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Posted 21 April 2013 - 12:58 PM
On close ball 4s where the player goes to 1st without a call from the home ump, 95% of the time the ump seems to call a strike.
Yep. Everytime, they take it as the batter trying to tell him what the pitch is when he's still thinking about it.
On a close ball 4 your best bet is just to stare at him and let him make up his own mind.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 12:58 PM
On close ball 4s where the player goes to 1st without a call from the home ump, 95% of the time the ump seems to call a strike.
I've always thought it was a factor. Many umps probably take it as showing up their authority.
Ok, so I'm not the only one.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:00 PM
Davis lines into right, loads the bases with 1 out.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:00 PM
Stephen Fife? I think the Dodgers would rather have Barney Fife on the mound today.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:03 PM
Markakis has been doing a pretty poor job on the bases. The 9th inning of the Rays game he only goes from 2nd to 3rd on a ball off the wall. There was no chance of the Davis liner there being caught. Why did he hold up? Not reading the ball well? He's usually one of the most fundamentally sound guys year in and year out.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:03 PM
Didn't realize we were never walked off last year. I mean, I know there's the 7th inning + streak they have, but that's still surprising.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:04 PM
Stephen Fife? I think the Dodgers would rather have Barney Fife on the mound today.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:04 PM
This Barney Fife guy is wild...maybe effectively wild.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:05 PM
Markakis has been doing a pretty poor job on the bases. The 9th inning of the Rays game he only goes from 2nd to 3rd on a ball off the wall. There was no chance of the Davis liner there being caught. Why did he hold up? Not reading the ball well? He's usually one of the most fundamentally sound guys year in and year out.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:05 PM
Beautiful approach from JJ. Birds up 3-0, Hardy to 2nd...
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:05 PM
Make him pay JJ...
There's your opposite field Hardy hit, Chris.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:05 PM
Damn, Hardy is starting to just go with what they give him...very nice!
WHOOP WHOOP!!!!
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:06 PM
I Flaherty's world, he's hot...1 for his last 4!
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:07 PM
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:08 PM
Awesome to see Hardy cash in there.
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Posted 21 April 2013 - 01:10 PM
I saw in the replay that the third base coach held him up on the Rays wallshot.
I saw that too. But he scrambled back a few steps toward 2nd once the ball hit the wall, like he thought it was caught. That hiccup could have been why he was held up. Not a huge deal given the 0 out situation.
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