I just saw game highlights and a clip from Rocco's Press Conference on MLB Network. He really went out of his way to say how much of a benefit the crowd was and showed his appreciation.
I’m a Cubs fan too thanks to Harry and WGN in the 70’s. Coomer does a great job on the Cubs radio broadcasts
100%
Lucky bastard. Oh you were talking the game. Never mind.
Julien's been "right" on a dozen K's looking this year. But it doesn't matter.
I'd put Castro at 3B and lead-off Polanco. I fear we will see Vazquez catch because it's "his turn."
Well said, I was sitting down the RF line near the limestone. The ball was hit hard. Also, Durhan did his job and covered first.
Rays drew less than 20K yesterday, smallest postseason crowd since 1919, save for the Covid playoffs of 2020. Gotta believe that played a part in Tampa’s uninspired play. That area doesn’t deserve to have such a well-run baseball organization. Hard to believe hockey is bigger there than baseball.
Enjoy!!!
That’s just as good as Jeter’s play to nab Jeremy Giambi at the plate.
Everyone's praising Correa on this play, but why is he just watching the play from second as it's happening vs moving over to cover third? Whenever the thirdbase player charges toward the plate the shortstop should move over to cover. He should have been moving towards third when the ball was hit, not waiting until it was almost too late.
He was baiting him
He was essentially playing right up the middle and Julien shifted way to the right, so I think Correa was staying towards 2nd for a potential force out there. If he was playing in the traditional hole, then yes should have been moving to the right.
I get the initial positioning, but I'm talking about what happens once the ball is hit. On the play, Julien shifts to his right to cover second like he should, but Correa just stands there watching the play unfold, so when the muff happens we have two players covering second and no one moving to cover third base. Correa then has to sprint to get to where he should have already been. With the hit, Correa should have been immediately moving toward third, just like Julien immediately moved toward second.
If there was a play at 2nd Julien wouldn't have got there in time, so that is why I think Correa was staying in the vicinity. However, with 2 outs logically the play would be to 1B anyway, so I can see your logic from that standpoint.
In my experience, it happened much quicker than on replay - meaning it’s live, not memorex.
But won't get nearly the recognition of course.
Al golden child if ever there was one.
Guess it's all part of the beauty of baseball, analyzing what can/should be done in different situations. Covering third was ingrained into me by all my coaches when I played short. If there's a runner on first and the third basemen has to charge the plate (e.g., a bunt), then I needed to slide over to cover third - not all the way to the bag, but slide in that direction so I could easily get to the bag before the base runner could reach it. Every now and then you see where a shortstop completely fails to do this, and a runner gets to second and with no one covering third they just take that base as well.
About what I expected
Computer love.
That's heads up I guess, knowing the umpire situation. Worth the risk.
Yup - that’s one reason why this is the beautiful game.
I think Opie’s point about being that far up the middle factors into it as well and of course, he might if just forgot or got caught up watching the play too.
LMAO. That’s a play one of my tee ballers would try
, except for Brandt who inexplicably always covered second base with dirt. I ran the youth rec league for a couple summers in college.