General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[CyHawk_Cub]

Has nothing to do with anything, really, in light of the rule above, but I recall that playoff walkoff HR by the Mets; Todd Pratt I think ran onto the field & picked up the hitter in celebration before he even got to 2b, he never did cross home due to the celebration. I'm pretty sure that impacted the O/U for that game too.

 

EDIT: or was it a walkoff HR by Pratt? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited July 9, 2018 by CyHawk_Cub

[bddavidson]

Thanks for the answers everyone.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I believe that all of the runners that could be gotten out via force outs need to reach their respective bases, and the winning run needs to touch the plate.

 

There are no force outs available in a walk situation, so this can't be right.

It seems the rules are murky:

http://www.umpire.org/index.php/stories-archive/16-ruleball/229-Walk_Off_Walk

[PackLandVA]

Someone send it to Len. If he or JD don't know, maybe they'll send it to that rules guy they were talking about yesterday or Saturday.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm struggling to find the rule, but I believe the batter has to reach first and runner has to cross the plate. I do believe umps can call the batter out if he does not reach first, but that would only potentially matter with 2 outs

 

This was my understanding as well.

[mul21]

Harold Reynolds just said he had a problem with Bryce Harper’s .219 batting average and then followed that up with “he’s making an out eight out of 10 times”. I’m at a loss for words about how stupid that statement is.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

jesus, I just posted the dang rule, and it was pretty clear...

[Andy]

Has nothing to do with anything, really, in light of the rule above, but I recall that playoff walkoff HR by the Mets; Todd Pratt I think ran onto the field & picked up the hitter in celebration before he even got to 2b, he never did cross home due to the celebration. I'm pretty sure that impacted the O/U for that game too.

 

EDIT: or was it a walkoff HR by Pratt? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It was Robin Ventura, and it turned his walk-off grand slam into a walk-off RBI single.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

jesus, I just posted the dang rule, and it was pretty clear...

Yeah, but you quoted the wrong part of the rule. You meant to quote this part:

When the winning run is scored in the last half-inning of a regulation

game, or in the last half of an extra inning, as the result

of a base on balls, hit batter or any other play with the bases

full which forces the batter and all other runners to advance

without liability of being put out, the umpire shall not declare

the game ended until the runner forced to advance from third

has touched home base and the batter-runner has touched first

base

Now we can all sleep easy!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

my previous post said that. I quoted the exception

[imb]

freakin trevor bauer leads all major league pitchers in war

[jersey cubs fan]

freakin trevor bauer leads all major league pitchers in war

typical conservative

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

my previous post said that. I quoted the exception

Yeah, but that was just you trying to remem....nevermind.

[soccer10k]

So apparently all of the California teams are blacked out in Hawaii on MLB TV. MLB’s blackout rules are [expletive].

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Has nothing to do with anything, really, in light of the rule above, but I recall that playoff walkoff HR by the Mets; Todd Pratt I think ran onto the field & picked up the hitter in celebration before he even got to 2b, he never did cross home due to the celebration. I'm pretty sure that impacted the O/U for that game too.

 

EDIT: or was it a walkoff HR by Pratt? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Related: McGwire's 62nd home run in 1998 should have been called out for illegal help from the first base coach.

[stitchface]

So apparently all of the California teams are blacked out in Hawaii on MLB TV. MLB’s blackout rules are [expletive].

lol. Are you on vacation or did you move?

[soccer10k]

So apparently all of the California teams are blacked out in Hawaii on MLB TV. MLB’s blackout rules are [expletive].

lol. Are you on vacation or did you move?

 

My work has an office in Hawaii and one of the guys that works there is a Cubs fan. He told me he couldn’t watch last night. MLB Network said it was either the Cubs game or the Dodger game and he didn’t get either. So I did a little searching and found that info out.

[Regular Show]

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[Banedon]

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"When I saw OT coming through the gate—and again, it's not that I don't think he can pitch—just not the guy I was expecting," Francona said, per The Athletic's C. Trent Rosecrans. "I know Carl's beating himself up right now, but that one lands on me."

[Derwood]

The Reds aren't going to finish in last place. They dug themselves a massive hole, but have been pretty good for 2 months.

 

Now if they trade away everyone who is any good, I retract that statement

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this doesn't seem like a great trend.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm not going to lament the loss of ground ball outs.

[Banedon]

Yeah, not real sure there's a lot of conclusions to be taken from that.

[imb]

youre telling me players are walking and striking out more these days???

[Cubswin11]

Also, every pitcher throws 95+ with some sort of breaking pitch. It’s harder than ever to just put a ball in play.