leashyourkids wrote:
From an ABC article:
"A comment in the Official Baseball Rules to Rule 5.09 (a) (13) says umpires could have called an inning-ending double play if they decided Utley had gone outside the baseline and interfered with Tejada fielding the throw.
"The objective of this rule is to penalize the offensive team for deliberate, unwarranted, unsportsmanlike action by the runner in leaving the baseline for the obvious purpose of crashing the pivot man on a double play, rather than trying to reach the base," the comment says. "Obviously this is an umpire's judgment play."
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ ... e-34399733But you've never, ever seen that called, have you?
There are many instances where the actual game of baseball isn't played or called in accordance with the written rules. We can start with the strikezone.
It seems like some guys in this thread are talking about the way things
should be rather than they way they have always been. And there's no problem with that. spanky's point about replay's effect on the neighborhood play is well taken. If a runner isn't allowed to crush an infielder the neighborhood play is unnecessary.
My issue is the sudden and arbitrary enforcement in a crucial situation. It's reminiscent of Merkle's "boner".
No, but it should be. You could then eliminate the neighborhood rule and stop having people break their fucking legs unnecessarily. I've never been a fan of trying to kill the shortstop on double plays. If you can't drill catchers, you shouldn't drill a guy with no gear who is trying to make an athletic play.
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