Michael Conforto just stuck his elbow into a would-be strike 3 to take the walk-off HBP..

[eligrba]

2 hours ago, Bronson said:

But... he did technically cheat... just didn’t suffer any consequences from said cheating.

MLB says cheating is OK. See Asstroholes.

[eligrba]

2 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

Don Baylor 

I don’t ever remember Don Baylor leaning into a pitch. He simply stood there and let the ball hit him, then the umpire had to throw the ball out because it was dented.

[eligrba]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

If it's the Angels?

Fuck yes!

Only if Andrew Heaney is the pinch hitter....never mind...he wouldn’t follow through.

[Angel Oracle]

10 hours ago, eligrba said:

I’m disappointed you didn’t use the Bad News Bears reference.

So am I.

[Torridd]

After seeing the video, it doesn't seem to me that Conforto did this on purpose. The pitch barely grazed him. If he did it on purpose, I give him props by putting his arm in the perfect angle. That said, the umpire apologized and hopefully MLB will fix any future similar situations.

[AngelsFaninGA]

17 hours ago, Fourts said:

This seems like a perfect example of a game that should be protested and ruled in their favor.  They should play out the rest of the game in the near future with that call being the 2nd out.  Which means it won't.

Yeah I'm looking forward to ManletFred completely botching this one as usual

[Angel Oracle]

25 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Yeah I'm looking forward to ManletFred completely botching this one as usual

Just fix the gloss.

It’s ManLessFred.

[Angel Oracle]

16 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

Don Baylor 

He was good at it.

Here’s the king though.

[arch stanton]

32 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

He was good at it.

Here’s the king though.

Notice the glaring absence of a huge elbow pad

[floplag]

What an absolutely horrible call.
A week in and weve seen games outcome affected by this and the dropped third strike thing, not exactly baseball putting its best foot forward.
The games have been ridiculously fun and entertaining, but stuff like that leaves an impression. 

[Erstad Grit]

I umpire High School, I literally had this almost exact play last week, albeit not in a walk-off situation.

I yelled "dead ball, strike 3" and almost a riot broke out. After the game I had to have security escort me to my car. Anytime a player gets hit the easy call is give him the base.

In slow motion during the play I thought "Am I really going to call this?"

Yes, it wasn't fair to the pitcher who made his pitch.

This incident encouraged me that the right call is the right call. 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Erstad Grit

[Torridd]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

He was good at it.

Here’s the king though.

Not exactly Ernie Pantusso though.

[Lazorko Saves]

Make everything reviewable.

It's stupid that there is this list of things that are *not* reviewable.

[Jason]

Leaning into pitch and getting nicked on heavily armored elbow means that dude is a pussy 

[Angel Oracle]

24 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Make everything reviewable.

It's stupid that there is this list of things that are *not* reviewable.

The caveat though is how much longer the game would last.

They definitely need to shorten the review time.

[ten ocho recon scout]

19 hours ago, eligrba said:

I don’t ever remember Don Baylor leaning into a pitch. He simply stood there and let the ball hit him, then the umpire had to throw the ball out because it was dented.

My best friend growing up was a Baylor fan. His aunt (maybe Mom) dated him briefly, so he sort of "knew" him, and got to go to the clubhouse because of it.

I met him a few years ago. Mentioned the story. 

Baylor was COOL A-F. Literally one of the few times in life the myth matched the man. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met. Super down to earth.

[Angel Oracle]

12 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

My best friend growing up was a Baylor fan. His aunt (maybe Mom) dated him briefly, so he sort of "knew" him, and got to go to the clubhouse because of it.

I met him a few years ago. Mentioned the story. 

Baylor was COOL A-F. Literally one of the few times in life the myth matched the man. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met. Super down to earth.

And a great team leader who respected the game greatly.

Taken from us too soon

[Second Base]

I wouldn't be surprised if Conforto gets "ear-holed" at some point this season by the Marlins. It's not really his fault, the ump should have called him out, but that's kind of the way things go. 

[JoJo26]

On 4/8/2021 at 1:56 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Channeling his inner Dick Dietz circa 1968

Fortunately for Drysdale, Harry Wendlestedt told Dietz to come back to the plate, or else the scoreless innings streak ends at 44+.

WE BE THAT OLD TO REMEMBER THIS INCIDENT - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-30-me-dietz30-story.html

[Lazorko Saves]

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

The caveat though is how much longer the game would last.

Careful readers and logical thinkers will note that "make everything reviewable" is not the same thing as "give managers unlimited challenges".  I suggested the former, and definitely not the latter.

[ten ocho recon scout]

14 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

So am I.

Still hits better than Suzuki. Less passed balls, too

[Cosmo_Kramer]

On 4/8/2021 at 5:22 PM, stormngt said:

It should be in the rules that a batter who is hit by a pitch that is in the strike zone is a strike!  Thete is no reason a batters body should be in the strike zone 

That literally is already the rule. So the fact that the umpire was in the middle of punching him out makes this decision so ridiculous. The umpire very clearly didn't apply the rule correctly.

Glad it wasn't the Angels at least

[Tank]

On 4/8/2021 at 3:52 PM, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

...Have you been to Detroit...have you seen how pathetic the Tigers and Lions are...and how pathetic the Pistons have become and how bad the Red Wings are...you'd be a miserable fan base too if you were in Detroit...

"At least we're not Cleveland"

[Angel Oracle]

On 4/8/2021 at 3:52 PM, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

...Have you been to Detroit...have you seen how pathetic the Tigers and Lions are...and how pathetic the Pistons have become and how bad the Red Wings are...you'd be a miserable fan base too if you were in Detroit...

Imagine how Jared Goff and Matt Stafford feel.

Stafford gets rescued, and Goff gets stuck with a bad OL.

[T.G.]

If this had happened against the Angels this thread would be 25+ pages.

The outcome was totally on the umpire.