Comedy fielding thread

[dougdfc]

Line drive single into right by someone with 30< speed, first baseman never goes to the bag, so he's safe.
Line drive single into right by someone with >70 speed, first baseman hustles to the bag, safe because speed
These are the only two outcomes.

[beardedaussie]

I just played a game before where Napoli was on third and the ball was hit to breakout Dale Murphy at first base and Napoli took off for home , easy out you'd think with Napoli at 19 speed and Murphys cannon arm but nope hes srick in sand and wont charge the nall down and then when he gets it it's a little casual lollipop throw and Nap beats the throw comfortably.

[dougdfc]

This is comedy baserunning, and not fielding, but I had Oswalt on first, Rookie Lofton on second, and Breakout Gwynn to bat. Right off the bat I knew It was a triple, and just held L1, since it was a given. Well, as Lofton rounds third, and Gwynn rounds second, they stop. For no reason at all they stop. I'm still holding L1 as they stop, and I'm mad because it didn't count as a triple and that was the last triple I needed before mass tickets and stubs. at some point I'll upload these

[kac]

Quote: Originally Posted by dougdfc

This is comedy baserunning, and not fielding, but I had Oswalt on first, Rookie Lofton on second, and Breakout Gwynn to bat. Right off the bat I knew It was a triple, and just held L1, since it was a given. Well, as Lofton rounds third, and Gwynn rounds second, they stop. For no reason at all they stop. I'm still holding L1 as they stop, and I'm mad because it didn't count as a triple and that was the last triple I needed before mass tickets and stubs. at some point I'll upload these

I have had this happen to me a few times and has cost me some runs.



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[BigOscar]

Anyone getting this sort of thing a lot lately, where your fielders deliberately take a long time and deliberately soft toss the ball so the guy has a chance to be safe? It used to happen all the time with catchers on passed balls (I say passed balls, I mean where they drop it two feet in front of them but then proceed to lollipop throw it on the third base side of second to make sure the guy can take second) but now I'm getting it regularly on regular fielding plays as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgU1pEFg-N8

It's not even the casual lack of hustle from last year, it's deliberately taking just long enough to let them be safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pma65S5EJYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgnhsAYQhuU

Then just for fun, an inexplicable decision by Ian Kinsler to not throw the ball but instead run to the base and then soft toss it to make sure they stay out the double play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ0V18ZI-bI

[kac]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigOscar

Anyone getting this sort of thing a lot lately, where your fielders deliberately take a long time and deliberately soft toss the ball so the guy has a chance to be safe? It used to happen all the time with catchers on passed balls (I say passed balls, I mean where they drop it two feet in front of them but then proceed to lollipop throw it on the third base side of second to make sure the guy can take second) but now I'm getting it regularly on regular fielding plays as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgU1pEFg-N8 It's not even the casual lack of hustle from last year, it's deliberately taking just long enough to let them be safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pma65S5EJYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgnhsAYQhuU Then just for fun, an inexplicable decision by Ian Kinsler to not throw the ball but instead run to the base and then soft toss it to make sure they stay out the double play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ0V18ZI-bI

This has happened to me to many times in ranked seasons


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[BigOscar]

The umpire "mistakes" are getting pretty irritating. I get that they thought it would be fun to have reviews (they were wrong) so felt the need to program in mistakes to make that worthwhile, but why did they feel the need to make mistakes on plays that you can't review? You can only review straight ground outs too first, but you constantly get missed calls at home and on double plays.

Just had this called safe on a routine double play, absolute nonsense.

[dplpbbp]

I had a DD vs. CPU game the other night where I won on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th and my runner advanced...

From second to third!

The catcher didn't react to the wild pitch and I was going to try for home. But once I hit third, the game ended and I got the walk-off animations.

Since I was focused on the catcher's (non) reaction I had to watch the replay to see what happened, but I got the run and never passed third base. Weirdest thing I have seen.