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Originally Posted by jtur88
1. When the AL had the winning run on third with one out, Hurdle pitched with first base open. It worked, he got a strikeout. But then he walked the next batter (Morneau), and occpied first base, but now with two outs. WTF?
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Maybe managers have makeup calls just like umpires do. Maybe he felt like he was walking on eggshells the first time and got lucky, and figured it would be tough to do it again.
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Originally Posted by jtur88
2. When you get a runner in third with one out against a lights-out reliever like Mariano Rivera, why not try to squeeze? If Rivera is as good as advertised, the chances of getting a ball in play that will score the run would be significantly diminished, but the chances of getting a bunt down still pretty decent. If the squeeze is ever going to be the tactic of choice, it would be against a pitcher who is the hardest to hit conventionally.
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Sounds reasonable, depending on the batter. As long as it's not a basic sacrifice to second like we saw with Russell Martin. The best catcher in baseball, and he's being asked to bunt in the showcase event of all the stars.
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Originally Posted by jtur88
When the winning run scored, was that the first tag play that the umpires got right (according to replay) in the entire game?
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I don't know what the deal is with umpires. They give the fielders the benefit of the doubt on a bang-bang play, and as long as the throw beats the runner, the tag seems incidental to them. I think base stealers are called out about a third of the time when they actually beat the tag.
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Originally Posted by jtur88
Did anybody else wonder if Brandon Webb could play second base, and not make 3 errors, 2 Ks and a GIDP?
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Poor Uggla. They slap him with an error on a bad hop for his third one. He must've felt snakebitten.