I have mixed feelings about the Brewers’ success. On one hand it makes things more complicated for the Cardinals. On the other, it makes things more complicated for the Cubs.

Please, anyone but the Dodgers. Even the Red Sox. Their fans are obnoxious, but most of the players and the manager seem pretty cool.

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APIAD wrote:

the idea of machado being a cardinal is sickening

I got an email from a friend earlier this evening saying he would like to see Gibson have a shot at that POS.
 

forsberg_us wrote:

I was watching the Blues game. Did Joe West really just take away a Houston HR on the assumption Mookie Betts was going to make one of the greatest catches in World Series history?

I was watching the Bruins game. Until Rask gave up three goals in the first period. Then I just started bashing myself in the head with a hammer. Surprisingly, the hammer to the head hurt less than watching Rask.
 

Last edited by artie_fufkin (10/18/2018 7:52 am)

should of been a hr imo.  the fan wasnt hanging out onto the field.  his arms were not even really extended.  sure it interfered with the play but thats what happens when a pitcher allows a batter to strike a ball into the stands.  for the fan to not have interfered he would of had to of had his hands in his pockets and take the ball off his body.

APIAD wrote:

should of been a hr imo. the fan wasnt hanging out onto the field. his arms were not even really extended. sure it interfered with the play but thats what happens when a pitcher allows a batter to strike a ball into the stands. for the fan to not have interfered he would of had to of had his hands in his pockets and take the ball off his body.

That was my take on it too.  You can't expect a person to have a hard projectile headed in their direction and not extend their arms at least a little to protect themselves.  If that play is going to be considered interference, then MLB needs to require stadiums to have a few feet of space between the fence and the seats (something like the planters at Busch Stadium).

I also think the default call in that situation has to be a HR (unless it's obvious the fan is extended into the playing area). If replay can't definitively show that the fan interfered, it's a pretty big leap of faith to assume Betts makes that catch.

But didn't the ball end up on the field after hitting Betts' glove? If so, is it an HR if an outfielder manages to swat one from the stands back onto the field? I suppose the fact it went from glove to fan's hand back to glove could make the difference.

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Wonder if Plaschke will write a column questioning every game the Dodgers have won since they left Brooklyn.

 

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Mags wrote:

One of the forum rules should be that anyone posting a link to Jim Rome's picture, or worse, a video of the POS talking should be required to provide a consumer waning like kids get when they are promoting a skin flick.

My deepest apologies. I have removed the offending link. At the risk, of course, of confusing the people who will read this board 5,000 years from now.

Last edited by artie_fufkin (10/19/2018 4:53 pm)

Mags wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Mags wrote:

One of the forum rules should be that anyone posting a link to Jim Rome's picture, or worse, a video of the POS talking should be required to provide a consumer waning like kids get when they are promoting a skin flick.

My deepest apologies. I have removed the offending link. At the risk, of course, of confusing the people who will read this board 5,000 years from now.

Am I just a poor reader or did that article fail to mention Bobby Thompson and Leo Durocher in 1951?

Of course it may very well be that both are true

There was nothing about how the Giants stole signs in 1951. 
I don't know if you've seen "42," but Durocher is portrayed as a far better person than he probably was in real life. Although I've read other reports that corroborate he was far more progressive about racial issues than most baseball men in that era.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

I think it's OK for Brewers' fans to boo Machado, but then they can't root for Ryan Braun at the same time.

 

Being a Cardinal fan as a youth in the 50’s gives one a warped view of the sport.  You expect the best players to be like Stan Musial.

Machado may be the biggest punk in the game.

APIAD wrote:

Machado may be the biggest punk in the game.

As Whiskey Dan would say, he's definitely in the conversation.