Agreed, however, a pitch low and outside is near impossible to do anything with unless your name is Alex, Manny or David. That was the final pitch of the game. A game should never end like that, and I'd say the same thing even if it went the other way. If it was over the plate, then yeah, Papelbon won the battle, but the ump ended the game. I can't stomach that. The players play the game. The umps are only there to supervise.
What if WHAT?! The Yankees had four hits, and had the benefit of almost double digit walks. You can't not make hay against Julian Tavarez - our fifth starter only because there's no one else.
That's absolutely right. The Yankees couldn't hit, and had opportunities. They were 0-6 with RISP. Inexcusable for a supposed playoff team, no matter who is pitching against you.
So what, bad call equals bad call. A call which would have changed the entire landscape of the game. At least it wasnt as bad as the call versus the mariners in the 8th were an attempted steal was called safe.
That's right. I should qualify. It's a lack of timely hitting. The silver lining for both last night and tonight is that you got two quality starts. That's a good sign and, frankly, gives me cause for concern.
Papi has 70 RBI's agains the Yanks since 2003...WOW hmy:. All regular season...we won't mention the playoff ones :wink:
So what, do you want them to give back the 3 runs? Fine, new final, Red Sox 4, Yankees 3. Either way, you didn't score enough runs.
Who cares what the Yanks were doing up to the point of that bad call. Had the call gone the other way and the Yanks comeback on that boston bullpen then this turns into a possible seasoning turning W. The only stat that really matters is the score. Not how many hits w/ RISP. 4-2 the yanks may have had two great opportunites too comeback. That being said the pitchers may have pitched differently in a 4-2 game and the Yanks may have hit differently. Thats why I dont like to play the what if game. This call should still not get discredited tho.
Either way they scored 3 runs. How would they have scored more based on how many the Red Sox got? It's not like football where it would have given them field position or something.
That call chnaged the game completely. That was out 3 in a 4-2 game. Maybe it would have ended 4-3,but maybe it wouldn't have
You still haven't answered me. How would the Yankee offense have been affected by what the Red Sox offense did? Specifically. Not "they might have scored more." They might have not even scored 3 had the call went the other way. Who knows? It had ZERO impact on the outcome of the game. ZERO.
Well in the ninth inning if im down 4-3 with runners on first and second no out, I bunt instead of swing away and ultimately strike out. If I lay down a bunt successfully then I have 2nd and 3rd 1 out. I dont think this call determined the game but I dont think it had 0 impact.
Wait. Am I hearing the argument that Coco was out, when he stole second in the seventh inning? Even though he was, you know, safe by a good hand stretch? Is that the thing?
The umpire and I saw it correctly. Cano didn't put up much of a fight, and Joe stayed in the dugout filing his nails. He was clearly safe to all rational minds.
You're better off swinging away. There's really no situation other than allowing the winning run that a blown call in favor of the winning team affects the game. If it was say, Damon being called out when he was safe, then you'd have an argument, but that call didn't change the game at all. Also, I didn't actually see the play, I had the game on in the background while making dinner, so I can't say if he was safe or not.
