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Yankees Twins ALDS 2
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Posted on 10/09/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand

OK. How was Gardner safe at 3rd in the 10th?

Man, I thought the umps were drugged last night.


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To: the invisib1e hand

Me too.


21 posted on 10/09/2009 7:34:44 PM PDT by Neets (Go Yankees!!!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Oh my gosh, me too!


22 posted on 10/09/2009 7:35:02 PM PDT by Neets (Go Yankees!!!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

YANKEES WIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!


23 posted on 10/09/2009 7:36:16 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Man50D

what are you on dial-up?


24 posted on 10/09/2009 7:37:27 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: the invisib1e hand
Good game. Yay Tex! Good thing the ump totally blew the call on Mauer's hit to left! How the hell did he call that foul?? The ump was right on the line; it wasn't even close!

But it's in the books now. DUMB DUMB play by Gardner at third. If it goes through, he walks home. What was he thinking???

The monkey is off Aroid's back now. Good news for the Yanks.

Pettitte closes it out at the Metrodome! Go Spankees!

25 posted on 10/09/2009 7:38:03 PM PDT by Huck ("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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To: Man50D

9 more to go. Yankees win theeeeee Yankees win!!!!


26 posted on 10/09/2009 7:38:57 PM PDT by italianquaker (“Every inch of this Administration is rife with corruption and cronyism.” --- Michelle Malkin)
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To: Finalapproach29er

Robertson was the right pitcher for that situation. His fastballs come in low. Nothing was up. Just low fastballs on the corners. That was the key. And steady D from the Yankee infield.


27 posted on 10/09/2009 7:39:35 PM PDT by Huck ("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
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To: Finalapproach29er

“Bases loaded, no outs, and Twins managed not to score.
That’s hard to do.”

It’s surprisingly easy to do. In general it happens about 20% of the time.

Current day baseball teams seem to have forgotten how to bunt. Anything resembling a decent bunt by Damon would have scored Gardner with the winning run in the 10th inning. Instead he hit a line drive into a double play and ended the inning. What is the point of swinging away with one out and the fastest man in the league on third base?


28 posted on 10/09/2009 7:46:02 PM PDT by devere
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To: Man50D

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


29 posted on 10/09/2009 7:47:07 PM PDT by geege
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To: MediaMole

Yeah, Twins got robbed on that. And didn’t the next two batters get on base? So they probably would have scored that inning.


30 posted on 10/09/2009 7:47:44 PM PDT by SMCC1
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To: devere

surprisingly easy to do. In general it happens about 20%
*****
Huh?

That means there is an 80% chance of success.


31 posted on 10/09/2009 8:00:41 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

I’ve withheld all comments that come to mind because I would prefer not to be banned from posting. Time to hit the bars where I’m sure I will hear even worse things...


32 posted on 10/09/2009 8:09:01 PM PDT by MinnesotaLibertarian
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To: SMCC1

I saw at least on bad strike call on the Yankees.


33 posted on 10/09/2009 8:10:38 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: the invisib1e hand

guess that seems kinda lame compared to that missed fair ball but still.


34 posted on 10/09/2009 8:16:20 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: the invisib1e hand

“I saw at least on bad strike call on the Yankees.’

Quite a few. In general the ball and strike umpiring has been atrocious in the postseason. I’m in favor of replacing the umpire with a robot.


35 posted on 10/09/2009 8:18:02 PM PDT by devere
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To: devere
I’m in favor of replacing the umpire with a robot.

Please. No more robots.

36 posted on 10/09/2009 8:20:02 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: the invisib1e hand

Yankee fan

Watched the game: Home plate umpire needs glasses. No friggin clue what he was calling for both sides. Where the hell was his strike zone? No rhyme or reason.

Twins definitely had ground rule double in 10th inning. I was agreeing with hitter that was pissed at umps and his coach for not giving hell to umps.


37 posted on 10/09/2009 8:54:12 PM PDT by egannacht (Vote YES for statism: Why burden yourself with civic duty when Idol and Oprah are on?)
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To: the invisib1e hand

BTW, I’m old school baseball. I hate seeing pitchers changed like songs on an IPod. I’ll never get used to pitchers have pitch-counts and leaving games in 4th or 7th while still dominating. Thankfully Yankees have depth in their bullpen.


38 posted on 10/09/2009 8:58:09 PM PDT by egannacht (Vote YES for statism: Why burden yourself with civic duty when Idol and Oprah are on?)
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To: egannacht

I think in general umpires have been exposed as at best incompetent and at worst completely useless. In recent years we’ve gotten used to have multiple HD angles with which to analyze all of their screwups. I’ve been left wondering if they’ve always been this bad and we just didn’t have the means to check on them.

The umpires were horrible tonight. They were horrible last night in the Sox/Angels game as well. They’ve been horrible all season. Tonight, Meriwether’s ball/strike calls were horrible and certainly seemed to favor the Twins. Did that lead to runs? I have no idea. Span was out at first early in the game. The Twins didn’t score that inning, but it still should not have been missed. Late in the game, Mauer clearly had a ground-rule double. An umpire looking right at the play missed the call. How does that happen? Now, I’m not one to believe the Twins definitely would have scored - after all, they did get a single with Mauer on second and he did not score, so not only is there no guarantee the next batter singles anyway there’s also no guarantee Mauer gets sent home.

In any case, I’d be in favor of getting rid of umpires altogether.


39 posted on 10/09/2009 9:15:53 PM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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