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jtur88 · 03-25-2008, 06:51 PM

I don't know if there are enough people here for this to work, but when watching games, I often have an observation that I'd like to share and see what other people think. Let's start with opening day:

Oakland is down by 2 in extra innings. Runner on, one out, guy hits a double. They thought by waving the runner home, the batter could advance to third with the tying run. The throw came through to the plate, but the other runner got caught in a rundown. The announcers went apopleptic in a fit if criticism for the bonehead strategy. But I don't see the problem with trying to get the tying run to third with one out. Do you?

By the way, since the next two hitters got the hits that would have driven in the tying run, can Papelbon be credited with an "Unearned Save"?

03-25-2008, 06:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,701	Day-to-Day Game Comments I don't know if there are enough people here for this to work, but when watching games, I often have an observation that I'd like to share and see what other people think. Let's start with opening day: Oakland is down by 2 in extra innings. Runner on, one out, guy hits a double. They thought by waving the runner home, the batter could advance to third with the tying run. The throw came through to the plate, but the other runner got caught in a rundown. The announcers went apopleptic in a fit if criticism for the bonehead strategy. But I don't see the problem with trying to get the tying run to third with one out. Do you? By the way, since the next two hitters got the hits that would have driven in the tying run, can Papelbon be credited with an "Unearned Save"? __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.