Would you have sent Gordon?

[red321]

I think if I was coaching third I might have sent Gordon home on that ball in the gap...you know right now they have to be thinking...hmm....was trying to catch in the replay, where exactly was he when the ball made it to the shortstop. Had he reach third already?

[Spirit]

I think I would have.  They were bumbling and stumbling and kicking the ball around.  I think I would have forced them to make the play while they were all disheveled. 

[Palomar]

Easy to say now.  To lose at a play at home....the decision to send would be all that was talked about.

[m0nkey]

If it was disar sending him and he was out, I'm pretty sure someone here would've murdered him

[Blarg]

He would have been out by a mile. No, you can't play pray to God baseball on the last out of the world series.

[wopphil]

Easy to say now. To lose at a play at home....the decision to send would be all that was talked about.

Yep. Gordon was unbelievably slow going around the bases. He would have been out by a mile, and you cannot lose a world series that way.

[Brandon]

Man, can you imagine sports talk today if they lost/had the final out on a play at the plate?

Too bad it wasn't Lorenzo Cain running.

[yk9001]

Dude was sslow.

 

Deadspin broke it down.  Gordon was at third base when it hit the cutoff.

 

http://deadspin.com/no-alex-gordon-could-not-have-scored-on-the-misplayed-1652625998

[red321]

I saw a breakdown on the NBC baseball blog as well...he wasn't as far a long as I initially thought. I'm sure a lot of Royal fans are still asking that question though.

[Spirit]

Easy to say now.  To lose at a play at home....the decision to send would be all that was talked about.

 

Well, I actually said it last night too.  It's a tough call.  Certainly a high likelihood that the dude is thrown out at the plate, but also a high likelihood that the next guy to the plate becomes yet another victim of Bumgarner.

[Angelsjunky]

Gordon isn't a slow runner - I think he was (understandably) too busy watching to see what was going on in the outfield, so wasn't going full tilt.

 

While Gordon PROBABLY would have been out, I liked his chances against the outfielder's accuracy more than I liked Salvador "Overrated with the bat because of one lucky hit" Perez's chances against Madison Bumgarner.

Edited October 30, 2014 by Angelsjunky

[stormngt]

Easy to say now.  To lose at a play at home....the decision to send would be all that was talked about.

 

Coach Hindsight is the greatest of all time.

[Mark68]

Gordon? No.

 

If it had been Cain? Yes.

[LightTheHalo]

The base coach made the right call absolutely, but it is interesting to actually ponder the odds. Was there a better chance...

 

a. a disheveled Giants defense pulls it together and Crawford makes a good throw to Posey

 

b. Perez gets a hit or Bumgarner throws a wild pitch

Edited October 30, 2014 by LightTheHalo

[Dreams]

Trout would have scored easily, but not Gordon.  As I watched that play unfold, I kept seeing flashes of Cespedes throwing out some non-Trout Halo at home.  Rat farts!

[LightTheHalo]

Pujols would have tried to score.

 

And been thrown out at third.

Edited October 30, 2014 by LightTheHalo

[Brandon]

Watching the Gordon perspective replay he didn't head to first hard or look to turn thinking second assuming it was going to be a routine single.

If he hits the gate running and rounding second hard then it would be questionable and close.

What's weird is Gordon isn't really all that slow. So to see him barely hit third before the ball came in was odd. That LF was on his horse to get that ball.

Would have been absolute nuts and one for the history books if game 7 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs was tied up because of an inside the park homerun.

[Brandon]

Interesting images of the play:

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/royals-explain-why-didnt-inside-134933336.html

[Stradling]

That play as I was watching at home seem to be in slow motion. When the left fielder bobbled it I was jumping up and down assuming it was going to be a bang bang play at the plate. Nope.

[laagamer]

Would have been cool though.

Close play at home to end a WS?

That would've been one for the ages.

[Angelsfirst]

You can't send him there. He would have been out for sure unless it was an absolutely horrible throw. He was barely rounding third when the Crawford cut that ball off. I agree, you just can't end your season hoping for a miracle like that.

[Guest]

You can't send him there. He would have been out for sure unless it was an absolutely horrible throw. He was barely rounding third when the Crawford cut that ball off. I agree, you just can't end your season hoping for a miracle like that.

From the TV broadcast it was a bit misleading and looked like Gordon was further along than he actually was. I agree you have to hold him up. Angels fans of all fans should know what happens when you try to often to "force the other team to make a mistake" at the plate (f'n Disarcina...)

[Jimmag]

Like Stradling said it seemed to be slow motion. Those miscues had inside the park HR written all over it until you see where Gordon is at when they are finally getting the ball relayed towards home.

I do not think Gordon is that slow the magnitude of the moment and watching the miscues must have slowed his movement. Kind of like an accident on the freeway and all the rubberneckers.

 

Benji Molina has a triple on that play.

Trout or Aybar would have tied the game.

[AngelsLakersFan]

If Gordon is thinking inside the park homer out of the box I think he scores if there is a below average relay to the plate on the last throw, or heaven forbid, the catcher 'blocks the plate.' 

 

Instead Gordon was thinking single out of the box and took forever to get to third. There is no way you send him there. Certainly would've been fun to watch though.

[Hollyw00d]

No, but disar would have and he would have been out by 30 feet