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OAITW r.2.0

(24,321 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 10:59 PM Oct 2019

Nats got screwed, then they unscrewed it.

A real piss poor call on the base-running call. But, next batter corrected the injustice and hit a 2 run homer.

Disclosure: I am a die hard Red Sox fan, but I want to see the Nats win....cuz, why not?

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Nats got screwed, then they unscrewed it. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 OP
Except it is not fixed, because it should have been a 3 run homer, and still one more batter RockRaven Oct 2019 #1
Go Nats! ⚾️ ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️ MLAA Oct 2019 #2
Why'd they take strassburg out? 3 batters left? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #3
2 batters left. stopbush Oct 2019 #5
That was sweet, especially after Dave Martinez was ejected Brother Buzz Oct 2019 #4
Meh, that was some interruptive BS Mersky Oct 2019 #6
So much wrong with the call. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #7
Yeah, don't like it. Mersky Oct 2019 #8
Honestly, haven't watched much of the Series. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #9
Oh, I'm looking forward to it Mersky Oct 2019 #12
Listened to Joe Torre on the radio TRYING to explain the situation ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #13
That call was wrong... period. honest.abe Oct 2019 #10
It was an egregious call melm00se Oct 2019 #16
Rendon drove in more runs in his last 2 at-bats ... Martin Eden Oct 2019 #11
He is a fucking STUD ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #14
He can play some defense, too! Martin Eden Oct 2019 #15
Very bad call. rownesheck Oct 2019 #17

RockRaven

(14,913 posts)
1. Except it is not fixed, because it should have been a 3 run homer, and still one more batter
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 11:10 PM
Oct 2019

to come when the inning ended. Who, at this moment, knows if that one (or more) run will be the difference in the game and series?

Only if the game actually ends in a Nats win will the poor call be fixed. There is still time for it to go the other way.

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
6. Meh, that was some interruptive BS
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:26 AM
Oct 2019

Don't know how that could have gone. Kinda ditched the momentum of the game with the whole batter interference call. Was weird, broke game concentration even if it was in the Astros favor. Am hoping for better calls tomorrow. This ain't on either team. I'm just saying that it broke the rhythm of play, unnecessarily.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,321 posts)
7. So much wrong with the call.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:31 AM
Oct 2019

On replay, the batter ran a route that is expected...the shortest distance to the base. His foot hit squarely on the middle of the bag....BUT....the ball was late and behind the runner. No way can it be interference if the runner is on the bag before the ball gets there. IMHO.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,321 posts)
9. Honestly, haven't watched much of the Series.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:42 AM
Oct 2019

Last edited Wed Oct 30, 2019, 01:14 AM - Edit history (1)

But that play could have changed the direction of the game. Glad it didn't. Nars deserved the win. Should be a great Game 7!

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
12. Oh, I'm looking forward to it
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:58 AM
Oct 2019

To be sure. I love this stuff. It's so tough, but good for relaxing. Astros post season is something for me since 2017... Am glad it's happening for the Nats.

For the Nats at #5 game, I was all," Y'all suck it up"... Felt that for the second game. Love it. Astros adore the game and are excellent. It's a good showdown if the umps will stay out of the way.

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
13. Listened to Joe Torre on the radio TRYING to explain the situation
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:59 AM
Oct 2019

Yeah Joe, who is now Baseball's Chief Baseball Officer, he sounded shaken and he was lying through his teeth. Wish I could play a clip, it was fucking ridiculous.

honest.abe

(8,617 posts)
10. That call was wrong... period.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:43 AM
Oct 2019

The runner was in a normal path to the base. The throw was off which is why the first baseman’s glove hit the runner. It’s not the runners responsibility to avoid an errant throw.

Why they couldn’t admit it and overturn it after reviewing is beyond me.

Thank goodness it didn’t matter.

melm00se

(4,986 posts)
16. It was an egregious call
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 08:26 AM
Oct 2019

the replay from down the 1st baseline showed that the runner never wavered in the base path. No drifting into the infield nor into foul territory...straight down the line.

Had the 1st baseman been left handed, no call.

Martin Eden

(12,847 posts)
11. Rendon drove in more runs in his last 2 at-bats ...
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 12:50 AM
Oct 2019

.. than runs scored by his team in the 3 games at home combined.

Martin Eden

(12,847 posts)
15. He can play some defense, too!
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 07:06 AM
Oct 2019

We've seen a very high level of play in this World Series. Will it be the first one in which the home team lost 7 games?

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