chuckywang

It's almost 1am in NYC right now.

You CANNOT walk Damon. You absolutely CANNOT walk Damon.

Once again umps decide a crucial moment in the game, though this time it's not so clear cut.

So why did Aybar have to go back to third on that ball four wild pitch that went out of play?

The 05 game was one of the best games of all time!!

Ever since Boise St did it, all the defenses are looking for it now.

Arkansas got robbed

What is going on in the USC/Notre Dame game? Last I saw ND was getting killed.

Why is ABC showing me the blowout Texas Tech vs. Nebraska game?

I'm not listening to the radio guys, but I'm confident when I say that it's worse.

Arkansas would kill Purdue. Not comparable. Do you just enjoy making stuff up?

Horrible clock management by Arkansas cost them a play at the end of the first half.

Remember that Cubs at Phillies game in 2008? Utley made the same error that allowed the Cubs to take the lead, and eventually win the game.

Original video is no longer there. What was it?

What an embarassment.

Lidge vs. Tulowitski .... this sounds familiar.

Wow, as long as there is 9th inning drama, I am more than game.

Well, this does seem like the postseason from hell for closers, so hopefully Lidge gives it up. He is more than capable of doing just that.

OMG Jim Tracy you are an absolute idiot. Here are Howard's splits: .319/.395/.691 vs. RHP .207/.298/.356 vs LHP Ryan Howard should be a platoon player. The season is in the balance. YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT GO WITH STREET AGAINST HOWARD NO MATTER WHAT HIS ROLE IN THE BULLPEN IS!!

I don't understand how anyone could still be against replay after this postseason so far. My only concern with replay is what happens if a call is reversed. For example, what if a ball if fair that they called foul? Where do you put the batter? The play didn't continue, so nobody has any idea if the batter was going to get a single or a triple. What about a play at the plate? Let's say a guy gets called out at the plate (as the other runners are also attempting to advance). That's the third out that ends the inning. Replay reverses the call-where do you put the other runners who were advancing? The defense never got a chance to throw them out. The same thing happens with a catch or a trap. If it's a trap, where does the batter go and where do the runners on base go? What if it was on the infield where the fielder would have had a chance to throw runners or the batter out if it hadn't been ruled a catch to begin with? Expanded replay in baseball is really tricky because of that. I'm not concerned with the amount of time replay would take or the human element of the game, but I'm not sure how there can be a fair system of replay put into place. That shouldn't be a concern at all. Just use instant replay when it makes sense to use it. Don't use it when there's nothing you can do because of the situations you described.

LOL I had to hold back tears after seeing Torrealba so excited.

The Cubs are in the middle of a resurgence right now. When all is said and done, these will be looked upon by future generations as the greatest years for the Cubs.

That was the point - if no one was around, the act would have no ceremonial value. This is typically done after the last game at a park, the earliest example I'm aware of being the Crosley Field plate that was moved to Riverfront Stadium in 1970. It didn't really have any ceremonial value anyways. There was no announcement from what I can tell. Nobody was posing with the shovel, I didn't see any photogrphers around or anything. From what I saw, they just gathered around with a shovel and started digging.

The whole thing just seemed weird to me. First of all, I didn't expect home plate to be so deep. That thing is huge. Secondly, they had to do it immediately after the game with the crowd still there and the Yankees still celebrating? They couldn't wait until the next day?

Looks like the people who started the digging couldn't finish it? Weird ... I distinctly remember during the telecast that the people who started digging up home plate had black dress shoes on.