tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post8357633757546690481..comments2024-03-28T10:12:06.203-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Mack’s Morning Report – 10-11-15 - Game 2Mack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-81964489775309485022015-10-11T19:43:25.664-04:002015-10-11T19:43:25.664-04:00Checkout this Eric Brynes reenactment of the Tejad...Checkout this Eric Brynes reenactment of the Tejada takeout <br /><br />http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/eric-byrnes-chase-utley/277480Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966349028036306647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-22369946677607681092015-10-11T19:08:23.792-04:002015-10-11T19:08:23.792-04:00Maybe he's here for payback. Gee, ya know, th...Maybe he's here for payback. Gee, ya know, that kid Corey Seager's a nice looking ballplayer. It'd be a shame if anything were to happen to him. (PA Announcer: Now running for Matt Harvey....Matt Reynolds!!!!)<br /><br />I do agree, though. As much of a d-bag as Utley has been his entire career (which ended like 5 years ago...somebody should really tell him), MLB and Torre came off much worse and much more the villains of the piece. Honestly, giving Utley second base because the guy with the broken leg didn't tag him after you called him out....that's the stupidest, most "let's make sure the Dodgers win" call I have ever seen in nearly 60 years of watching baseball. The fix was in. Anyway we can get Joe Torre on the basepaths and take him out with a dirty slide, too? Or are we just going to have to settle for disabling an umpire?<br /><br />I'm against it all. I hope none of it ever happens. But I can't say it hasn't been the constant thought on my mind since last night.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-1656552781584978222015-10-11T16:45:04.127-04:002015-10-11T16:45:04.127-04:00I'm still seething. I couldn't sleep last...I'm still seething. I couldn't sleep last night I was so angry. MLB looks really really bad last night. No one is talking about the Dodgers "win" because everyone knows its horse shit. Focus is squarely on bad officiating and the tackle. Black eye for baseball. MLB gets more money from more play off games though so good for them.<br /><br />Matt Reynolds is not a good baseball player. The man couldn't hit in AAA at all this year in the thin air of Vegas. I hope he is only for emergency and doesn't see time because it would mean things are really not going well.Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966349028036306647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-75510484249545709932015-10-11T15:35:19.334-04:002015-10-11T15:35:19.334-04:00Matt Reynolds. How wild is that...frustrated with ...Matt Reynolds. How wild is that...frustrated with lack of call up in 2015, makes major league roster for first time IN THE PLAYOFFS!Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-43549535326488385172015-10-11T15:06:17.860-04:002015-10-11T15:06:17.860-04:00No more cuddyer playing the field with flores and ...No more cuddyer playing the field with flores and murphy playing, defense at a premium. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-38497819164381424502015-10-11T14:54:49.431-04:002015-10-11T14:54:49.431-04:00Matt reynolds is joining the roster, pending petit...Matt reynolds is joining the roster, pending petition to league.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-49368409350517433432015-10-11T14:28:13.689-04:002015-10-11T14:28:13.689-04:00STubby-
Exactly my point. The "correct"...STubby-<br /><br />Exactly my point. The "correct" call was was "no call" until something else happened. The on-field judgement of base contact/non-contact (and chance of err therein) was replaced by a less resolvable judgement of what might have happened next (who would have touched 2B firs, runner or damaged fielder). with no possible observation--PURE supposition. <br /><br />This cannot stand as "replay" since the supposed actions, a closed set of possibilities, cannot be observed only supposed and determined by whim. The more I think about it, the pine tar incident is germane. Terry did not protest the game however as KC had done,<br /><br />Uribe replaces Ruben on the roster if healthy IMO.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583242267777911354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-89165042617079951442015-10-11T14:10:36.071-04:002015-10-11T14:10:36.071-04:00Yes, I kinda expected Wilmer to hit a game winning...Yes, I kinda expected Wilmer to hit a game winning homer last night. Maybe he's keeping it for Citi Field.Alexander Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221338172620961826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-24839552378697960872015-10-11T13:01:33.654-04:002015-10-11T13:01:33.654-04:00That's exactly what should happen but never wo...That's exactly what should happen but never would. If it went to game 5, replay the 8th and 9th first, Mets up 2-1 with a fresh Thor. Oh well.Michael S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10592189867244144200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-64184107302993288462015-10-11T12:25:22.927-04:002015-10-11T12:25:22.927-04:00as terrible as the play, the umpiring, and he leag...as terrible as the play, the umpiring, and he league's non-response was, and as much as it hurts to lose Tejada, it's somehow fitting that Flores, nearly abandoned heading into the series, will now end up playing every inning at SS for the remainder of the post season. Really, on this roster, there is no plan C. I won't be surprised if the kid wins us a game or two along the way. Heck, I won't be shocked if he ends up the MVP of a series before this is over. It's been that kind of season.That Adam Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687771146317665283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-8059852854803757662015-10-11T11:59:01.452-04:002015-10-11T11:59:01.452-04:00Torre will do nothing he's a company man.
