Bregman just made an unbelievable play from SS to cut the runner at home
2 games for Marisnick’s attempted murder of Lucroy.
A's team president tweeting a model of the ballpark design...
I really dislike the design....almost makes me hope they don't get to build it.
Still amazes me the A's are merely hoping they get that eyesore built by 2023 and the Ranges will be moving into this next season....
Maybe you’re biased and it’s not nearly as bad as you think2 is a joke. Suspensions are usually appealed and at least 1 if not half the suspension is reduced. This was the most egregious since the Posey rule was implemented. A message has to be sent. At minimum it should have been 4.
Maybe you’re biased and it’s not nearly as bad as you think
I think everyone realizes it was an accident except for Rangers fans. Jake obviously hurt Lucroy and it was his fault by rule, so MLB has to give him a suspension, but they don’t want to give him a serious suspension because it clearly wasn’t intentional.Lucroy out about a month. Seems like an even trade.
I think you don’t understand the speed of the game and how quick that decision was made while running at full speed.Dude, I've admitted it was an accident...just a completely brain dead baserunning decision. I think doubling the suspension is not asking too much. Asdrubel Cabrera got suspended 3 games for throwing batting gloves on to the field that bounced and grazed an umpire's foot for crying out loud.
Jon Daniels needs to go into full selling mode. The Rangers aren't making the playoffs.
I'm not sure how the speed of the game has anything to do with this particular play.I think you don’t understand the speed of the game and how quick that decision was made while running at full speed.
Everyone else, including MLB apparently, seems to get it.
Hindsight is 20/20
I think you don’t understand the speed of the game and how quick that decision was made while running at full speed.
Everyone else, including MLB apparently, seems to get it.
Hindsight is 20/20
Every national pundit I’ve listened to talk about it has defended him. Only people I’ve seen critical are members of the Angels, catchers, and Rangers fans. The announcers during last nights game seemed to defend him.Ha! That makes no sense given the fact they suspended him. At no point did he ever take his eyes off the catcher. I have not seen anyone defend him except astros fans.
They've defended him in that they don't think it was intentional. I have not heard one person, besides you, say he was not in the wrong.
I think malicious intent to injure is the wrong thing to look at here. Intent to break the rule is what should be evaluated. Breaking the rule should be an auto 2 game suspension even if it's an unfortunate accident caused by a bad guess from the runner.And that's why he only got two games. It's being acknowledged that he was in the wrong, but also acknowledged that there was no malicious intent.
Girardi seems to be making two separate cases here. I think I agree with him that Marisnick didn't intend to have such a violent collision that would leave Lucroy injured. In the first video, Girardi points out Marisnick's eyes. I hadn't noticed that as much previously when I watched it, but it reinforces my belief that he intended to make contact to dislodge the ball at the plate. Girardi seems non-committal on this point, though. His eyes never left Lucroy and it appears he's taking wobbly steps as he nears the plate to ensure he gets enough contact to possibly dislodge the ball. He ends up guessing wrong and squares up Lucroy like Lawrence darnin Taylor.
I think that's why Marisnick is legitimately contrite, but the more times I watch this replay, and now especially after hearing Girardi's analysis of the play, I'm more and more convinced he intended to break this rule if required to try to dislodge the ball. If not he would have remained outside the baseline.
I'm also surprised it was only 2 games. They call it the Buster Posey Rule, but this was more egregious than the play that injured Posey.