Guest FrigidSoul Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Don't worry Kahran, there's always tommorow. Of course the Blue Jays have to face Schilling tommorow.
Bruiser Chong Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Great day for baseball. Cubs blow the Pirates out, Astros go down and the Reds manage to blow a two-run, ninth-inning lead and can't come back. Not taking advantage of the LaRue leadoff double in the ninth proves to be very costly. And even though the Cubs blew the Pirates out, they are going to have to address this Borowski situation. He's lost velocity in the offseason and hasn't had a 1-2-3 inning yet this season. He gave up the shutout tonight and didn't look very good at all, as the Pirates hit him quite well. I'd have my finger on the button to bring in Hawkins into the role, if I were Dusty.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 HOME RUN LEDEE!! And coming up, Billy F'n Wagner!
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Shit. What the hell is going on tonight?
Mik Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 I would give a pinky to be able to watch this game now.
Bruiser Chong Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 I figured that once the Phils retook the lead here, it'd be over since Wagner was coming in. I come back five minutes later after hearing the announcers say what a crazy game it is and see that it's now tied. Phillies fans will riot if they lose.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Nah. Us Phillies fans are used to losing.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Well, we're going to the bottom of the 9th, with Abreu and Thome due up.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Ball got jarred under the fence. Bowa's arguing with the umpire at the moment.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 What nonsense. Conine didn't even try and pull the ball out.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Phillies continue the game under protest, and Abreu's up with Polanco on second.
Bruiser Chong Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 This will be a HUGE disapointment if they can't get him in with no one out and the heart of the order up.
Mik Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Does playing a game under protest ever make a difference?
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Usually not, but Bowa and the Phillies have a real complaint here.
Mik Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Well, what exactly would change? They can't reverse the results of the game, can they?
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Going to the bottom of the tenth. Hopefully the umpires have reviewed the ballpark ground rules this time.
JHawk Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Well, what exactly would change? They can't reverse the results of the game, can they? If they win the protest, and that's a very big if, they'd have to replay the rest of the game from that point. When they overruled the call in the pine tar incident with George Brett, they literally played like four outs, so it has happened.
the pinjockey Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 But if the protest was upheld would they just be awarded the win, since it would have been a game winning, walkoff HR?
JHawk Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 That I don't know. I haven't seen it, but I'm assuming it would have been inside the park, right? Maybe they redo that at-bat since you can't assume he'd have made it home.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 He did make it home. Jeff Conine simply made no attempt to dislodge the ball, and Polanco kept running.
JHawk Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 If I'm correct on the rule about protests, then it would probably be a home run and they'd change the result of the game. IIRC, the pine tar homer counted after they upheld that protest, so I'd assume that one would count too. It's up to MLB at this point though.
EVIL~! alkeiper Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Posted April 22, 2004 Hopefully the Phillies pull this out and we don't have to deal with it.
Mik Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Well, if 12 years of playing baseball taught me anything then a ball dislodged under the fence is an automatic ground rule double, but hey maybe that doesn't stretch as far as the majors. Whether Conine tried or not, the ball officially left the field of play. Of course I didn't see it, but that's going on my baseball playing experience. It doesn't sound like a sure overturn.
JHawk Posted April 22, 2004 Report Posted April 22, 2004 Well, if 12 years of playing baseball taught me anything then a ball dislodged under the fence is an automatic ground rule double, but hey maybe that doesn't stretch as far as the majors. I think you have to make an effort to get the ball though, and from what everybody's saying, Conine didn't. I'm just pissed I had Conine on the bench in my fantasy league and he started like 3 for 3
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