I don’t know about you @mattlawson99, but I am really excited to see the Rangers finally debut “Lastname” in left field tonight. Maybe he can get the offense going
@mattlawson99@ecrosstexas@Super70sSports I still have everything in a folder somewhere. Stat sheets and newsletters. Who knew I would spend my entire adult life coaching baseball....
@mattlawson99@Super70sSports Ragballs. Then we moved up to Incrediballs. The ragball was literally full of fabric strips. The Incrediball was like somebody wrapped a tennis ball. Can still hear the sound of those hitting the bat. Miss those summers.
@Evan_P_Grant Didn’t end up mattering but I’ll never understand infield in with a 0-0 tie bottom one. I don’t care where you’re playing or who you’re facing.
As the discussion over the bases-loaded play in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 continues, one thing I haven’t seen pointed out: Blue Jays third-base coach Carlos Febles marked the exact spot where he wanted Isiah Kiner-Falefa to lead off.
There are so many elements to this one play. Should he have taken another step? He was told not to, a point reinforced by other players, who have rightly pointed out that the fear of getting doubled off prompts coaches to keep runners close to the bag. Should he have run through home? Maybe, but it’s damn near impossible, with the speed of the game, to know where the throw is taking the catcher, and sliding is the standard practice.
Regardless, it’s illustrative of how many decisions go into a single play — and illustrates the nuances of the game that so often go unseen.