His team just had their best season in 22 years.
OyDelonte James Jr. said:Looking at an absolutely fucking insane Jays fan. Moron. Killing me with his insanity. Genuinely wondering if this guy is clinically insane.
I was rooting for the Royals and it bothered me, fwiw.twibnotes said:All you guys poo pooing that ump gaffe would be going nuts if the sox were in the jays' shoes. It was a bullshit call that may have changed the outcome of the game - how does that not bother you if you love baseball?
BestGameEvah said:And my favorite, Bautista throwing to second!
That was a great read. Thank you for the link.E5 Yaz said:
There's a great section in this story about the KC third base coach having prepped the team to be on the lookout for just this exact situation
http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/10/24/royals-blue-jays-alcs-clinch-pennant
Reading it makes you think about a certain hoodied NFL coach's level of prep
And it bounced about four times. Tulo either was so completely shocked that Cain was running that his mind caused an arm cramp or he just had a bad grip on the ball. He's generally the best SS nowadays at throwing from any body position.BestGameEvah said:And Tulo's throw was up the line. Brilliant!
Elias:E5 Yaz said:The Blue Jays went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position in Game 6.