vs. WHITE SOX 4/19

[callahan09]

Well the final pitch was beautiful, definitely a strike. Unbelievable that the catcher didn't hold onto it. I'm glad the ump called it a strike, though. It certainly wasn't a foul off the bat, because the batter didn't even swing!

[crissfan172]

I thought you can't run to first base on a strike out if its occupied?

That only applies with less than 2 outs.

[Don Quixote]

O, getaway day
Let us luxuriate as
Os take three of four

[canonfaz]

Win column!

[fyodorovitch]

A curious ending, but I'll take it.

[Ven6]

o
SOUL POSSESSION OF 1st PLACE

Uh, sole.

But we have soul, too.

[canonfaz]

No errors either... I like to see that.

[Ven6]

instead of arguing, Rios should have ran to first and forced a throw that could have gone wild and won the game..

unless he couldnt..hmm

No throw. Catcher would just step on the plate. Force with the bases loaded.

[RZNJ]

instead of arguing, Rios should have ran to first and forced a throw that could have gone wild and won the game..

unless he couldnt..hmm

Didn't see the last few innings as my cable channel went out. However, with bases loaded and 2 out, the catcher only has to step on the plate and get the force. Doesn't have to throw to 1B.

[crissfan172]

No throw. Catcher would just step on the plate. Force with the bases loaded.

Yeah...but the runner already reached home.

[howboutthoseos]

Yeah...but the runner already reached home.

Yes - but then he tagged Rios,so it's all good.

[OFFNY]

Uh, sole.

But we have soul, too.

You bastard.

[Uli2001]

Nice win. Is is still early?

By the way, baseball has some weird rules. This one about running to first on a strikeout, or the runner missing the base. I wonder if neither player is alert to what's going on, then do they just stand around with the umpire looking at them? Talk about an awkward situation. If one of the players leaves, can they be tagged out in the dugout? The clubhouse? The bathroom? Must they be tagged out?

[OFFNY]

Nice win. Is is still early?

By the way, baseball has some weird rules. This one about running to first on a strikeout, or the runner missing the base. I wonder if neither player is alert to what's going on, then do they just stand around with the umpire looking at them? Talk about an awkward situation. If one of the players leaves, can they be tagged out in the dugout? The clubhouse? The bathroom? Must they be tagged out?

In 1975, Roy White of the Yankees was tagged out in the dugout, which was the (successful) appeal by the Minnesota Twins in their claim that he had missed the plate. I saw it on WPIX-11 when I was a kid.

Beyond the dugout, I'm not absolutely sure. Bernie Carbo still hasn't been tagged out at the plate in Game One of the 1970 World Series, which is why our 1970 World Championship has an asterisk next to it in the record books. It is quite possible that any one of the surviving members from our 1970 team can still go to Carbo's house with an official Rawlings baseball, tag him out, and then we can finally have that damned asterisk removed from the record books.