Har...Torre will do nothing he's a company man.<br /><br />Harvey should start every LA hitter up and in. They're all a little worried that their going to get chosen for payback. Keep them off-balance all game.Michael S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10592189867244144200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-61912713685783569632015-10-11T11:42:55.591-04:002015-10-11T11:42:55.591-04:00Ronnie was restrained at first but he was livid. ...Ronnie was restrained at first but he was livid. At one point he sounded like he wanted to punch Ripken for his devil may care attitude but still had to keep himself professional.<br /><br />Ripken on the other hand proved himself completely useless.Michael S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10592189867244144200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-12839811752637114572015-10-11T11:30:30.524-04:002015-10-11T11:30:30.524-04:00Hobie, not that it makes any sense, but the umpire...Hobie, not that it makes any sense, but the umpires' argument is that Utley gets the base under the rules--even if he never touched it--because the reason he left the field is that he was called out. According to them, the rules say--even if he never touched the bag--he shouldn't be penalized for their screw-up. My question would then be, OK, but why are you penalizing the guy who has to go to the hospital when the same logic should apply to him? There's no reason for Ruben to tag Utley (assuming he even could, physically) because you called Utley out and he left the field. This kind of tells me, as a player, that I should go ahead and do as much physical damage to the fielder as I can because all "mistakes" will be resolved in favor of the runner. So, heck, I'd be sharpening my cleats this morning and start going straight for the jugular on every slide. Just playing hard, you know. Yeah, its a shame that guy bled to death, but that's baseball.<br /><br />MLB totally f%#ed up on this one. There is no question Utley was deliberately going for the injury. He changed his trajectory away from the bag and towards the fielder and I don't even think he started his "slide" until he was already past the bag.<br /><br />I don't want the Mets to go head-hunting. I think that just takes us out of the mindset we need to be in. Just win. But, next year? Maybe I'm ending the careers of as many middle infielders as I can with every slide. Apparently MLB is OK with that.<br /><br />I do like your suggested remedy--treating it like the pine-tar game. But I doubt that POS Torre (yeah, I didn't even like him when he was a Met) has the balls to do the right thing. Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-38330410689256678882015-10-11T10:38:04.675-04:002015-10-11T10:38:04.675-04:00Utley went too far and even he looked a bit sheepi...Utley went too far and even he looked a bit sheepish in his post-game interview even while he kept repeating his line which actually sounded a little coached. He should be suspended. How the umpires allow Utley to not slide under double-play rules, but don't give Ruben the neighbourhood play under double-play rules beats me. But it is done. <br /><br />There was just no way that Utley or Rollins would not stir up some kind of bad blood is there. <br /><br />A lot of us are baying for revenge now, including myself, but I'll leave that to the pros. Revenge is best served cold. I just hope it doesn't result in angry Mets swinging wildly at bad pitches. A well-aimed pitch at someone's head would be welcome on the one hand but not if it ends up losing us key player and the series. <br /><br />Time for Harvey to put this right on Monday with a 1-hitter or something of the kind. All the elements are here - injustice, injury, a chance for redemption. Surely Harvey will smell the glory and take it.<br /><br />Let's Go Mets!Alexander Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221338172620961826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-25397841004165662372015-10-11T10:27:38.546-04:002015-10-11T10:27:38.546-04:00This is why I was (am) opposed to replay in game-c...This is why I was (am) opposed to replay in game-continuing situations (tags, traps etc.). Initial judgement, fallible as it may be is replaced by some more abstract judgement as to what would have happened in some alternate universe if the call were different. Errors (player or umpire displayed) are part of a human game. The virtual reality of replay decisions are not.<br /><br />GIVEN Ruben's foot did not graze the base (I think it did after the stop frame the TBS folks kept displaying); GIVEN the "neighborhood rule was voice by Murph's throw (don't think was, the throw did alter Tejada's left foot placement), and GIVEN Utley's slide was not interference (at the player without any any attempt to touch the base-which was within reach-was just that IMO); they STILL got the call wrong according to there own rules.