http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/game-of-the-week-720-726/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/game-of-the-week-720-726/#comment-87799 joe Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:52:25 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=7098#comment-87799 Gunfight at the OK corral #2 was better, aka the first one. Gunfight at the OK corral #2 was better, aka the first one.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/game-of-the-week-720-726/#comment-87788 joser Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:03:42 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=7098#comment-87788 The ending makes this game a controversy magnet, and the comeback is even more impressive, but the <b><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2009-07-25&team=Blue%20Jays&dh=0&season=2009" rel="nofollow">Jay-Rays game on Saturday</a></b> is almost as remarkable (with more higher-leverage plays as a bonus). It also marked the second day in a row Scott Downs blew an opportunity to close out a game and thus the second game in a row the Jays lost in extra innings. The ending makes this game a controversy magnet, and the comeback is even more impressive, but the Jay-Rays game on Saturday is almost as remarkable (with more higher-leverage plays as a bonus). It also marked the second day in a row Scott Downs blew an opportunity to close out a game and thus the second game in a row the Jays lost in extra innings.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/game-of-the-week-720-726/#comment-87723 lester bangs Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:35:40 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=7098#comment-87723 The game-ending call was clearly wrong - video replay confirms (and I say this with no stake in the result). What frosts me is that the home plate umpire was out of position on the play and didn't have a clear shot at the slide vs. the tag. The game-ending call was clearly wrong – video replay confirms (and I say this with no stake in the result). What frosts me is that the home plate umpire was out of position on the play and didn’t have a clear shot at the slide vs. the tag.

]]> http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/game-of-the-week-720-726/#comment-87715 Jake Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:43 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=7098#comment-87715 The worst thing about the play was that it wasn't even close. He had slid all the way across the plate and had his foot on the back corner of the plate (CLEARLY within view of the ump) by the time the tag finally came down on him. The addition of instant replay for home run calls has been completely seamless and has done nothing but please fans, so I'm not sure why Selig refuses to allow any more replay allowed in the game. How does the "human element" of an ump completely blowing a great ballgame make baseball better? I don't get it. The worst thing about the play was that it wasn’t even close. He had slid all the way across the plate and had his foot on the back corner of the plate (CLEARLY within view of the ump) by the time the tag finally came down on him. The addition of instant replay for home run calls has been completely seamless and has done nothing but please fans, so I’m not sure why Selig refuses to allow any more replay allowed in the game. How does the “human element” of an ump completely blowing a great ballgame make baseball better? I don’t get it.

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