I miss Upton (& Pena) now there are less opportunities to go to the bathroom when the Rays are batting….one of their replacements might stumble into a hit, before I KNEW what they were going to do….Longo misses him too…
Under normal circumstances Jennings plays that on one hop and goes to second casually but with the huge lead and Cobb pitching a ‘no-hitter’ it was warranted even though it was a low chance of success.
I remember thinking when Fuld went airborne the other day unsuccessfully that Jennings with a better break might have caught it on the fly.
On the Joyce play at the plate, I haven’t seen a video or good angle, but from where I sit it really looked like the catcher was positioned behind the plate, or at least toward the back of it. I’ve accustomed myself to looking for what remains of the batter’s box lines to try to judge positioning. It was hard to tell on that one. I have to say that if it was a bad call it wasn’t nearly as bad as some of the other recent calls we have discussed.
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I miss Upton (& Pena) now there are less opportunities to go to the bathroom when the Rays are batting….one of their replacements might stumble into a hit, before I KNEW what they were going to do….Longo misses him too…
Under normal circumstances Jennings plays that on one hop and goes to second casually but with the huge lead and Cobb pitching a ‘no-hitter’ it was warranted even though it was a low chance of success.
I remember thinking when Fuld went airborne the other day unsuccessfully that Jennings with a better break might have caught it on the fly.
My thoughts exactly. I’m ok with the agressive play in THAT situation.
On the Joyce play at the plate, I haven’t seen a video or good angle, but from where I sit it really looked like the catcher was positioned behind the plate, or at least toward the back of it. I’ve accustomed myself to looking for what remains of the batter’s box lines to try to judge positioning. It was hard to tell on that one. I have to say that if it was a bad call it wasn’t nearly as bad as some of the other recent calls we have discussed.
Cork, can we get into 2013 and finally get a slideshow?