lol the ump should know if a ball is snowconed like that then the player holds up the glove showing they caught it... blum should have just sat down on 2nd lol
Well, we've seen plays at the plate where the catcher tags the runner with the glove while the ball is in his other hand and the ump still calls the runner out. I guess they have a hard time distinguishing a large brown leather mitt and a pale white hand.
Not at all, for obvious reasons. What is strange is that a lineup as solid as that of the Astros is struggling to put up runs this season and hit in the clutch.
I know what ur saying, BB. VYs a houstonian. still, its kinda odd to me. anyway, as for our offense, it'll come around once our pitching sucks...
Every player in little league baseball, high school baseball, college baseball, softball, etc., etc. does the same exact thing. That would include you. No one gets up and says "well, I didn't really catch it." You let the umps make the call then you move on. The umps blew it...no one else is at fault.
Hell...the ref was saying the replay wasn't conclusive but when the player was shown on the ground after landing...the ball clearly wasn't in his glove and he reached for it grabbing it and holding it up. Coop said he saw it from his angle and it wasn't a catch. But, since no ref was in position to see it, it's hard to argue about it. Coop is probably going to get fined. Good for him. I think he was just trying to spark something from his club more than anything. No way they are going to reverse it based on what Coop saw. lol
is there a better chance they decide whether or not to claim him after going 2-3, or if he didn't play that game at all?
Neither. No team is stupid enough to make a decision based on one baseball game. Yesterday's game would have had exactly no impact had he gone 0-4 or 4-4. The only impact would have been if he got hurt.
the astros made a decision based on one final preseason game whether woody williams would be one of their starting pitchers, or be cut. eagerly awaiting your smartass reply about how that somehow isn't comparable, even though you are fully aware that it is and can't admit when you're wrong, cardpire
No - actually they made it based on a year's worth of performances. The preseason (as a whole) confirmed what they were seeing. If he had been outstanding in 2007, then that same preseason performance this year wouldn't have gotten him cut. In other words, the decision wasn't made based on that one game. Quintero going 2-4 in a game isn't going to cause any team to suddenly go from "we're going to pass on him on the waivers" to "let's grab him!"
cardpire you really need to stop basing your statements only on recent performances. look at a wider sample size. in other words stop being astros.com-ish
if woody williams pitched 5 shutout innings in the final spring game, he would be one of our starting pitchers. period. this isn't my opinion, it's a fact. for the astros, they were willing to throw out every thing their eyes had seen up to that point with one decent performance by woodrow. therefore, the decision was absolutely, 100% based on that game. illogical? without a doubt, but that's the way of our astros. now, can you make the argument that the astros are one of the stupid teams that you were referring to? absolutely, and i do agree that they are just that fickle.
So those of you who watched it on tv....did he drop it?? Is that the consensus? I was at the game, but couldn't see from where I was. I could tell the umpire wasn't in position to know, either. But the fans in the bullpen boxes erupted immediately...their response was so decisive, so quickly, that I was pretty sure he didn't catch it.
