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@GodFaja6891 @sonicboom9621 @zport3316 @awfulannouncing That was the call: his hand came off and he was tagged out *after* reaching second

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I absolutely think you should be thrown out if you step off the bag during a live play, which is essentially what this is.

[Rational Yankees Fan @rationalyankee]

I think most people would agree you shouldn’t be allowed to be thrown out on a play like this.

But umpires can’t just make up rules as they go. The league has to adjudicate each replay review to the letter of the law as they’re written in the rule book.

If there’s not a rule that explains what happens in this situation, then the umpires have to call PCA out here. He came off the bag after touching it.

I think it’s one of those situations where the rules (or lack there of) prevented the umpires and the league from doing the right thing here and allowing PCA to stay at 2B.

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@GodFaja6891 @sonicboom9621 @zport3316 @awfulannouncing It's live *after* the runner touches the base. Once his hand hit the base, it was live.

Admittedly it was a weird play, but think of it like this: A guy walks to second as normal. Immediately after, he steps off the bag and approaches third base. Catcher can throw him out.

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@sonicboom9621 @GodFaja6891 @zport3316 @awfulannouncing all good

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@sonicboom9621 @zport3316 @awfulannouncing But it's not a dead ball

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@Adam_Bateman_UK @TheDrainmaker Actually it's calcio.

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sickos

[State of New York @NYGov]

it’s hole filling season

[Mike Janela @MikeJanela]

“The Mets went from 0-5 to OMG, you can handle a 3-4 start”

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crying, screaming

[April @aprilglick]

does it ever drive you crazy
just how fast the night changes

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New Yorkers love it when the city fixes shit and clears snow and that's pretty much all you gotta do to get reelected

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The smartest thing Bloomberg did as mayor was set up a Tumblr account that just detailed every pothole his DOT filled.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New Yorkers, join us in the first ever Mayor’s Municipal Madness: a competition of city fixes where everyone wins.

City workers fix thousands of tiny annoyances every year, from broken basketball rims to bike path bumps. This year, we’re highlighting 16 of those fixes.

From the exacerbating eight to the frustrating four, every item in each round will be repaired…but you’ll be voting on which fix will be done by me on day 100 of our admin.

Round one of voting starts right now: https://t.co/8iGV460exI

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Every prequel film is worse than the Last Jedi

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be ffr

[Brad Stephenson @Shuttlecock]

The thing is, a whole generation didn’t hate the Star Wars prequels.

I was 18 when Phantom Menace came out, saw it opening night with a few friends from student res, and then rewatched it at least three or four times in the theatre over the next month or so.

Pretty much everyone saw this movie (and EpII & III). Guys and girls. Nerds and casuals. Many went multiple times (the box office numbers prove this).

The merch sold through the roof, every magazine featured cover stories with the cast, most casual fans thought Jar Jar was funny while the Star Wars nerds were obsessed with the tech behind the character. Girls loved Padme’s fashion while straight guys loved Portman.

The online fandom was hyperactive with fan theories, fan art, etc with a very clear even split between the male/female demos.

Fan and general public reaction was insanely positive.

This particular scene became ICONIC.

98% of the negativity came from the professional film critics. TPM wasn’t perfect by any means but the media definitely tried to push the message that it was a disaster, Jake Lloyd sucked, and that Jar Jar was offensive and racist.

This weird gaslighting that it was the fans who were negative and toxic is just current media trying to do damage control for just how negative they were at the time.

[em @emilyagain]

Mrs. Met is Puerto Rican and Jewish, grew up in Woodside, worked at a bakery as a teen and went to a large public HS whereas Mr. Met is canonically Irish and Italian, grew up in Ozone Park and went to multiple Catholic schools, it's wild some of you are trying to debate this

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@DavidGiambusso @nytimes @Gothamist @BKriegstein Got em! Ok now do where you stole it from: https://t.co/2iXwbk1rBX

[Wrestle Ops @WrestleOps]

NJPW’s EVIL is “strongly rumored” to be headed to WWE.

(via @bryanalvarez, @WONF4W)

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open the schools

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Ben Affleck: “AI can’t make film that is considered art.”

AI-generated short film of Harry Potter during the Vietnam War riffing on Apocalypse Now: “Hold our beer.”

[Drainmaker @TheDrainmaker]

Mick Foley says he’s parting ways with WWE due to their relationship with Donald Trump.

“I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country towards autocracy.”

[frank zeppo @NoahPasternak]

Can't believe Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star even after I wrote a new version of the story where the entire galaxy was racist against giant laser globes

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Interesting. Curious - did Harrison make any controversial moves recently?

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

Nico Harrison reportedly blames Mark Cuban for the Mavericks losing important players like Christian Wood and Jalen Brunson, per @BannedMacMahon

“Harrison blamed Cuban for what he believed were the Mavs' biggest personnel mistakes during his tenure, which came in summer 2022: allowing Jalen Brunson to get away in free agency and trading for Christian Wood, a player Kidd didn't want to coach and resented having on the roster. Several members of the coaching staff and front office also faulted Cuban for those moves.”

(Via https://t.co/KE8oBiKLiA)