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[BlueDevil 8,643]

Another ridiculously awful call last night that was not overturned on the replay in the Red Sox and Orioles game. I mean it was baaaaaad.

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

[quote name="BlueDevil2aHoosier" post="60984" timestamp="1397922304"]Another ridiculously awful call last night that was not overturned on the replay in the Red Sox and Orioles game. I mean it was baaaaaad.[/quote]

Which begs the question how useful is it if it's not working correctly?


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[JSHoosier 19,559]

Please...for the love of the game...stop with the instant replay/umpire review. It is killing the game.

I can't for the life of me understand the fascination with it. Over 162 games, it all evens out anyway. Beside, other than that crap in-field fly rule call a few years back in the Braves-Cards wild card game and the almost perfect game by that Tigers pitcher a few years back, most of the missed calls are forgotten. Do the fans a solid and get rid of it.

I like having review, it's really not adding much time to the game and the umpires are getting the calls right this time.

 

It's just baseball purists thinking any advancement is going to kill the game.

[coachmayhew 1,414]

Reds vs Cubbies


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[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

How stupid is this guy?  He tries it again, against the same team, and thought he'd get away with it?!

 

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10830038/michael-pineda-new-york-yankees-ejected-foreign-substance-neck

[JSHoosier 19,559]

How stupid is this guy?  He tries it again, against the same team, and thought he'd get away with it?!

 

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10830038/michael-pineda-new-york-yankees-ejected-foreign-substance-neck

He's not very bright.  Damn man, I don't care that you're using pine tar, a lot of pitchers do stuff to doctor the ball, but be more discreet.  On the neck right in the open?  How stupid can you get?

 

Although it does kind of make the Red Sox hypocrites because Bucholz pitches with 5 gallons of grease in his hair and an arm covered with sunscreen, you know he's doctoring the ball too.

[JSHoosier 19,559]

Mitch Williams being the voice of reason.  I think that's a sign of the apocalypse.

[TheWatShot 13,335]

God the Tigers' bullpen is a joke. 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

God the Tigers' bullpen is a joke. 

Joba Chamberlain has that effect.

[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

The dude put it on his neck, I cannot believe it. 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

The dude put it on his neck, I cannot believe it. 

Yeah, it was pretty stupid.

 

I don't care if he uses pine tar, pitchers have been doctoring the ball throughout history of the game, but as long as there's a rule against it he needs to be discreet.  Put it in his glove or under the bill of his cap or something, not right out in the open.

[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

Yeah, it was pretty stupid.

 

I don't care if he uses pine tar, pitchers have been doctoring the ball throughout history of the game, but as long as there's a rule against it he needs to be discreet.  Put it in his glove or under the bill of his cap or something, not right out in the open.

AND HE GOT CAUGHT BY MEDIA LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO... 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

AND HE GOT CAUGHT BY MEDIA LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO... 

I thought it was funny that 2 weeks ago the Red Sox didn't give a crap about a pitcher using pine tar, then go to Fenway and they're all over it.

[IUHoosiers22 24]

Billy Hamilton and Jay Bruce are really picking it up here

[TheWatShot 13,335]

The Tigers' league-worst bullpen (5.63 ERA) took a 10-1 sixth-inning lead tonight and managed to make it interesting late. 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

Mike Trout isn't fair.  The only thing keeping him from being the reincarnation of Mickey Mantle is the fact that he's not a switch hitter, and I'm still not unconvinced.  He's only 22, general consensus is that a baseball players prime is mid 20s to early 30s so he's got a long time to be an absolute nightmare.

 

It's a shame he's stuck on the Angels.

[JSHoosier 19,559]

Masahiro Tanaka is a friggin' beast.  It's been an off night in terms of his control and he's still struck out 10 because his splitter is NASTY.

[TheWatShot 13,335]

The Tigers have now had 3 games rained out. 

 

Someone tell me again why MLB is hellbent on starting so early? 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

[TheStillman 991]

The game will more than likely be rained out but Manny Machado is being activated from the DL today.  The defensive maestro is back!

 

Let's Go O's!