He's appealed and they are supposed to rule on it before game time.
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He's appealed and they are supposed to rule on it before game time.
Did any of you hear about Canada being dissed in the playoffs (again)?
Gotta Hear It: American announcer says Canadians can’t catch - Sportsnet.ca
I wish we were allowed to have our usual announcers instead of these clowns. It is so very obvious they are routing for the Rangers. And they have the right to cheer for who they want. And being excited is also OK. But, we should have the announcers that route for us.
However, even one of Fox's announcers commented on how bad the umping was in Game Two.
Gotta Hear It: American announcer says Canadians can’t catch - Sportsnet.ca
I wish we were allowed to have our usual announcers instead of these clowns. It is so very obvious they are routing for the Rangers. And they have the right to cheer for who they want. And being excited is also OK. But, we should have the announcers that route for us.
However, even one of Fox's announcers commented on how bad the umping was in Game Two.
Thanks. I'm glad they'll rule rather than just allow him to play now and wait to hear, like they usually do.
I heard it. It was a dopey thing to say especially since there have been so many injuries to fans of this sort lately. Do you have the games on the radio AnnaMarie? Try turning the sound on the TV off and listening to your Canadian broadcast of the game. Hopefully there isn't too much of a lag between the two.
Looks like Utley is eligible to play...at the moment at least....
Chase Utley of Los Angeles Dodgers unlikely to have appeal heard, making him eligible for Game 3
Chase Utley of Los Angeles Dodgers unlikely to have appeal heard, making him eligible for Game 3
Good! Utley did what all ballplayers do going into second to break up the double play. Name me other times this season where you've seen that same slide and it resulted in suspensions
ALL players begin their slide after reaching the bag and not before? Is that how you teach your girls to slide? You slide into the bag not onto the bag to break up the DP. Yes, I've seen others do that slide and get away with it, BUT it is still illegal. The differences this time is it was a playoff game and a player was seriously injured. The rule needs to be enforced, just like "the Neighborhood" rule at second needs to be.
You're familiar with the Posey Rule, I'm sure. That also changed the way a person can slide, maybe they need to have something similar done here.
No I don’t teach my girls that slide. I have enough trouble teaching them to slide correctly. I’ve got two types of players, those who like to slide and those who are afraid to slide. I have seen too many injuries from those afraid to slide and doing it wrong, especially at home plate where our rules dictate a slide is mandatory for a close play at home. But several of my girls are a vicious bunch and would like nothing better than taking the fielder out and breaking up a double play... on their own and against coaches wishes (but they aren't professionals). And that slide is done to them on a regular basis by the other teams. (It seems to me girls appear to get more pleasure from taking out the opposing player then boys do for some reason.)
And I’m familiar with the Posey rule. And it was hard for me to teach the catcher not to block home plate at first. You see far too many players getting safe now because of where the catcher needs to position themselves, which causes the runner to slide on the far outside of the plate and just reach their hand over at the last second.
And Utley should have been out though because he didn’t touch the base.
But I can see rule changes being made because of this.
I grew up rooting for the Cardinals, with their warrior pitcher Bob Gibson, the speedy and defiant Curt Flood, the savvy Tim McCarver, the genetically superior human of Lou Brock, and on and on.
So I still root for them by default. Couldn't care less about the Cubs, except... except... well, they're in the running, and I also enjoy rooting for the underdog, and if they won this year, it would almost be like the Red Sox could win.
Oh, wait.
Anyway. I'm torn. If I followed the game more, I'd be torn more.
So I still root for them by default. Couldn't care less about the Cubs, except... except... well, they're in the running, and I also enjoy rooting for the underdog, and if they won this year, it would almost be like the Red Sox could win.
Oh, wait.
Anyway. I'm torn. If I followed the game more, I'd be torn more.
Funny . . . but at least one Beantown hack (Dan Shaughnessy) made pretty good bank with a book about how winning the World Series in 2004 (against those same Cardinals) was the worst thing that could have happened to Red Sox fans.
See . . . Red Sox fan of my generation (and previous generations) grew up with the angst of constantly playing second-fiddle to New York. Actually Yankees (as opposed to New York Yankees) hate that. But the thing is, the Red Sox wouldn't just lose . . . they would come heartbreakingly close . . . and then lose. This created an "us-against-the-world" mentality that we felt was ours and ours alone (Cubs fan would argue). We lost that when the Red Sox won that World Series . . . and then another one . . . and even yet another after that.
Now they're just a team, with nothing romantic to remark them.
But those old Cardinals teams . . . Bob Gibson, Lou Brock . . .
I was only six years old when those guys beat Jim Lonborg and Carl Yastrzemski . . . but I remember.
I can see that.
The arrogance that Boston had going into that game ("This is OUR YEAR!") helped do them in, I think.
But I do feel bad for Lonborg, having gone 2-0 in the series, to be brought against the Cardinals' ace on just two days' rest, while Gibson was fully rested. McCarver joked that the slider that Gibson threw for the last strike on the last batter in the last game was so fierce that the batter probably still thinks it hit him.
That's a funny quote from McCarver . . . which of course brings up another association.
When I think of Tim McCarver, I don't remember those great Cardinals teams . . . I remember Deion Sanders throwing a bucket of ice water on him after . . . whatever playoff game that was . . . not because McCarver had done or said anything unprofessional on the broadcast, but just because Deion was (and is) an arrested adolescent Delta Bravo.
When I think of Tim McCarver, I don't remember those great Cardinals teams . . . I remember Deion Sanders throwing a bucket of ice water on him after . . . whatever playoff game that was . . . not because McCarver had done or said anything unprofessional on the broadcast, but just because Deion was (and is) an arrested adolescent Delta Bravo.
I may try that, but, everything about this is so very irritating.
Commercial breaks between each half inning, but often when they come back we've missed a few pitches. Or while a Jay is at bat they're showing something else. I've noticed it a few times for the Rangers, but I see it a lot for the Jays. Maybe this normal on Fox? I don't really watch that station, and this isn't encouraging me to.
But, we're back at The 6ix on Wednesday. WooHoo!
Glad to see how The Mets got revenge.
I've been hoping all along for a final between The Jays and The Mets.
I've been hoping all along for a final between The Jays and The Mets.
That would suit me fine!!
I also loved having the four games on yesterday, it was like baseball heaven....
I was at my son's house. No tv. No Internet. Driving home I heard the bottom of the ninth inning in the Jays/Rangers game.
I would have liked to see the apology before the game. (If anyone knows where it is online I would like a link.) I also would have liked to see the Mets game. I heard the crowd was really loud.
I would have liked to see the apology before the game. (If anyone knows where it is online I would like a link.) I also would have liked to see the Mets game. I heard the crowd was really loud.
I missed the apology too as we were watching the end of the Royals/Astros game (wow on that!!). Good on Reynolds for doing that, I always have liked him.
Shea (I know it's not called Shea anymore, but it will always be to me) was rocking last night. I believe the announcers even mentioned it.
Googling after coffee helped. It found it.
Reynolds offers apology for comment about Canadian baseball fans - Sportsnet.ca
Good on him. Straight up apology.
I still want our own commentators though.
Reynolds offers apology for comment about Canadian baseball fans - Sportsnet.ca
Good on him. Straight up apology.
I still want our own commentators though.