That is the unfortunate part of this call. We haven't really seen this come up, and it does it on a game deciding play. Even without the contact that ball may have still been thrown away to give the Jays the lead, or not been in time to get the runner and still been a tie ball game (it would have taken a close to perfect throw, as he would have been safe even had Pearce been able to catch it that wide of the bag). I also think the rule change in some way helps the offense, as it did away with the neighborhood rule that might have allowed the fielder to be in a better position to make the throw.
Exactly... although not sure if that was always reviewable prior to the rule change. This is clearly interference, regardless of the slide.
Usually it's never intentional when guys make that slide, but they made it into a rule now where you can't really do that where you change the path of the slide. Also that slide interference stuff wasn't reviewable before this year. That's how the new rule came into effect here. It wasn't initially called on the field until they reviewed it.
Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash">#Rockies</a> SS Trevor Story, additionally, is the first player since 1900 to record home runs for each of his first four career hits.</p>— Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) <a href="https://twitter.com/harding_at_mlb/status/717818239191900162">April 6, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Losing Schwarber for the season, we're cursed. As usual. Oh well, as the saying goes... maybe next year. Our WS hopes are gone without arguably our best bat. At least the opportunity was taken away early in the season rather than a giant tease and then injury in August or September. And before anyone brings up that we have enough offense, I think the plan was to trade Soler for an arm later on in the season along with prospects. That's not longer an option, and that dents the Cubs WS chances big time.
Story is a really streaky player. He might hit 12 home runs this month and then go a month without hitting one.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It took Troy Tulowitzki 93 games to hit his first 6 HRs. It took Trevor Story 4. Seriously? <a href="https://t.co/1Brs6WcYmW">https://t.co/1Brs6WcYmW</a></p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/718606470900805632">April 9, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
[Prospects] Braves promote outfielder Mallex Smith; Rangers promote Nomar Mazara(while losing Shin-Soo Choo & Robinson Chirinos)
Thank you for being a stereotypical Cubfan. What was is 3, 4? games into the season and you just gave up like a jake? Usually it takes yall longer to recognize your despair.
Eh, most of our fans aren't in agreement with this opinion. So fail. It's actually crazy the amount of people I've had to reason with on twitter on this subject. One bat doesn't make a team, but I feel as though it will be the glaring need in a playoff series (if we make the playoffs) that will eventually cost us a series. It's more of a realistic opinion than it is a pessimistic one. He led our team in home runs last season, and he was probably the single other reason besides Arrieta of why we beat Pittsburgh at PNC last season in the WC game.
Jason Heyward blitzed with N-word taunts from Cardinals fans http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/bas...ts-cardinals-fans-article-1.2606853?cid=bitly Best fans in baseball.
St. Louis can still be very racist... in many ways, the city hasn't caught up with the times... which in part still makes it the best baseball city in america, since they still love the game just like they loved it when it truly was the national pastime.
