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  1. Masterbather
    If my last name was Rice, I wouldn't name my son after Uncle Ben.
  2. Masterbather
    I remember when Adrian Beltre played through a bad back in the ALDS, even continued to play the field in obvious discomfort. Also was playing with a torn thumb ligament. That's my type of guy. Ernie playing with a broken bone too. My dude right there. If this injury was bad enough to cause real instability in his knee, I don't think he would be day to day. I think his season would be done. It would be malpractice otherwise. I think he's dealing with pain and discomfort mostly. I also don't think I'm off base to suggest that pending free agency is a factor. I think it's unrealistic to expect that this doesn't play a role. I think having a father who's a former big leaguer also plays a role in him putting himself first.
  3. Masterbather
    I remember when the Dodgers basically killed Brandon Morrow by making him pitch every game of the World Series.
  4. Masterbather
    I have to admit I did find myself rooting for the Red Sox for the same reason. I wasn't intending to, but I naturally reacted to the game as somebody rooting for the Red Sox I hate the Red Sox, but I just f***ing loathe the Yankees.
  5. Masterbather
    And here I thought my username had innuendo 😂
  6. Masterbather
    Pitch count by Cade is a problem considering he threw 19 yesterday. He may be unavailable tomorrow. I know it's the playoffs, but that'll be pushing it
  7. Masterbather
    Tigers were probably thrilled to avoid the 1 vs 2 wildcard playoff series. Probably looking forward to revenge against the Guardians. This would be a kick to the nuts squared by the Guardians this season if the Guardians win the series.
  8. Masterbather
    Guardians powering up!
  9. Masterbather
    Fozzie Bear over here.
  10. Masterbather
    The alternative is that you give him a lane to the plate. Any play that involves a tag on top of the base has a chance that a part of the guy's body will slip in under the tag. If he doesn't move his body there he's forced to reach, the moment you reach it decreases the chances of making the out. But because he had enough time to slide, block and throw his glove out in front, he did. If you want to argue that having the armour on makes catchers a little braver to do this type of thing, yeah I'll give you that. I'm still okay with it though, as long as the defensive player has the ball I think they should have the right to go wherever they want with it, as long as you lead with the glove. I would not be in favour of the catcher leaning in with a shoulder and then with the glove or something stupid like that.
  11. Masterbather
    When we were competing with the Tigers for the best record I said at the time I don't really understand how the Tigers are so good. They have the best pitcher, but on the whole I found the team mostly uninspiring. Not that I find Cleveland a whole lot to write home about, but to me the Tigers never belonged in the conversation with every other contender in the American League.
  12. Masterbather
    I thought they might beat Crochet at home, but I failed to factor in the manager is a bit of a dumbass.
  13. Masterbather
    Okay, in your opinion. That's fine. But I think the alternative of creating a lane when the ball beats you is also dumb. So we may be in agree to disagree territory.
  14. Masterbather
    In this case it was a bang bang play, but as long as Wells leads with his glove I have no issue, and he did lead with his glove. It results in a collision. s*** happens. But at the end of the day he was going to meet the runner with the tag. I'm okay with it. I think the alternative would be terrible and would reward an offense for no reason. Considering home plate is where the runs are scored that's especially problematic in my opinion.
  15. Masterbather
    It's not a matter of getting better at tagging people, if you tag someone on the arm they can swim into the other arm, if you take someone on the body the arm might get there first, there's always a chance if you're tagging someone on top of the base that you're going to get beat no matter where you want to tag them. What you see as blocking the plate I see as simply going to meet the runner with the tag, which I think are two different ideas. I don't see it as a football scrimmage, as a defender you shouldn't be trying to hit the guy and as a runner you shouldn't be trying to hit the defender. The defender should be trying to apply a tag and the offensive player should be trying to avoid it. If the path is cut off because you got beat by the ball then your chances of avoiding the tag are near zero, as they should be. What happened with Bo was a freak occurrence, he started sliding as the catcher got the ball moving towards him, leading with the glove, and it ended up in a collision. s*** happens, but you don't go and make the rules silly because s*** happens.
  16. Masterbather
    What was I trying? I simply argued that the baseline rules should extend right through the end of the baseline, which apparently it does. Because otherwise where do you draw the line between blocking the plate and meeting somebody on the line? If the ball beats the runner by a mile and the runner has come to a stop because of how badly they've been beat, then the catcher comes to meet the runner a few feet from the plate is that blocking the plate or is that a play on the line? If the ball beats the base runner enough so that the fielder has the ability to block off the plate or the base, the defense has earned that right in my opinion. A defender can come meet you as long as they have the ball even if they're just meeting you a foot from the plate on a bang/bang play.
  17. Masterbather
    The chances of making the tag decline significantly if you give them a lane. I don't see why you should be forced to do so if the ball gets there in time. What about if it turns into a rundown then do you have to keep the run down to the sides of the baseline so you're not blocking the lane? If you're allowed to go right up to somebody in a rundown on the baseline then that should extend to any part of the baseline. You can go right up to them which means you're blocking the plate or the base.
  18. Masterbather
    I predict the Guardians and Padres stay alive today. I think the Yankees and Reds are done.
  19. Masterbather
    I disagree completely. Once you have the ball you can go wherever the hell you want. Why would you give the opponent an ability to beat you when you have them beat by a mile? I think that's the benefit of the ball beating the runner, you get to cut them off completely. You don't owe them the opportunity to score. I do agree you shouldn't be able to do this without the ball. I think the rule is perfect.
  20. Masterbather
    How could there be no structural damage if there's any sort of real significant tear? I consider a tear to be structural damage but maybe they're just playing with words here.
  21. Masterbather
    Cincy as threatening as an annoying house fly to the Dodgers.
  22. Masterbather
    Red Sox are going to have to show up tomorrow offensively. Yankees will score runs off Bello.
  23. Masterbather
    Poor Cincinnati. I know they have some pitching but they are so way over their heads. They shouldn't be here but for the fact that the Mets are such ass.
  24. Masterbather
    Chapman dangled it just to take it away.
  25. Masterbather
    That was an interesting save.
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