2017 Post Season (announcer, MLB, Dodgers, watch)

[Lowexpectations]

Astros get a 1 run single and Carrea gets a 2 run hr in the first

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by rarog

how long do you have after a 2-strike wild pitch to swing and miss so you can run to 1st base?

Up until the ball is thrown to first base.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by Grandstander

Up until the ball is thrown to first base.

Or the ump calls the play dead

[rarog]

Originally Posted by Grandstander

Up until the ball is thrown to first base.

nah, if you don't swing, it's a ball. I mean a delayed reaction fake swing and miss so you can strike out, but get on base

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by rarog

nah, if you don't swing, it's a ball. I mean a delayed reaction fake swing and miss so you can strike out, but get on base

The rules do not address the situation, but I would assume that once the ump has called it a ball, you can't change it into a strike by swinging.

[Warszawa]

Before, they used to say that "pitching wins championships", and that having a murderer's row of Aces is the key to titles. It was weird to say this, especially as the Ace-laden Braves made playoffs year after year after year with only one title to show for it. It got worse in the 2010s when we saw the Tigers, Dodgers, Phillies with multiple Cy Young pitchers in their rotation and only to get knocked out by much weaker teams. Now everyone realizes that it's not the aces that win championships, rather a lights-out bullpen

[rarog]

Well, it still sort of is aces, but more so, it's playing smart. This more or less means: knowing not to swing at stupid pitches when the pitcher can't hit the strike zone (e.g., St. Louis, San Francisco = good, Washington, Baltimore = bad), and getting foolish hitters to chase bad pitches. The Phillies lost because they had no offense (game 5 was lost by Halladay 1-0).

[BucFan]

lots of empty seats at Fenway day game.....rain? day game attendance always low? kind of weird seeing especially as Red Sox Nation is supposedly so avid.....

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by BucFan

lots of empty seats at Fenway day game.....rain? day game attendance always low? kind of weird seeing especially as Red Sox Nation is supposedly so avid.....

Maybe they have jobs.

[BucFan]

Poor Red Sox ....win all those games, win the AL, then get eliminated in the first round with one lonely win in the series.....GOTTA LOVE IT!