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And he strikes out -- no, it's a home run!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by mpcincal, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    From SI.com's Extra Mustard, courtesty of YouTube: What do you get when you cross the Doug Eddings' ALCS fiasco with Engleberg's home run against the Yankees in "The Bad News Bears," and use Japanese players.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/extramustard/07/30/hotclicks.0730/index.html

    To be fair with the Eddings comparison, at least this one actually hit the ground.
     
  2. statrat

    statrat Member

    Well, if my knowledge of baseball rules is correct and I viewed the video right, the umpires blew the call at least twice:
    1) According to the stat tracker at the bottom of the screen their were runners on first and third so the batter is out on the third strike regardless of whether it was in the dirt or not.
    2) With the runners on base I didn't see either of them come around to score, so the guy passed them both on the basepaths and was out.

    So if my eyes were not deceiving me and my rules interpretation is correct, the guy was out at least twice.
     
  3. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    I thought this was a John Sterling thread.
     
  4. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Haha ... I actually had the same thought.
     
  5. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    I came to the same two conclusions. I figured maybe the rules on running to first on strikeouts in the dirt were different in Japan, but I don't believe any league would allow one runner to pass another (in this case two others) on the basepads.
     
  6. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    With two outs, you still have to make the putout, runner at first or no.
     
  7. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    But how cool is it that the umpire gets on the microphone to explain the decision?
     
  8. statrat

    statrat Member

    I knew there was a flaw in my logic somewhere. I think MLB may need to make it mandatory for umpire's to get on a mic and start explaining rulings given some of the interesting calls lately.
     
  9. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    But does that make it okay to pass runners on the base pads?
     
  10. statrat

    statrat Member

    If he did pass them then he should be out, but I'm wondering if the base coach waved them around since two guys (who may have been the runners on first and third?) greet him at the plate. I didn't see them come around though.
     
  11. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    That would make sense then.
     
  12. PhilaYank36

    PhilaYank36 Guest

    Put me in this camp, as well. The sad thing is I can realistically visualize (if that's possible for a RADIO call) him doing that. Can anyone imagine what his HOF induction speech would be like if he was given the Ford C. Frick Award? bwahahahahahahahah! ;D
     
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