Baseball Playoffs

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:39 pm

jmq wrote:The Yankees go from a manager (Torre) who had such a big doghouse that he overused his favorites, now to a manager who wants to empty the pen. Girardi, you are killing me. And it will be his turn to get killed by the NY media tomorrow.

oh the blogs are already burning!

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:47 pm

CC gettin it done!
We're up 3-1. I will take that!

jayseadee · Post by **jayseadee** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:32 am

mbw1024 wrote:CC gettin it done!
We're up 3-1. I will take that!

Yup - just like 5 years ago this month

(game 7 was 5 years ago yesterday)

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mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:21 am

jayseadee wrote:
mbw1024 wrote:CC gettin it done!
We're up 3-1. I will take that!
Yup - just like 5 years ago this month

(game 7 was 5 years ago yesterday)

oh well aware thank you!

lust4life · Post by **lust4life** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:09 pm

I couldn't believe not getting the double out at 3rd, sure hope someone reviews the umping from all the games.

Looks like it will be Phillies/Yanks!! Go Phillies.

jmq · Post by **jmq** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:24 pm

Manny will be calling the limo if the Phils go up early.

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:26 pm

jmq wrote:Manny will be calling the limo if the Phils go up early.

did you read he was in the shower when the Phils won the other night? hahahahaha
hey he's out of the game so what the heck, right?

jmq · Post by **jmq** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:39 pm

That's what I was riffing about!

About the umps, painfully obvious that selection to work post season is NOT merit based, which a total joke, and needs to be changed.

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:40 pm

really awful.
that thing at third last night was a real joke! Cano is standing there w/out a foot on the bag, is tagged and called safe. THAT I don't get!

jmq · Post by **jmq** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:52 pm

From a photo in the paper you can see that he was poorly positioned and why he couldn't see Cano's foot. Same guy was lazy on the blown tag up call, and he is the crew chief!

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mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:23 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/b ... index.html

Connie · Post by **Connie** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:51 pm

The Phillies have it.

Of course.

soxfan22 · Post by **soxfan22** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:49 pm

jmq wrote:From a photo in the paper you can see that he was poorly positioned and why he couldn't see Cano's foot. Same guy was lazy on the blown tag up call, and he is the crew chief!

A few things on this:

1. Tim McClelland has the reputation within the game (managers, players, etc) of being one of the better umpires in MLB. He has notoriously SLOW ball/strike mechanics as a plate umpire, but despite that, he is well respeced.

2. Given that, the Cano/Posada call at the third base bag was possibly the worst I have ever seen.

3. The call on Melky is a difficult one...More difficult than it appears. McClelland has to watch both Torii Hunter AND the feet of Melky as he leaves...He was in a bad position (should've been down the 3rd base line towards the plate so that he would have both players in his line of sight)...From where he was standing, all he could see was Melky's upper body moving before the catch was made, though his feet did not.

Does anybody remember the Don Denkinger call in the 1985 World Series that actually cost the Cardinals a championship that year? Literally, if he doesn't blow the call in Game 6, the Cards win that series. Okay, and maybe if Jack Clark catches that popup.

Here it is...

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My beef is this...Why (other than the Melky call) do the Yanks always seem to come out on top of these close calls in the playoffs? You can go back to the "Jeffrey Maher" HR in '96 by Jeter vs. the Orioles...Then you have the Knoblauch "ghost tag" on Offerman in 1999...The other night...And there are many inbetween. Bugs me. Go Halos.

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