OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Home of the Water-Logged Baseball

[Still Apps]

I seriously wouldn't mind Tabata as the RF platoon if we really need one. Guy has a good average and isn't the super mega-****** p.o.s that many believe.

I'm in agreement that Tabata isn't as horrible as some think. He seems a serviceable enough player with an average 4th outfielder kind of bat. Why do the Pirates seem to hate him? What makes them prefer guys like Lambo, Gorkys Hernandez, Cory Hart, etc?
Not sure I get it.

 

[TNT87]

I'm in agreement that Tabata isn't as horrible as some think. He seems a serviceable enough player with an average 4th outfielder kind of bat. Why do the Pirates seem to hate him? What makes them prefer guys like Lambo, Gorkys Hernandez, Cory Hart, etc?
Not sure I get it.

I don't know why they sent him down in the first place. I'm far from a Tabata fan but I much rather have him on the bench than the guys you mentioned.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Well that's one of the stranger homers you'll see

Edit: Oh **** off. ****. Off.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

How is this worthy of review?

Off the top of the wall and over the fence, not complicated.

And it's a double!? How the **** is that not a hr!?

 

[Dick Sledge]

That's pretty unbelievable.

 

[ColePens]

Sooo ummmmm.... how is that constantly happening to us? It's starting to become a bit asinine.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

NY better hurry up with their explanation. I want to know what the reasoning is here.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

I'm sure the reasoning is that it didn't hit the top of the wall, it hit a couple feet down.

Not that that makes any sense whatsoever, but that will be the reason.

 

[ColePens]

This pitcher is really ugly and has the worst chain I've ever seen.

 

[ColePens]

This series gets weirder by each inning.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

I'm sure the reasoning is that it didn't hit the top of the wall, it hit a couple feet down.

Not that that makes any sense whatsoever, but that will be the reason.

It has to be one of the ground rules at Kauffman Stadium. Normally, if a ball hits any part of the wall and bounces over the fence without hitting the ground it is a hr. There's no rule in the mlb rule book that says it has to hit the top of the wall.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Too bad about Vargas - never like to see that... looked pretty ugly.

For trades, I really like the idea of Zobrist, who brings a ton of flexibility, but it may take too much. Then again, Beane has made some very bad trades before, so who knows what they'd want from us.

I am also firmly anti-Upton. Just let Polanco play if that's the case... I'm generally pro-Polanco playing every day, though I do like the Cespedes idea whygavs keeps floating.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I hope i don't have to watch many games with Morel in the lineup.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Too bad about Vargas - never like to see that... looked pretty ugly.

For trades, I really like the idea of Zobrist, who brings a ton of flexibility, but it may take too much. Then again, Beane has made some very bad trades before, so who knows what they'd want from us.

I am also firmly anti-Upton. Just let Polanco play if that's the case... I'm generally pro-Polanco playing every day, though I do like the Cespedes idea whygavs keeps floating.

Cespedes is horrendously overrated and will cost far too much. I want no part of him. There's a reason he's been on 3 teams in 2 seasons.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

NY says "No comment" about the HR call.

**** this ****, seriously.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

No comment!?

Something stinks about this call.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

So ****ing done with getting routinely screwed over

 

[Big McLargehuge]

"No comment."

**** that headset.

Not the umps in the stadium's fault...they got it right. ****ing absurd.

No comment. That's a slap in the face.

 

[FlightlessBird]

Lol at Tim Neverett. "After two innings.....no comment."

 

[Beauner]

So basically, they flipped a coin.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

No comment tells me there is no ground rule that says that's a double. If it was a ground rule they would just say that.

They decided it shouldn't be a hr because it didn't hit the very top of the wall so they called it a double. There's no rule or ground rule which makes that a double, but they decided it was a double.

Unfortunately it is not part of the replay umpire's duties to create new rules how they see fit. If the Pirates lose, they should protest as they are entitled to do in the case of an improper ruling.

 

[TNT87]

No comment?? Unreal. Here I thought the instant replay would be a good thing.

 

[ColePens]

WHat I don't get is... if there isn't a black and white rule - how can you change it? The call on the field was home run. I could see if it was called a double. It was called a home run.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Cespedes is horrendously overrated and will cost far too much. I want no part of him. There's a reason he's been on 3 teams in 2 seasons.

Maybe you aren't reading whygavs, but concomitant with what I said is his (accurate) estimation of what Cespedes' trade value would be.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

WHat I don't get is... if there isn't a black and white rule - how can you change it? The call on the field was home run. I could see if it was called a double. It was called a home run.

It seems they just decided it was a double because reasons.

There is nothing in the ground rules that says that's a double. The review official simply created his own rule apparently. Sickening.