It's not a coincidence that the year Leyland got here, the Tigers went right to the World Series. He changed the culture of a clubhouse that got out of control under Trammell. He knew how to manage egos. Dombrowski gave him the tools, but Leyland knew what to do with them. He got to a World Series last year in spite of his closer imploding and almost got to another one with another volatile mix of bullpen arms.
I don't get how you can say it was the right call. There was no intention to it if anything it looked like dude was trying to get out of the way but the big dumb bastard still tripped over him not to mention he was several feet inside the line from the bag allen did not have to take that route to home.
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General consensus seems to be that it was a good call. Intent means nothing with a rule like this and I heard it explained that the base runner basically creates their own baseline that can't be obstructed by a defensive player that isn't currently fielding a ball (the ball had already passed him so he wasn't in the act of fielding while on the ground).
Dont put that on me. Put that on the numerous coaches and umps that taught me the wrong way. I even asked other umps and they said i was right. Inb4iowa
So a player dives for the ball starts to get up but is getting trampled by a rhino of a player and he is called for tripping? The rule and joyce is a joke
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Intent doesn't matter. He was in the way. Like I said you can dispute the rule but you can't debate it was enforced correctly. Middlebrooks isn't in that position if their catcher doesn't make a horrble throw.
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You didn't even know what a foul/fair ball was till I explained it to you earlier this year
Never heard a truer statement