2009 MLB Playoffs

[gounhwildcats]

Re: 2009 MLB Playoffs

Top one: Andre Ethier makes it 1-0 Dodger's on a 1-2 fastball.

Bottom one: After retiring the first 2 Phillies, Padilla walks Chase Utley and then pitches around Ryan Howard. With the count 3-2 Jayson Werth crushes a fastball to right to make it 3-1 Phillies.

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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I figure he finally realized he screwed that one up and decided to "cancel" it out with whatever the hell that was with two Yankees chilling out off of 3rd base.

Well they screwed up Swisher being picked off of second initially (called him safe, he was clearly out). Then made up for that by saying he left early from third on a sac fly attempt, the Angels challeneged it, called him out by tagging the base afterwards even though the third base umpire making the call wasn't even watching Swisher.

The play with Posada and Cano at third makes no sense at all, they should've both been out but I can sort of understand if he thought it was a play where both guys were standing on the base and the "lead" runner gets called out... Except both guys are off the base and were tagged.

Just stupid.

[bronconick]

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How does the third-base umpire make that call that Swisher left early? And by that I mean, forget how it was wrong, but how does he see both the runner's foot and the outfielder's glove at the same time? It's not like at first where the umpire can watch the glove and listen for the runner's foot, or vice versa.

I figure he finally realized he screwed that one up and decided to "cancel" it out with whatever the hell that was with two Yankees chilling out off of 3rd base.

[NUJerseyJohn]

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Mind-blowing. I can't believe people can screw up baseball this badly.

How does the third-base umpire make that call that Swisher left early? And by that I mean, forget how it was wrong, but how does he see both the runner's foot and the outfielder's glove at the same time? It's not like at first where the umpire can watch the glove and listen for the runner's foot, or vice versa.

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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There's some impressively poor officiating going on tonight. Appears it won't matter since the Angels couldn't hit Sabathia with a tree trunk.

Mind-blowing. I can't believe people can screw up baseball this badly.

[bronconick]

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There's some impressively poor officiating going on tonight. Appears it won't matter since the Angels couldn't hit Sabathia with a tree trunk.

[gounhwildcats]

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Jimmy Freaking Rollins. I love that little guy!! Woohoo!! LET'S GO PHILLIES!!!

[Red Cloud]

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It's like every closer in the league has displayed the yellow streak down his trousers at some point or another this month.

Oh wait, not every closer.

[jmh]

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Oh for ****'s sake. I think the only way this baseball season could get any worse would be if MLB came up with some way for the Yankees and the Phillies to both win the World Series.

[amherstblackbear]

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Papelbon'd

[Bomber]

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Can you believe the arrogance of Girardi going to Aceves in the 11th? He's such a tool. Glad that bit him in the ***.

[Terrierbyassociation]

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That throw was amazing. If it was cut off there's no chance they would have had him. They should have had no shot at the runner at all but he made it look close with an absolute cannon.

Hats off to Hairston Jr. for making anything out of that.

[bronconick]

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If that outfielder would have hit Jeter on a cutoff, he single handedly would have prevented that run from scoring. Buck and McCarver told me so.

[Terrierbyassociation]

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I guess that's why you don't pinch run for Mathis.

[Terrierbyassociation]

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My bad, looks like Anaheim is carrying three catchers so they could've run for Mathis.

And what's the whole point of having three catchers if you're not going to run for the second in that situation? It's the entire point of having three catchers!