Random MLB news that is pointless to say anywhere else thread

[Principessa21]

I thought it'd be nice to have a thread for just random news, thoughts, highlights, etc. I'll start. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Did anyone see Carlos Santana - Ryan Kalish collision tonight? Yikes. Supposedly Santana only bruised his knee.

[davego]

The Rays really have an Expos feel to them.

[joepepsi]

Buck Showalter will get the Orioles back into this thing by mid September. All they needed was a stern taskmaster in the dugout.

[BrewCrewForever]

Jeremy Hellickson is really good. Rays are just so rich with pitching.

[ecjimg]

What kind of season would the rangers be having if Thomas Diamond and Eric Hurley were never injured?

[Thurston Fluff]

Even when we are having a bad year pounding the Cubs makes the day go by so much better.

[pogokat]

Rick Ankiel said he was thinking about switching back to pitching if it will keep him in the show

[Nottso]

Rick Ankiel said he was thinking about switching back to pitching if it will keep him in the show

For God's sake, someone remove that post before DM sees it and signs Ankiel.

 

[Invader3K]

Mark Prior has signed with the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League.

[dlk9s]

Mark Prior has signed with the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League.

Robin Yount's son, Dustin, played in that league.

[Funketown]

On PTI today, Tony Kornheiser said that if A-Rod were placed on waivers, every one of the other 29 teams jump all over him. Kornheiser for Cubs GM!

[hawing]

Rick Ankiel said he was thinking about switching back to pitching if it will keep him in the show

For God's sake, someone remove that post before DM sees it and signs Ankiel.

Why did you post in blue, Nottso?

[Diskono]

edit: ^^^^ because Ankiel is the next Kieschnick!

 

Yikes, Keith Ginter and Byung-Hyun Kim both play for the team Prior signed with.

[JohnBriggs12]

Pirates claimed Chris Resop off of waivers from the Braves. Losing has it's advantages. I'm sure the Brewers would have liked to grab him.

[olliegjw]

JJ Hardy was used as a pinch runner yesterday. Don't the Twins have a pitcher that would be faster?

[Principessa21]

Maybe we complain about umpires too much, but this is sad. If this umpire called the double correctly (instead of foul), the Marlins would have won. Here's a shot: http://i.imgur.com/f8JZh.jpg

[BrewCrewForever]

I really love the Tampa Bay Rays. Easily my second favorite team in MLB. I really think they can and I really hope they do win the World Series. So young and so talented.

[pitchleague]

the thing about that call is that he gave up on the ball, assuming it was going to go foul. He just had to turn his head and watch the ball all the way to the ground and then make the call, but no, he just assumed it was going to go foul.

 

I loved the ump's arrogance afterward, stating that he still believed the ball to be foul.

[DHonks]

As for the Ankiel comment, I'd take a flier! He was the nastiest pitcher I'd seen in a long time.

[topper09er]

the thing about that call is that he gave up on the ball, assuming it was going to go foul. He just had to turn his head and watch the ball all the way to the ground and then make the call, but no, he just assumed it was going to go foul.

 

I loved the ump's arrogance afterward, stating that he still believed the ball to be foul.

That is a very misleading picture, it was a ground ball that already bounced before it reaches 3rd. The ump based his call on where he thought the ball was when it crossed the base. It was not a fly ball that landed behind him.

 

 

[Hofbraunhaus]

I saw the replay from the Marlins game and it really looks to me like the ball initally bounced foul on the very first bounce which would make it a dead ball. I think it was a good call.

[Principessa21]

the thing about that call is that he gave up on the ball, assuming it was going to go foul. He just had to turn his head and watch the ball all the way to the ground and then make the call, but no, he just assumed it was going to go foul.

 

I loved the ump's arrogance afterward, stating that he still believed the ball to be foul.

That is a very misleading picture, it was a ground ball that already bounced before it reaches 3rd. The ump based his call on where he thought the ball was when it crossed the base. It was not a fly ball that landed behind him.

 

The point of the picture was to show the umpire's view of the base. Once the ball bounces, it matters whether it crosses the base. I thought it did. What bothers me most about this situation is the umpire's arrogance. He won't even look at a replay because he says he's right.

[Principessa21]

I saw the replay from the Marlins game and it really looks to me like the ball initally bounced foul on the very first bounce which would make it a dead ball. I think it was a good call.

Unless it hit the batter, absolutely not. Here's the rule.

[topper09er]

The point of the picture is to try to show the ball was obviously foul and the ump missed it so ESPN can talk about forcing instant replay into MLB all day. It is misleading because it actually may have been a foul ball and the ump may have been correct.

[dlk9s]

I saw the replay from the Marlins game and it really looks to me like the ball initally bounced foul on the very first bounce which would make it a dead ball. I think it was a good call.

The first bounce looked fair to me (I assume you are talking about when it bounced a foot or two from the batter). But according to the rules, it doesn't matter:

A FOUL BALL is a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first

base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul

territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or over

foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any object foreign to the natural

ground.