the cardinals have allowed fewer runs in their first 62 games of the season than any team since 1972. seriously, [expletive] that team right in the face.
this does not seem like optimal managing. maybe he figures he has to do everything possible to win in this inning since jaxon is likely to give up several runs in the 10th.
i actually don't think any of the 3 challenges were reversible by those standards the one on phillips at home plate was. you could see ross's glove bending backward from the tag before phillips had his hand on home plate.
"hey it's a baseball game between two midwestern baseball teams, what should we talk about?" "how about a bunch of guys who played hockey for the philadelphia flyers in the early '90s?" "yeah great idea"