MVP 8/20 Live game
For me its a no brainer. Dan R. with a CG 4 hitter and 8K's. Awesome stuff!
I thought for the most part both sides played a pretty solid game. I definitly had a good time.
And big thanks to Paul and Scott for Umpiring.
MVP 8/20 live game
MVP 8/20 live game
Go A's in '06
-
Baseball=Life
- Baseball Deity
- Posts: 1031
- Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:16 pm
- Location: SF, CA
No problem. I'd have to agree with Pat's selection. I learned something though--I should have considered infield more when splitting up teams (beyond catchers, pitchers, and first basemen)--I think that detracted a bit from what was otherwise a very good game. I'll do a better job with that next time.
Hey, not to pull an "I told you so", but it turns out I was actually right about how to define a "foul tip". It is a live ball, and, yes, runners may advance. A foul tip is when the batter (in any count) makes contact with the ball using their bat---but the ball then does a sharp, direct path into the catcher's glove (ie no arc, no popup---it's a linear path from bat to catcher's glove).
Yeah, I went home and looked it up because I felt bad for fucking up the call, and then, to my surprise, it turned out I had it right, lol.
If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. It's not fair to place disadvantage on the offense (by calling it an at-bat-ending strike, rather than calling it a foul that continues the at-bat) without then counterbalancing that disadvantage by giving that offense's runners a chance to move on the play. If foul tips weren't live, it would be a definite advantage for the defense.
Foul balls, however, are of course dead balls on which no runners may advance. Ah, baseball.
Hey, not to pull an "I told you so", but it turns out I was actually right about how to define a "foul tip". It is a live ball, and, yes, runners may advance. A foul tip is when the batter (in any count) makes contact with the ball using their bat---but the ball then does a sharp, direct path into the catcher's glove (ie no arc, no popup---it's a linear path from bat to catcher's glove).
Yeah, I went home and looked it up because I felt bad for fucking up the call, and then, to my surprise, it turned out I had it right, lol.
If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. It's not fair to place disadvantage on the offense (by calling it an at-bat-ending strike, rather than calling it a foul that continues the at-bat) without then counterbalancing that disadvantage by giving that offense's runners a chance to move on the play. If foul tips weren't live, it would be a definite advantage for the defense.
Foul balls, however, are of course dead balls on which no runners may advance. Ah, baseball.
"Baseball is like church, many attend, few understand"
- Leo Durocher
- Leo Durocher
-
Southpaw Slim
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Posts: 610
- Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:36 pm
- Location: Oakland, CA
- Contact: