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Saturday, June 18, 2005Scoring stumperIt seems to me that when a player over-slides a base and is then tagged out (such as Adam Kennedy in the 7th today), that player should be credited with the base (in this case a double) as well as the out - assuming, of course, that he did actually touch the base at some point. The runner was safe, technically speaking, even if only for a split second. I only mention this because the guys doing the broadcast for "Big FOX" (Steve Lyons and some other guy who's not so bad) won't shut the hell up about the fact that there hasn't been an extra-base hit thus far. UPDATE: Nevermind - Vladdy goes yard. UPDATE: And he does it again to lead off the tenth - Angels win! Me thinks Vladdy's become overly possessive of that AL MVP trophy... Comments:Just got back from the game...even from the nose bleeds, Lackey looked decent. Of course after that close play at 1st, I knew he'd resort to Old Lackey and cough up a run or two... But that's not the rule. You basically have to establish yourself safely on the bag to some extent. That's why they say Santana gave up the cycle to his first four batters in his first start, even though Crisp (I think) hit third safely and was tagged out when he overslid. Otherwise it would have been two triples, a single, and a homer. |