<br /><br />Quoted during the broadcast as placing runners where they would have been in that alternate universe of "correct" cal, that rule was violated by the man behind the curtain in NY. If the incorrect call of "out" was to be replaced by a correct one, it wasn't "safe," it was no call until Utley left the field, or touched second, or Tejada tagged Utley or the base. The first of those happened, none of the the last three did. The clairvoyant video game ump(s) evidently decided that had had the correct (no) call been made, Utley would have scrambled back to base and not left the field vs. Ruben tagging the runner or base under the same fantasy scenario. Since neither scenario has any real validity, the original call should stand.<br /><br />The game should be replayed from that point (score tied, 2-out, Hendicks on 1st)) a la the pine tar bat misinterpretation of rule. "Good luck with that," says my wife.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583242267777911354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-2198161793194296132015-10-11T10:16:11.498-04:002015-10-11T10:16:11.498-04:00I guess Dilson gets added to the roster. I don...I guess Dilson gets added to the roster. I don't think they have another SS they could add. So does that make Kelly Johnson the backup SS now?<br /><br />Also saw this about the rules:<br /><i>A comment in the Official Baseball Rules to Rule 5.09 (a) (13) says umpires could have called an inning-ending double play if they decided Utley had gone outside the baseline and interfered with Tejada fielding the throw.<br /><br />“The objective of this rule is to penalize the offensive team for deliberate, unwarranted, unsportsmanlike action by the runner in leaving the baseline for the obvious purpose of crashing the pivot man on a double play, rather than trying to reach the base,” the comment says. “Obviously this is an umpire’s judgment play.”</i>Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295238777717196424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-8778645327849459262015-10-11T09:40:46.282-04:002015-10-11T09:40:46.282-04:00I have not read any comments by coaches or players...I have not read any comments by coaches or players this morning, I did exactly what Mack did last night. I was disgusted that Ronnie and Cal didn't call out Utley last night. Especially when it was clear Tejada was injured.<br /><br />Utley has always been a Met killer with the bat.<br /><br />This game was lost by TC by leaving Thor in for the 7th. The plan was simple, 6 strong innings by the starter, then Reed, Clipper, and Familia. Why mess with success. Jacob is a much more experienced and polished pitcher to get through the 7th on a high pitch count than Thor is at this point.<br /><br />The crowd should be amazing on Monday night.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257215926988740306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-51980089895560293412015-10-11T09:12:16.558-04:002015-10-11T09:12:16.558-04:00Im really glad that major league baseball created ...Im really glad that major league baseball created rules like Neighborhood Play and the interference penalty in order to protect its players.....both rules worked really well last night. <br /><br />Anyway Mets need to win both home games and move on. The Mets have proven in these two games that they are the better team. <br /><br />LETS GO WILMERErnest Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12054861033443392454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-19336986929434218812015-10-11T09:01:28.184-04:002015-10-11T09:01:28.184-04:00Oh, but watching Thor throw 101 in the first innin...Oh, but watching Thor throw 101 in the first inning was amazing.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-22651587723521182302015-10-11T09:00:02.487-04:002015-10-11T09:00:02.487-04:00I have not read anyone else's articles today. ...I have not read anyone else's articles today. Question: will Utley get suspended for a highly dangerous, intentional, out of bounds and awfully aggressive play...or will the Mets hunt for his scalp in Queens? Ruben never saw the truck, but I got a make and the plate....a Suburban with Hollywood bumper stickers and a PA plate with U..T..E...L...Y. <br /><br />Oh, and Utley in Yiddish means Jackass. Suspend him for the rest of the playoffs.<br /><br />Who will replace Ruben...Dilson?<br /><br />Bad flip by Murph to Ruben sure did not help.<br /><br />Bad signal calling by Travis when Thor lost the batter before Utley by throwing too many breaking balls. 100 MPH was the way to go.<br /><br />Addison Reed is a bonehead for throwing an 0-2 meatball to Gonzalez instead of trying to get him to fish. Expanding the zone when ahead 0-2 is bAseball 101.<br /><br />Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com