Play-In Game Discussion Thread

[mb625]

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Uh-oh.... is Johnson going to blow this for them?

[dickey1331]

Grand Slam time


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[dickey1331]

Congrats Os fans. Beat the Yankees please.


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[ImTellinTim]

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I meant more Thome and especially Hardy... only reason I mentioned Ford is because he was always one of my favorites and seeing him enter the game was very nostalgic... it brought me ALL the way back to 2005. :wink:

Yeah, the Hardy trade was head-scratching. We did Thome a favor not trying to re-sign him. There wasn't much for him to do for this Twins team.

Anyway, way to go O's!

[Kashanova]

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I'm hoping Josh Hamilton does a lebron and has the camera on him as he walks and takes off the rangers jersey LOL

but in all seriousness good game by the O's

[mb625]

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Uh-oh.... is Johnson going to blow this for them?

Nope... good to see the Orioles make the ALDS... but also fearful for the certain apocolypse that will result from the Orioles actually making the playoffs... it was good knowing you all. :wink:

[weeeeeeez]

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God I'm going to be rooting so hard for the O's against the Yankees.

[Gibbz]

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I'm hoping Josh Hamilton does a lebron and has the camera on him as he walks and takes off the rangers jersey LOL

The difference is there are Rangers fans who'd be fine with that.

Not nearly enough boos from that Texas crowd. The chokejob this team pulled is inexcusable given the talent.

[mb625]

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Yeah, the Hardy trade was head-scratching. We did Thome a favor not trying to re-sign him. There wasn't much for him to do for this Twins team.

Anyway, way to go O's!

The Hardy trade (along with the Gomez trade to the Brewers) were just baffling to me. Hardy is (IMO, of course) one of the best shortstops in the league... this may sound crazy, but I honestly believe it. He has a nice bat and is a solid fielder. And of course, hindsight is always 20-20, but I think it was clear that if the Twins wanted to continue the success they were having after that 2010 season, they would have held on to JJ Hardy. Anyhow, the O's played a nice game tonight, and they absolutely deserve to move on to the ALDS... I know I'll be rooting for them the rest of the playoffs.

[BunnyHardaway]

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So happy...I'll be in Baltimore on Sunday. I love this team.

[WinMINTwins]

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Congrats to the O's. Now go get Thome a ring.

[cubsfan203]

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The difference is there are Rangers fans who'd be fine with that.

Not nearly enough boos from that Texas crowd. The chokejob this team pulled is inexcusable given the talent.

This. Hopefully this will get rid of some of the fair weather fans.

It was a good run, but the way Texas played down the stretch they didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Certain players didn't look like they cared either way.

[WinMINTwins]

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Hopefully this will get rid of some of the fair weather fans.

This. Times, like, a gazillion and a half.

[55]

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Someone point me to a specific example of a ball being that far out and a call being that late being called the same way.

Serious inquiry.

I've seen it before, but the infielder ended up catching the ball.

The only really weird thing about this call was that the ball wasn't caught.

So show me the example.

I swear on my mother's eyes I have seen it happen before and more than once. If that's not good enough for you, I don't know what to tell you.

The only difference was, the ball was always caught and therefore, nobody complained about it after the fact,

Besides, I have no way to pull random video from random games out of my *** due to MLB's video rules.

Just by reading the official rules though, it doesn't matter how "deep" the ball was hit. Theoretically, an infield fly could be called on the warning track, but it would be highly unlikely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infield_fly_rule

EDIT-

Yeah, this too:

Doesn't have to be video.

And no, Ryan. Not good enough for me. I've watched thousands of baseball games myself.

Well, I don't know what to tell you then.

Perhaps, the guys on MLB Network or ESPN will pull up some video for you. Hit them up on twitter.

Annnnnnd MLB Network delivers.

They just showed a play from May 16th of this season (Phillies @ Cubs) where Starlin Castro was drifting back into left field and stopped at pretty much the exact same point as where Kozma was tonight. The umpire signaled for the infield fly at pretty much the same time too. The only difference was that Castro caught the ball and Kozma didn't.

[SPTO]

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I have to tell you it seems monumentally unfair what happened to the Braves on that infield fly rule ball but it seems MLB-N supplied proof that it's been called that way before but I think that's a very rare thing and every time its happened the fielder caught the ball. It just looks real bad because we've normally seen that go by and not be called an infield fly.

Either way i'm not sure fate was on the Braves' side, they played immensely tight, played sloppy defense and the usually reliable Chipper Jones was a bit of a goat with a real costly error.

as for the other game, I didn't see much but glad the O's won.