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nietzsche wrote:Unbelievable, what was that ump thinking.
nietzsche wrote:Too bad Chipper ended his career with Atlanta fans littering the field.
Night Strike wrote:Agreed.
There is a poll on ESPN.com asking which call was worse: this one or the MNF one.
Iliad wrote:The upside of calling everyone scum and making 1000 predictions is that statistically you should get a few right.
strike wolf wrote:Horrible call but really why do we have a one game wild card playoff anyways. As far as the protest I've already heard that it has been denied but I wouldn't want it to be upheld anyways. redoing it isn't really fair to either team and there's going to be controversy over the game regardless of what any redo would accomplish.
nietzsche wrote:strike wolf wrote:Horrible call but really why do we have a one game wild card playoff anyways. As far as the protest I've already heard that it has been denied but I wouldn't want it to be upheld anyways. redoing it isn't really fair to either team and there's going to be controversy over the game regardless of what any redo would accomplish.
The Mexican soccer league has a system that allows 40% of the teams to participate in the league title, every 6 months. It was 50% of the teams a couple of years ago. That system fosters mediocrity, often you had teams that end the regular part of the season in 10th place, and 3 weeks later they were the champions. What happened? Lot of people stopped watched the games, including me. Mediocrity.
I've heard positive views on this new system, but I can't forget that what I love about MLB is that it that you really have every player in every team trying to do their best every game of the 162, because it does matter to be the best. I fear that mediocrity might happen to MLB now that 8 teams enter the playoffs. Remember that there used to be only 4.
nietzsche wrote:strike wolf wrote:Horrible call but really why do we have a one game wild card playoff anyways. As far as the protest I've already heard that it has been denied but I wouldn't want it to be upheld anyways. redoing it isn't really fair to either team and there's going to be controversy over the game regardless of what any redo would accomplish.
The Mexican soccer league has a system that allows 40% of the teams to participate in the league title, every 6 months. It was 50% of the teams a couple of years ago. That system fosters mediocrity, often you had teams that end the regular part of the season in 10th place, and 3 weeks later they were the champions. What happened? Lot of people stopped watched the games, including me. Mediocrity.
I've heard positive views on this new system, but I can't forget that what I love about MLB is that it that you really have every player in every team trying to do their best every game of the 162, because it does matter to be the best. I fear that mediocrity might happen to MLB now that 8 teams enter the playoffs. Remember that there used to be only 4.
Iliad wrote:The upside of calling everyone scum and making 1000 predictions is that statistically you should get a few right.
DoomYoshi wrote:The new system gives a bonus to the division leaders.
Woodruff wrote:DoomYoshi wrote:The new system gives a bonus to the division leaders.
By making them start their series on the road?
Sackett58 wrote:Woodruff wrote:DoomYoshi wrote:The new system gives a bonus to the division leaders.
By making them start their series on the road?
The new system is to keep the best pitcher on the wild card team from facing the division leader twice in a series. With a one game playoff the thinking is that the managers from the wild card teams will go with their best. This format the 2-3 instead of the 2-2-1 eliminates the extra travel day for the pitcher to possibly get in 2 starts on 3 days rest if there is a delay for weather. Probably helps cut down on travel costs too.
Woodruff wrote:Sackett58 wrote:Woodruff wrote:DoomYoshi wrote:The new system gives a bonus to the division leaders.
By making them start their series on the road?
The new system is to keep the best pitcher on the wild card team from facing the division leader twice in a series. With a one game playoff the thinking is that the managers from the wild card teams will go with their best. This format the 2-3 instead of the 2-2-1 eliminates the extra travel day for the pitcher to possibly get in 2 starts on 3 days rest if there is a delay for weather. Probably helps cut down on travel costs too.
Ok, I understand that, but it still doesn't explain why the series starts on the road for the division winner. Keep the 2-3 format (though it would be 3-2) and all the rest, but the division winner should have earned the right to get the initial advantage of playing at home first. If the wildcard team can't win one of those three games (so they never get a chance to play at home), they should just thank their lucky stars they're even in the playoffs to begin with.
Woodruff wrote:Ok, I understand that, but it still doesn't explain why the series starts on the road for the division winner.
Iliad wrote:The upside of calling everyone scum and making 1000 predictions is that statistically you should get a few right.
Symmetry wrote:As a non-American who likes to watch baseball from time-to-time, can anyone explain what's happening in this thread?
nietzsche wrote:Symmetry wrote:As a non-American who likes to watch baseball from time-to-time, can anyone explain what's happening in this thread?
If you are not familiar with the infield-fly rule it's there to protect the team at bat from the defensive player to let the ball drop and make a double play.
So whenever an easy fly ball is going to be caught in the inflied of very close to the infield and there are 2 or more runners on, the umpire calls the infield-fly rule, making the out automatic.
In this case however, the left field ump called infield-fly when the play was far from the infield AND the SS never had it easy, in fact, he only gets under the ball right at the end and seeing how it wasn't going to be an easy play for him, decides to move and allow the left field to make the catch, but the left fielder had already abandoned the play.
In the video you can see how Kozma (the SS) moves away from the play a fraction of a second that the ump raises his hand to call the play.
The outcome, runners in first and second with two outs instead of bases loaded with one out. With the Braves trailing, in a 1-game playoff, it was disaster.
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