Who predicted the NL Central would be this close?
18 freaking innings, 48 Ks, Yanks sweep Cubs. Me, I just need to go back to sleep.
mhendo:
Did anyone see this rather odd triple play that the Orioles pulled off against the Red Sox the other day?
Runners on first and second. Hitter pops it out into shallow left field, between the shortstop and the left fielder. Shortstop Hardy runs into the outfield, waving off the left fielder. But Hardy misjudges the ball, and it goes over his glove and hits the ground.
Meantime, on the bases, the runners at first and second have barely moved off their bases, and the hitter, either assuming that the ball will be caught or assuming that it’s been called an infield fly, is already wandering back to the dugout.
Hardy throws to second, where the Orioles second baseman tags the runner who has wandered off second base. He then steps on second to record a force out on the runner at first, and throws to first to retire the hitter.
The only explanation i can think of for all this is that all three Red Sox players assumed that the infield fly rule had been called, but there is no evidence of that on the audio, and the distance traveled by the ball suggests that an infield fly call would have been inappropriate anyway. Had the hitter run to first, and the baserunners at least gone further down the baselines so they could be ready to run, the best the Orioles would have done was a double play. More likely they would have only got one out, and they may have got none at all if the runners were fast enough to advance after Hardy missed the catch. But as it turned out, they got all three.
Indeed, this play was discussed in the MLB May thread.
Certainly not me. Only three games separate the division leader from the basement.
And speaking of Yankees v Cubs, the Reds are hosting the Evil Empire starting tonight, hopefully we can return the favor.
The Giants are in last place in the National League and every single one of their minor league teams is at least tied for last place in their division.
mhendo
May 8, 2017, 6:25pm
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Oops!
I completely forgot that there’s a new thread each month.
Doh!
In three games the Reds beat the Giants 31-5…ouch.