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  • #31
    I guess my question is, why is the home plate collision an important part of the game that needs to be protected? Should we allow collisions everywhere, or is home plate only okay because they're wearing some armor? Should this play have been legal? It's close to the same thing, isn't it?


    I just don't see any argument in favor of these collisions other than "we've always had them", and that isn't much of a reason. I agree that the first version of the rule (where you could get called for interference with the guy 20 feet away) was terrible, and I'm sure it'll need to go through a couple more renditions, but I don't know why I should be sad that the little bit of football that we had in baseball is going away.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by mjl View Post
      I guess my question is, why is the home plate collision an important part of the game that needs to be protected? Should we allow collisions everywhere, or is home plate only okay because they're wearing some armor? Should this play have been legal? It's close to the same thing, isn't it?


      I just don't see any argument in favor of these collisions other than "we've always had them", and that isn't much of a reason. I agree that the first version of the rule (where you could get called for interference with the guy 20 feet away) was terrible, and I'm sure it'll need to go through a couple more renditions, but I don't know why I should be sad that the little bit of football that we had in baseball is going away.
      Not really the same thing at all...it would be akin to a runner coming home and just slapping at the catchers glove to knock it free. Certainly much easier to do with a catchers mitt than a fielders glove.

      And I'm not arguing that there shouldn't be some tweaking to the old rule, but to totally change things proved to be horrible. And a HUGE part of baseball is the tradition and history, being able to compare generations of player precisely because the rules haven't changed appreciably over the years.
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      • #33
        This WAS-SF game is insane.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by revo View Post
          This WAS-SF game is insane.
          Giants scored every 9 innings!

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
            A nightmare for this great nation of ours...having the two clubs (read: managers) who pushed the abomination that became the "no contact at the plate" rule that was so bad they had to continually tweak it during the season. And it still sucks ass...
            the teams with the two best offensive full time catchers, no surprise here
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            • #36
              Who had KC-BAL in the ALCS?

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              • #37
                I'm happier to have the Giants face the Cards than the Dodgers, I think the Giants match up a lot better vs Wainwright instead of Kershaw!
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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Post
                  I'm happier to have the Giants face the Cards than the Dodgers, I think the Giants match up a lot better vs Wainwright instead of Kershaw!
                  True that, but the Cardinals know how to win in the post-season. They are, perhaps, the only team in the post-season with more post-season experience than the Giants. And it was that experience (and mostly that, in my opinion) that got them to where they are, and they lose that advantage when they play the Cardinals. I expect a great series.

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by revo View Post
                    Who had KC-BAL in the ALCS?
                    Yo. Odds like that deserve attention.

                    Bear in mind I made this prediction after the Royals pulled it out from the A's, not in preseason. Picking Baltimore over Detroit was a no brainer. I had Cards and Dodgers on the other side.

                    For a change, we have two teams in the ALCS that play stellar defense. Funny how they are still playing.

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by onejayhawk View Post
                      Yo. Odds like that deserve attention.

                      Bear in mind I made this prediction after the Royals pulled it out from the A's, not in preseason. Picking Baltimore over Detroit was a no brainer. I had Cards and Dodgers on the other side.

                      For a change, we have two teams in the ALCS that play stellar defense. Funny how they are still playing.

                      J

                      Why was picking Baltimore over Detroit a "no brainer"?

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by popeye View Post
                        Why was picking Baltimore over Detroit a "no brainer"?
                        Tigers bullpen.
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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by DMT View Post
                          Tigers bullpen.
                          That works, though I would have said Tigers D. Give that bullpen to Ned Yost and you get much different results.

                          Generally the Tigers lack of execution. They do not do the routine things routinely. Professionals win in the playoffs unless there is a big talent gap or an OMG performance.

                          In retrospect, the same applies to the Dodgers, though not as much.

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                          Last edited by onejayhawk; 10-11-2014, 03:54 PM.
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                          • #43
                            According to Yahoo!, O'Day hit a HR for KC and Moose/Perez celibated after Moose's HR. TMI.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by virgonomic View Post
                              According to Yahoo!, O'Day hit a HR for KC and Moose/Perez celibated after Moose's HR. TMI.
                              Here I thought celibating was a solo activity.
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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View Post
                                Here I thought celibating was a solo activity.
                                You have doused yourself with iced Gatorade? Kinky.

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