I don't care for, nor condone barrelling over a catcher at home plate or taking out a second baseman to break up a double play. Never have like any of those things, no matter who was doing it, because the outcome can be career ending injury to the other person involved. Take for example the catcher (I believe it was Fosse maybe) that Pete Rose ran over. The guy was never the same again. He never played again after that.
The A-Rod move was low class, and to sit their and argue otherwise was even worse. It was a blatant last ditch move, that shouldn't have been resorted to. He probably would've knocked the ball out in normal running stride, or he could have slid into the bag. Instead he took the low road, and figured he would try and get something started since the offense was flat as hell.
Originally posted by keithstg:
Originally posted by hitman:
right now, I hate the whole stinking team...that A-Rod move really let me down. Yet wasn't there a rule that you couldn't block the baseline either. Trust me, I'm not on the Yankees side tonight, that was just wrong. But I thought there was a baseline rule.
First, let me say that I think that the interference call was probably the right one to make. But, how did A-Rod let you down, exactly? What he did was no different than barrelling over a catcher at home plate, or sliding into a second baseman to break up a double play. Arroyo shouldn't have tried to tag him with his glove, and if A-Rod wanted to knock the ball loose he could have tried to run him over, rather than take the guy's arm off. I don't see how that's "just wrong".
I'm heading up to NY for game 7 tonight. As much as I hate to say it, the Sox have really gutted it out to this point - and they have taken advantage of every Yankee mistake in the past few games. We'll see what happens tonight. [/b]
