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OT: MLB Thread

This is the BS that you get from using replay. That was a stolen base. If they're going to use technology to pick rat turds out of black pepper then it's worse than useless. It becomes about the letter rather than the spirit of the rules. Baseball has all kinds of nuances that won't hold up to replay. But that's baseball. It isn't an exact science like football. It's about art and artifice. It's about the "neighbourhood play" at second base. Without replay that's a stolen base and no one gives it a second thought. No outrage. No long delay.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
This is the BS that you get from using replay. That was a stolen base. If they're going to use technology to pick rat turds out of black pepper then it's worse than useless. It becomes about the letter rather than the spirit of the rules. Baseball has all kinds of nuances that won't hold up to replay. But that's baseball. It isn't an exact science like football. It's about art and artifice. It's about the "neighbourhood play" at second base. Without replay that's a stolen base and no one gives it a second thought. No outrage. No long delay.
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Something tells me hyou'd feel differently if that call went against toronto.
 
Once again, Gibbons proves that he has learned nothing. Hawkins was horrible in his last outing and to no one's surprise except Gibbons', he was horrible again today.
 
BKerr said:
Something tells me hyou'd feel differently if that call went against toronto.
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I'd be happy that the Royals had benefitted but I'd still feel that replay for these types of plays does more harm to the game than good. Even in football I'm starting to think that replay is taking away some great plays. You need a human element and humans make mistakes.
 
I disagree. You watch that play at second and you know it's a stolen base. You know from years of watching that it is. The fact that the guy's cleats left the bag for a split second only makes him out technically. But technically correct isn't necessarily in keeping with the spirit of the rules. Replay doesn't allow for any nuances and nuances are what makes baseball so appealing. It's the same in hockey. How many Habs goals have been called back due to replay that were "good" goals? Sure they were "technically" illegal but for anyone who's watched much hockey in their lives they know when a goal is good just by looking.
 
XPOFAN said:
BrianWilde ‏
How many Gibbons apologists we got left now?

Anyone? Anyone?
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Why he brought in Hawkins when he didn't even need to is beyond me. How does an AL manager not know how to handle a pitching staff? It would be different if he had to think about pinch-hitting for them in a certain situation like in the National League but the DH takes all the guesswork out of it. Yet still Gibbons finds a way to mismanage it.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Why he brought in Hawkins when he didn't even need to is beyond me. How does an AL manager not know how to handle a pitching staff? It would be different if he had to think about pinch-hitting for them in a certain situation like in the National League but the DH takes all the guesswork out of it. Yet still Gibbons finds a way to mismanage it.
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Never liked Gibbons
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
I disagree. You watch that play at second and you know it's a stolen base. You know from years of watching that it is. The fact that the guy's cleats left the bag for a split second only makes him out technically. But technically correct isn't necessarily in keeping with the spirit of the rules. Replay doesn't allow for any nuances and nuances are what makes baseball so appealing. It's the same in hockey. How many Habs goals have been called back due to replay that were "good" goals? Sure they were "technically" illegal but for anyone who's watched much hockey in their lives they know when a goal is good just by looking.
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players will adjust and learn to hold onto the bag and not pop up so fast, its already starting to happen.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Paging Jack Burton. White courtesy phone. Jack Burton. White courtesy phone.
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I see you learned nothing from last round.... this team is still capable of winning 3 in a row including 2 on the road.

Not saying they will, just saying nothing looks dumber than someone celebrating early only to see their win dematerialize, kinda like it did against texas in the same situation.
 
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