Coming to you this morning from the Mets clubhouse. Marlon Anderson is one of the few players here.
Naturally, he was asked about last night’s game-ending play. Not surprisingly, after sleeping on it he didn’t change his mind.
“They don’t let you play the game anymore,” said Anderson, who, if given the chance would slide that way again.
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Just keep your arms down Marlon and that call never happens.
Well, he’s flat out wrong. That was a bush league play straight out of the Arod slap the ball away/yell HaH! playbook.
Anyone who saw the replay and didn’t think he did something wrong needs to remove the blue and orange glasses.
I can’t believe that Marlon went to the hotel last night, saw the replay, and thought he made a clean slide to break up the DP. He just doesn’t want to admit it. I’d like to hear Willie’s reaction the day after.
Here’s a question. I really don’t understand the rule because in this case it was a bad slide you can’t put your arms out, BUT why couldn’t the umpires come together and make a decicision on whether Green would of been safe even without the contact?
I just think you have to give the runner the benefit of the doubt, especailly that late in the game.
The last video that I saw was at a different angle and it did show me a different view then the first few ones.
It was like he was angling up into him and did have a normal flow of his hands going in that direction.
I’d like to see that angle some more, so that I could be sure that he intentally did it the way the first few videos were shown.
By the way this sure is a see saw Met team.
Some days they look hot and then not.
How can this club not score a big bunch of runs from “pitchers” throwing way over 5 era.
Not just one pitcher, but so many of them?
Yes. I would like to have Willie comment on this.
I guess the purpose of the rule is to protect the second baseman from injury. They are always exposed..facing short to catch a flip with a runner charging in..a second baseman can’t avoid it as easily as a shortstop on a 4-6-3. Lots of rules date from the 19th century when tough guys like John McGraw and Patsy Tabeau would go out of their was to injure opposing players and umpires. By automatically calling the runner out, the possibility of injury is reduced.