Chamomile
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The second slow motion view of the give of the play (from down the third base line) is pretty conclusive. The catcher was leaning over almost half the of the plate at the time of the collision, and was trying to block the plate with his shoulder. He was moving towards Teixeira and leaning into the hit at the time of impact.
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Hindsight is 20/20. In hindsight, when you play it in slow motion, it looks like Teixeira could have crossed home plate without a collision. But he would have had to slide in hands first and risk a broken finger or do an athletic dance around the catcher. The catcher was attempting to block the plate but he didn't have his legs underneath him because he was up the first base line. That's why the catcher got hurt. It looked like he twisted one of his legs underneath him when he leaned into the baseline and got plowed over by Teixeira. It's easy to look at the play in slow motion, after the fact and say that it was unnecessary for Teixeira to slide into the catcher. But it was a split second decision by Teixeira and it was a clean hit. It's not like he threw an elbow or anything. This is baseball, not ballet. A runner has every right to run into a fielder in the baseline attempting to tag them out.
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I saw the play, it was clean by Teixeira. First of all, the Angels hit him to put him on base, and there may have been some intent. And as for the collision, the catcher was trying to catch the ball and block the plate at the same time, but they were up the first base line to receive the ball. They leaned over try to try to block the plate and Tex crashed into him shoulder first. Nothing wrong with that.
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But my way is best! I see what you're saying. The called strikes that he got tonight weren't really that bad. I simply said that Mo gets a lot of gift strikes then you said he didn't get any gift strikes according to your graph, then I pointed out you were using a graph with a 2 foot wide strike zone, then we just went further off topic from there. We both agree on my original point, however. Mo does get a lot of gift strikes. It's usually worse than it is tonight, and it's gotten so bad that even the announcers are joking about it. I have a bunch of respect for Mo, he's an incredible athlete even at age 40. But the strike zone is the strike zone, the plate shouldn't grow a foot wider when he pitches.
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You're trying to make a case that he didn't get a gift call and you showed me a bogus graph with a 2 foot wide strike zone that showed in reality he was given 2 gift strikes. I don't get why it's so hard to admit that Mo gets gift calls, even the Yankees announcers were joking about it. Veteran pitchers tend to get a little help from the umpires, it's not just Mo.
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That graph shows what the strike zone would look like if the plate was 8 inches wider than it actually is. It shows a 2 foot wide home plate when home plate is actually closer to 1 foot wide. Even the Yankees announcers were joking about the gift strike he got on a ball that was clearly off the plate.
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It was refreshing to see a well pitched, well played game. Haven't seen too many of those with the Red Sox this year. Have a good night everyone!
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It's incredible how many gift strikes Mo gets. He really doesn't need the help.
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Wow, they just showed all of his strikeout pitches and at least half of them were 93 mph fastballs right down the middle. Oh, A's...
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And just like that, it's just a normal start. Hughes seems like a good kid, I kind of feel bad for him. It must suck to have taken 2 no-hitters late into games and then give them up on balls you could have fielded yourself.
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What a strange delivery. I imagine this guy would be tough to pick up the first time around
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You know a team's really struggling offensively when the opposing pitcher's pumping in 92 mph fastballs on 85% of his pitches and none of the hitters can catch up to it.
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If our pitchers and hitters were performing anywhere close to there ability, I might be worried. But when Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and John Lackey are giving up 7 runs every time out and Kevin Youkilis, JD Drew and Victor Martinez have a .650 OPS, it's hard to be worried about us not winning games soundly enough.
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Yeah, maybe he won't break his leg this time.
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The Yankees win 10 games in April and they're already the division champs
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I'd be surprised if he didn't do well against this kind of an offense. It's not like he's a bad pitcher.
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I couldn't agree more. McDonald hit another home run which is fun and all but more important to the team's long-term success was that Drew and Youkilis drove in 6 runs combined. They've been our most productive hitters over the last two years. Then again, it was only a matter of time. Drew, Martinez and Youkilis are all really good hitters, it's nothing more than bad luck that they've all gotten off to a .650 OPS start.