The Defense Thread, 2024

[Pickles]

16 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Can’t believe how many people think Hays should have called Henderson off on the blooper in the 9th.  You don’t call for a ball if you’re not sure you can get there.   I don’t think Hays could have gotten there.  Henderson had the better chance.

Co-sign this.

[btdart20]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Let me see if I have done this correctly:

https://www.mlb.com/video/00u7tgd3tufIUmaZP356/reels/4-1-o-s-vs-royals-notable-defensive-plays?partnerId=web_multimedia-search_video-share

Hopefully I have captured here all the good and bad (or questionable) plays discussed in this thread for last night's game.   There were ten of them!   That's a huge number compared to most

Thanks for putting this together!  Cool website feature.

Adley's throw was perfect.  Urias got beat on a tough hit across his body/down - no shame there.  Mounty and Santa!

Love the hustle and passion! 

[Frobby]

32 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Where Mullins recovers the ball and starts his throw.

 

Where the ball hits the ground

And Westburg getting it on the 2nd hop

How do you get these still shots?

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

How do you get these still shots?

Pause the video. Take a screen shot. Paste it on Paint. Select from there, copy, paste into the reply box here.

[spleen1015]

Windows 10 has a Snipping Tool that you can use. When you snip with it, what you snip goes into your buffer for pasting.

[sportsfan8703]

Gotta do better than that. Geez O’Hearn.  

[waroriole]

42 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Gotta do better than that. Geez O’Hearn.  

I mean that’s not on OHearn. That’s on Hyde and Elias. You can’t put him out there. Just like you couldn’t put Mullins at SS. Put players in positions to succeed. We have enough good ones to be able to do it effectively. OHearn should never be in the OF. 

[DirtyBird]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Gotta do better than that. Geez O’Hearn.  

Good to see Mullins was able to get it to the cutoff man on the fly

[justD]

17 hours ago, Frobby said:

Let me see if I have done this correctly:

https://www.mlb.com/video/00u7tgd3tufIUmaZP356/reels/4-1-o-s-vs-royals-notable-defensive-plays?partnerId=web_multimedia-search_video-share

Hopefully I have captured here all the good and bad (or questionable) plays discussed in this thread for last night's game.   There were ten of them!   That's a huge number compared to most nights.

Really wish I could get these to play, but yours and Tony’s from the other day just buffer, never actually play.

Will try later on the laptop, maybe it’s the phone causing the issue.

Regardless, thanks for the effort.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, justD said:

Really wish I could get these to play, but yours and Tony’s from the other day just buffer, never actually play.

Will try later on the laptop, maybe it’s the phone causing the issue.

Regardless, thanks for the effort.

Hmm, I can play it on my phone just fine.  

[justD]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Hmm, I can play it on my phone just fine.  

Oh, I wasn’t saying there was a problem with it. Just frustrated that it doesn’t work on *my* phone, because I think it’s a cool feature.  Tony’s didn’t work for me either, on my phone. 

[Otter]

3 hours ago, waroriole said:

I mean that’s not on OHearn. That’s on Hyde and Elias. You can’t put him out there. Just like you couldn’t put Mullins at SS. Put players in positions to succeed. We have enough good ones to be able to do it effectively. OHearn should never be in the OF. 

Agreed.  O'Hearn is just a below average outfielder and should be relegated to 1B/DH only.  It's also ironic for all the talk from Elias and Mansolino about the importance of defense and having plus defenders at every position they put O'Hearn in the outfield.  Is O'Hearn better defensively at RF than Holliday is at 2B?? 

[Frobby]

11 minutes ago, justD said:

Oh, I wasn’t saying there was a problem with it. Just frustrated that it doesn’t work on *my* phone, because I think it’s a cool feature.  Tony’s didn’t work for me either, on my phone. 

I understand, I’m just wondering what the problem with your phone could be.  

[Frobby]

Another nifty play by Mountcastle last night.

Ryan Mountcastle's diving stop | 04/02/2024 | MLB.com

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Another nifty play by Mountcastle last night.

Ryan Mountcastle's diving stop | 04/02/2024 | MLB.com

Double?  With O'Hearn out there it might have been a triple!