That's exactly what I thought when I saw the ball leave Lane's bat. I was like THERE IT IS! Now or never. Go Stros.
Time for Roger and Andy to take care of business the next 2 days. A tough series with the Mets coming up this weekend, but if we can manage 2 out of 3 there we are going to be in amazing shape. Make it happen boys!
Typical Astros...they come out flat on offense. There is NO way this team wins tonight, they just don't have it. They are toast. No way we score many runs...just won't happen. DD
Wow I'm typin' a response in another thread for what seems like only 15-20min and already we're in the 5th. Fast game.
4 Hits and 3 LOB by both teams combined through 7 IP. Now that is some pitchin' (or lack of hitting depending on your view)
When an Astro pitches bad, its always bad pitching... when the Astros don't hit, its always bad hitting. Basically, the Astros always beat themselves... every time they lose(since 1997).
I never quite understood the logic of the non-caught strikeout rule. It's like I know the rule, but who the hell decided if it's a strikeout in the dirt it's not really an out till you get him out as a runner. - guess I can understand the reasoning on the wild pitch...but just for a ball that is caught but hits the dirt. Why?
A pitcher can throw quite a few unhittable pitches if he doesn't have to worry about the catcher even trying to catch it (ie - if nobody is on base). The rule prevents him from doing that all the time.
Sure, at that point the thorw-over is just a "formality"... but its still the correct interpretation of the rule in place. Just like when a fielder traps a fly ball, and its "almost" an out... the batter still gets credit for a hit.
Well like I said, the wild pitch is understandable, cause after all if its less than 2 outs then the ball would still be in play, so the same should hold true for 2 outs as well, and you're right then the pitcher could get away with murder. But if the catcher catch's the ball in the dirt why should that not be considered an out. -yeah it's just a formality. But you'd think they could tweak the rule to have it only apply to wild pitches and passed balls. It just seems rather pointless...but then of course Dotel would have never gotten 4 strikeouts in an inning during that no-hit of the Yankees.
Man, I wonder if we will ever have some offense tonight. Wheeler now in the game. Still a 2 hitter through 7innings.
Ok so here's another one...this happened in my softball game last night, so the rule might be enforced differently. But the infield fly rule I always understood to be that the batter is out to prevent fielders from purposely dropping the ball and getting the double play. But if the ball does drop on the infield fly call, the runners are allowed to advance safely to the next base, batter included. So the batter's out but still get's first base. Or is the rule interpretated that the batter is out regardless, so if the ball drops it doesn't matter cause the batter is out anyways and the runners stay where they are. If it's the latter, then how is that fair if a fielder committs an error and misses the fly and the ball drops, cause then the fielder wouldnt have to worry about catching it at all; that's what happened in my game last night.
