What fans? It's a bunch of people who dropped $60 at Champs to wear a Rays jersey and clang a f***ing cowbell for 3 1/2 hours and who won't visit the Trop again unless they make it to the playoffs again next year
Which is exactly what I'm wondering. If the catcher catches the ball and then it flies out upon collision, then obviously a valid tag wasn't made which is what I understood in Kilo's post about home plate being the only base that can be blocked and therefore invites a physical collision
I would like to know then, like Mr Crunchy said, why a catcher needs to hold onto the ball after making the tag and getting knocked to the ground when a runner goes barelling into him.
They might've after Lackey threw them under the bus following the game for lack of run support. Fact is, the #1 reason the Sox beat the Angels is because Lester owned his ass twice
Or Torii Hunter after his game-tying single. I don't fault Hunter for it cause it's a big hit and he deserves to react accordingly but a double off the wall that makes a tight game 2-0 is a big hit too
btw, did anyone see the blood all over Bay's uniform during his postgame interview with that 70s game show host? I think he got spiked on the hand by Napoli when sliding home
He had control of the ball when he made the tag and the camera caught it perfectly, what the f*** is the controversy? Varitek isn't a wide receiver in the NFL where you have to have control of the ball when you hit the ground