Baseball @ Tech - Game 1

[Pharm Frog]

I'd go get Cal here. He's been a little more wild this inning and a pitching change would kill some momentum.

Since this game is meaningless I’d have said enough too and put in Arrighetti or Rudis.

 

[Pharm Frog]

Maybe we get Guenther another chance to extend.

 

[froglash88]

He had time to put down a tag. Agree the throw didn’t make it easy.

 

[MTfrog5]

Hump had no idea where the runner was bc the throw was on the dugout side of the lefty batters box. He's just trying to get the tag down as quickly as possible and swiped past the plate a tick before the runner got there. How is he supposed to know if the throw takes his eyes away from the runner?

Old school catcher would have dove straight to runner face not allowing him to reach the plate regardless if he know where the runner was. Catcher has to be more aggressive there and control the initial swipe tag a lot better.

 

[flyfishingfrog]

We are not a fast team

 

[MTfrog5]

Umpire flinching on a down fastball is always encouraging that will give you a good strike zone

 

[TooColdU]

This Tech pitcher looks like he went to the John Rocker school of nutrition.

 

[froglash88]

Come on Watson!

 

[froglash88]

Tech dorks

 

[MTfrog5]

This Tech pitcher looks like he went to the John Rocker school of nutrition.

0% chance he’d pass a pee test in the summer/fall

 

[froglash88]

Nice play by first baseman

 

[Peacefrog]

I actually got my spike caught on their turf too. Only time I’ve ever got a spike caught. Hated their turf compared to other places I’ve played on.

Turf baseball fields are for losers. Any team that doesn’t play on grass should end their program.

 

[froglash88]

Kids love playing on turf

 

[Peacefrog]

Tech dorks

How do they find so many of them? It’s like Aggy fielding a team of hitlerjuden every year.

 

[Purp]

Old school catcher would have dove straight to runner face not allowing him to reach the plate regardless if he know where the runner was. Catcher has to be more aggressive there and control the initial swipe tag a lot better.

Not with modern rules about blocking the plate/base. Also, I reiterate the point of having no view of the runner. He can't lunge up the line to get the runner if he thinks he's already near the plate. He's got to sweep that tag down without seeing the runner. Only thing an old school catcher would have done is sit on the plate while sweeping the tag. Had Hump done that they call the runner safe for blocking the plate.

 

[Peacefrog]

Kids love playing on turf

Kids are wrong a lot. Their brains haven’t developed all the way.

 

[MTfrog5]

Not with modern rules about blocking the plate/base. Also, I reiterate the point of having no view of the runner. He can't lunge up the line to get the runner if he thinks he's already near the plate. He's got to sweep that tag down without seeing the runner. Only thing an old school catcher would have done is sit on the plate while sweeping the tag. Had Hump done that they call the runner safe for blocking the plate.

It’s my understanding that when the catcher had the ball he can block the plate. Is that not correct anymore?

 

[Purp]

Time to get Haylen. Can't throw enough strikes.

 

[MTfrog5]

Kids love playing on turf

Cause they scared of getting a bad hop. Kids have zero idea how to field a ground ba on dirt now

 

[froglash88]

I like turf better because I clean my kids uniforms. Travel ball jerseys can be a nightmare.