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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
That would have been a home run in the old stadium also. Right down the line its the same dimensions. The only place this shorter is right to right-center field.Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
While I agree, I can bet that Yankee fans would be up in arms if the shoe was on the other foot. I wouldn't expect Twins fans to just shrug their shoulders and move on. The Twins had every opportunity to win without the call though...Nathan blowing it, the bases loaded in the 11th."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers HornsbyComment
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Of course I don't expect the Twins fans to be comfortable with the result. I'm expecting to hear/read them complain about it all series and into the future. And they are right to complain. It was a blown call that could have changed that entire 11th inning.
My point is that there is nothing we can do. If it happened to the Yankees (and I've seen my fair share of blown calls against the Yanks in the postseason), I would be upset about it, but my anger won't change a thing. I feel bad for the Twins fans because it affected the result, but what am I supposed to do? Should I hate my hometown team because the umpire blew a call?"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
I sure hope the Twins add real power to the lineup next year since they are going be playing outside next year.. The Yankees are too powerful ..Comment
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
how can you assume that everything would'be gone down the same way if mauer's hit had been ruled fair? Maybe the next 3 guys strike out, maybe someone cranks a homer....who knows? Fact is that once you get to bases loaded without any outs you need to push ay least one run across.Comment
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
Agreed. Did the ball bounce over the wall?(It escapes my memory) If not, how do you know Mauer would have had a double?
Maybe he trips rounding first, maybe the left fielder fumbles the ball in the corner, maybe there is a throwing error.
There are way too many variables in baseball to wonder what would have happened. Which leads to...
This.Originally posted by djepComment
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
Realistically, if we rewind what happened using what was done after Mauer's hit, one run scores which would have been tied in the bottom of the inning and the game would have continued if nothing else happened after Tex's homer.
It was a crappy call but the bottom line is that the Twins should have been nowhere near extra innings, the game was theirs. Nathan is a complete disaster when he plays the Yanks!“The saddest part of life is when someone who gave you your best memories becomes a memory”Comment
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I understand that, just talking worst case scenario based on what happened after Mauer's hit IF it occurred the same way.“The saddest part of life is when someone who gave you your best memories becomes a memory”Comment
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Re: ALDS: Twins vs Yankees
Exactly. It's pure speculation at this point.
Perhaps Marte implodes, perhaps he strikes out the side. We don't know, but it's not at all a stretch to assume that Mauer would have been stranded at 2nd.
If you want to assume the same sequence of events would have occurred after Mauer's "double", then you also have to assume Texiera would have tied it with the home run.I write things on the Internet.
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