Comments on: There are no free bases

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:32:37 +0000

It always sounds easy to stay in the box and be hit but then you see a 70/80/90 MPH pitch screaming right at you and instinct takes over and suddenly you’re out of the way.

I really don’t like the black and blue mark on my it hurts so I’m always jumping.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:17:19 +0000

Remember the time – it was a pretty important game – when the Red Sox walked Pete Rose in order to pitch to Joe Morgan, batting second in the order during the Series. Didn’t work, as Morgan hit a line-drive single that scored the winning run.

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:48:08 +0000

I used to cover a summer-league team for college players at my old paper. In one game, the home team had the bases loaded in a tie game, and the batter got out of the way of an HBP, realizing in mid-jump that it would have won the game. He was mad at himself, but then hit a walk-off grand slam on the next pitch, which was much cooler. That was one of my favorite stories I wrote.

That’s all I got.

By: DF

DF — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:12:06 +0000

Dan – thanks for the link to the pictures. So I guess in the future, logos need to be huge and we no longer need sleeves. Interesting.

I am still waiting for my Jetpack though.

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By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:28:40 +0000

I’ve seen a couple of instances where a hitter wasn’t awarded first after getting hit, but it’s very rarely called. Of course, what with it being at the umpire’s discretion, it’s hard to get it called consistently. Hell, I’ve seen some hitters move into a pitch while turning away from it, selling the illusion that they’re trying not to get hit while actually (apparently – who knows if there’s actual intent given the reaction time they have?) moving into the path of the ball.

Say what you will about Jeter, but he’s certainly not guilty of this. Quite often on a pitch from the inner half of the plate in, he’s doing his stand-on-tippy-toes/stick-his-butt-out-to-get-out-of-the-way thing. I take pleasure in those rare occasions where the ump doesn’t bite and actually calls a strike on him when the pitch catches the inside corner.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:14:04 +0000

Hmm, sounds like a rare call. Read #12 and #29 carefully and see if there is a link (hint it is a last name).

Maybe enforcing rule 6.08 is something the Wendlestedt family feels very strongly about.

By: Bellylard

Bellylard — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:49:49 +0000

With Wakefield, if you don’t know where the ball is going to go, how do you get out of the way?

By: Ajax

Ajax — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:33:56 +0000

Like ajnrules above, this one also happened in 2005. Maybe they were looking for it that year.

“The Sox were incensed over a rare call made by home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt that resulted in the ejections of Guillen and later Crede in the ninth inning. Right fielder Jermaine Dye then played shortstop for the first time as a pro.

Crede was batting in the ninth when pitcher Dustin Duchscherer’s curveball hit him in the arm. Wendelstedt, citing seldom-invoked Rule 6.08, refused to award Crede first base, claiming Crede didn’t try to get out of the way of Duchscherer’s pitch.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/cs-050427soxgamer,1,5533927.story

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:41:07 +0000

Daniel…here you go…

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/new_yorker/TATC.html

here are a bunch of pics linked in this article…

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/080718&sportCat=mlb&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab7pos1

couldn’t find a pic of the orioles one though.