2019 MLB postseason thread

Turner didn't interfere with the first baseman.

The first baseman interfered with Turner.

When Turner stepped on the bag, he was EXACTLY where he was supposed to be.


*THIS* is Turner's fault?

 

Turner did not run legally to the base. BY RULE. I'm not sure how much clearer you need the explanation.

 

I will ask again.
What percentage of runners run to the right of the line, "legally"?

Give me a ballpark guess.

 

Where did I say fairness doesn’t matter? Did I say to get rid of rules or umpires? You’re responding to an imaginary post instead of my inspired insight.

Unfair would be if one of these umps were on the take. You want a perfectly officiated game? They don’t and will never exist. That’s the point, so at a certain stage stop trying to use technology. Like how can boxing or diving or gymnastics or freestyle ski jumping ever be “fairly scored”? They can’t.

Now the cyclops in tennis to call balls in or out? Totally for it. Because that’s a black and white game and one of the few. Others have too many judgment calls.

 

Because when Turner and the ball met at the bag, Turner was EXACTLY where a runner is supposed to be.

 

No clue. But nothing is called unless play is affected. Then it matters.

 

Where, in your opinion, should Turner have been when he stepped on the bag?

 

Poin, you keep posting that photo like it's some proof, when it completely ignores that he ran a skinny slant from the wrong side of the baseline and ended up in the right position. In football, it would be like if you posted a picture of a route that a receiver ran 95 percent out of bounds, and then the last shot, he's got two feet inbounds and caught it fine.

You asked how often that gets called - I'm guessing almost never, because in most cases, the runner is either so late as compared to the ball that it doesn't matter, or, because he beats the throw by several seconds. The rare chance that the ball and runner can almost arrive simultaneously is WHY they have the running lane in foul territory. If the ball hits him in foul territory, or he runs into the glove in foul territory, I assume he's safe.

 

Im surprised the game has lasted this long with the first bag positioning the way it is. Even when you're talking Little League, you would think they would have adopted double first base by now.

 

I can’t see the top of the orange bag. Does it say “safe space”?

jk

 

Anytime you can go back to how they did something in 1952, you should.

If you hate reply, fine. I disagree but I get it. To think fans shouldn’t see replays at home is preposterous. Should we go back to standard def as well?