7/22 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Reds (Leake) 11:35AM CST ABC7

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Home Run Derby broke Bryant and Rizzo

 

Yeah they shoulda listened to Joe Maddon he said something about advising against it, but he left the choice up to them.

 

I wasn't serious.

Whatever, Shirley.

[DiamondMind]

wtf is soler doing

[Ski]

Swing the bat, please.

[Guest]

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[Banedon]

Soler's exit velocity on called third strikes is concerning.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

This is all my fault. I have Bryant in my HR derby at work.

[DiamondMind]

that was an exciting inning

[Guest]

guys guys guys

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[Schwarber Fan]

Line drive outs wheeeeeeeee

[Ski]

Oh wow another lineout.

[sontensei]

is this gonna be another 9th inning schwarber bomb type game?

[CubInOK]

guys guys guys

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Put it in the bat flip thread.

[sontensei]

watching gamecast,why did joe get ejected?

[Irrelevant Dude]

That looked to me like it was probably the correct call, but I honestly don't know the details of the rule.

[DiamondMind]

http://i.imgur.com/tWbosGp.gif

[Gilby]

hahaha, that's the worst balk call I've ever seen.

[Schwarber Fan]

The the worst call in baseball history. Easy.

[Guest]

watching gamecast,why did joe get ejected?

 

They called a balk because Rizzo was moving towards the plate(to field a potential bunt) when Hendricks started a pickoff throw, and therefore was throwing to an unoccupied base, even though Rizzo was back at the base by the time the throw got there. In the most charitable interpretation the ump is calling something that is against the spirit of the rule and never called in practice, in the more likely interpretation he straight up blew the call and rang up Maddon out of partial embarrassment.

[Banedon]

#RobotUmps

[Sammys Boombox]

Unreal. That balk is never called. This happened in a Riyals game earlier this year and it was not called. Nobody even said a word. Nobody noticed it. It would have brought in the winning run from third.

[Banedon]

Not that they'd call balks, but still.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Has anyone been able to find the passage in the MLB rulebook about where the first baseman needs to be in relation to the base to receive a pickoff throw?

[ARCubsFan]

I thought the call was right if they said Rizzo wasn't coming back to the base when he caught the baseball

[Schwarber Fan]

Rizzo DP was such a killer. 3 chances before Chapman.

[halplm]

umps are the worst