6/7 - Phillies (Pivetta) at Cubs (Chatwood) 1:20PM CDT NBCSC

[Transmogrified Tiger]

7 walks, 4 hits and 1 HBP in 5 innings and one run. Only one GIDP and no caught stealings either. Amazing.

His wildness is a new thing, right? I don’t give AF about his spin rate on his breaking ball, the MF’er can’t locate his fastball.

 

He has always been a low control/high walk guy, but not to these record-breaking proportions.

[Brian707]

How about a Bryant grand dong

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm really fighting the bizarre urge to get a "Seal Boy" jersey less and less.

[David]

is the phillies defense horrific or is this just a bad day or two for them?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

is the phillies defense horrific or is this just a bad day or two for them?

 

Both

[David]

nevermind i guess he was going to beat that out anyway and zaidman mischaracterized it

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Gang Gives Up Runs on a Rally Started by Gimenez and Duensing.

[BigSlick]

Wow Zach Zaidman is really bad at this. He's like, well behind the crowd in terms of whats happening

[David]

what the hell? how shallow was that ball? or "is almora that slow?"

[UMFan83]

horsefeathering Slowmora

[soccer10k]

This better get overturned. Pretty clear blocking the plate.

[Old Style]

I thought you couldn't block the plate if you didn't have the ball.

[David]

Wow Zach Zaidman is really bad at this. He's like, well behind the crowd in terms of whats happening

yeah...while coomer doesn't describe things like the audience can see what he's talking about, zaidman operates on a 5 second delay.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

what the hell? how shallow was that ball? or "is almora that slow?"

 

Medium depth, terrific throw, catcher did not give a lane

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Is the illegal block ever actually called?

[ConstableRabbit]

Is the illegal block ever actually called?

Yes.

[soccer10k]

Is the illegal block ever actually called?

 

Happened to us in the NlCS last year.

[BigSlick]

given how confident coomer is, i now guarantee it will be ruled against the cubs

[Old Style]

Is the illegal block ever actually called?

Just was. :)

[UMFan83]

Wow I never expected that to be overturned even though its obvious it should be.

[Old Style]

Wow I never expected that to be overturned even though its obvious it should be.

If that wasn't overturned then they should've eliminated the rule altogether.

[Andy]

Wow I never expected that to be overturned even though its obvious it should be.

I wasn't optimistic either, but that was basically the rule-book definition of blocking the plate, so it's probably a good thing for catchers at large that they did call it - otherwise runners may as well run them over.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wow I never expected that to be overturned even though its obvious it should be.

 

Agreed, I think this may have been the exception because Almora literally made contact with that leg before the ball popped the glove, and it was extra obvious the catcher was kicking his foot backwards and not trying to receive the throw or whatever such nonsense is normally used to justify it

[Old Style]

Well that was dumb.

[Andy]

Stealing-home plays don't work when Javy isn't doing it, guys