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John_Havok

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Look the rule is that the catcher is not allowed to block the plate if there's a three-quarter moon and Venus is in secondary alignment, unless Saturn has moved into the third quadrant and the umpire is holding the ring finger of his left hand roughly parallel to his right nostril and as long as the fan in seat 125, row 15 has drunk no more than half a beer. It's perfectly simple!

 

And it's a Tuesday.

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I don't really know a lot about it but aren't you allowed to somewhat block the plate once the catcher has the baseball?

 

When the catcher is waiting on the throw home,he must provide "a lane" for the base runner. When he receives the throw, he can then block the plate, but is fair game now for the runner to run him over.

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Seriously WTF. Why didn't gibbons argue? Catcher was COMPLETELY blocking the plate.

 

Once the catcher has the ball he can block the whole plate if he wants....at the same time once he has the ball the runner can truck his ass

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So completely blocking the plate is the issue? Can someone tweet this out and see if anyone knows whether that was legal or not?

 

By the letter of the rule, it was legal. Catcher had to move to where he was to catch the ball, and prior to catching the ball, the runner did have a path to the plate (his foot was sort of in the path, but ...). As soon as Sanchez had possession of the ball he can move Into the base runners path if he chooses(which he did). At that point the runner is within his rights to run him over if he wants to.

 

If Sanchez had decided to stay where he was when he caught the ball, the runner would have to avoid contact and slide in to home or just run across.

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You're allowed to block the plate if the throw beats the runner, it's such a dumb rule.

 

It's something where the intent is good, but the execution and implementation went wrong....

jaysfan2014 Dunedin Blue Jays

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Exactly. This Pirates club is a mess. Regression, AJ Burnett's departure, and cheap ownership (why isn't Polanco up yet?) have really hurt this club.

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