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LookingIn:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Oct 2013, 12:21 ---It also doesn't help that there are more in-game delays than ever before (stepping out of the box, stepping off the mound, throws over to first, etc.).
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That's part of the game, the throws especially given last night's game ended thanks to a stepping off the mount and throwing to first. The stepping out of the box should be clamped down on as well as taking a long time between pitches but they aren't going to go toe to toe with the divas of the league over that. And compared iwth the commercial breaks, the obligatory singing on camera of "God Bless America"(done off camera during regular season) it addes another 20 minutes or more to the games.
jwhouk:
No, the constant throws over aren't part of the game. If you've ever watched vintage footage from the 1960's, pitchers worked much faster and batters didn't step out of the box as much as they do now.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: LookingIn on 28 Oct 2013, 10:37 ---
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 27 Oct 2013, 17:51 ---
--- Quote from: LookingIn on 27 Oct 2013, 13:15 ---Instant replay in baseball can't come soon enough. The hell with the "tradition" of blindness, bad calls, moronic bowing to the crew chief's word when all evidence is to the contrary: they need to institute it. :oops: :x
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Yeah, but at least they got that obstruction call right in game 3.
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It might be "right" in the literal sense but on replay you could see he didn't interfere directly and with intent to slow down the runner- it was wrong place, wrong time. But that won't change the outcome anymore and the win last night put that to rest for the time being...but it's not the only play this fall that has been the subject of debate about the usage.
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--- Quote from: MLB Rulebook ---OBSTRUCTION is the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.
Rule 2.00 (Obstruction) Comment: If a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and if the ball is in flight directly toward and near enough to the fielder so he must occupy his position to receive the ball he may be considered “in the act of fielding a ball.” It is entirely up to the judgment of the umpire as to whether a fielder is in the act of fielding a ball. After a fielder has made an attempt to field a ball and missed, he can no longer be in the “act of fielding” the ball. For example: an infielder dives at a ground ball and the ball passes him and he continues to lie on the ground and delays the progress of the runner, he very likely has obstructed the runner.
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Absent is the word "intentional." Obstruction is obstruction whether it's accidental or not.
GarandMarine:
As my Red Sox are in the world series, and tonight is probably the final game... I'd just like to take a moment and post the following.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArP3D_LX5w
mustang6172:
How could tonight be the final game. The series was tied 2-2 going into Game 5 (of 7); there must be a game 6 no matter who wins.
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