...As I always do, I watched the Tigers game last night.
The situation:
Ninth inning. Gregor Blanco on first with Mike Aviles at the plate and one out.
Aviles hits a ground ball to shortstop. Peralta fields it, flips it to Will Rhymes to try to turn the double play.
Will Rhymes was CLEARLY NOT ON THE BASE when he caught the ball! Nevertheless, Blanco was called out by the second base umpire.
Alas, Aviles beat it out and Billy Butler followed with a home run off of Phil Coke. That should've been a three-run homer!
I'm like Ralph Nader in the 1970s... out to change the world for the better. Ralph Nader of the '00s... douchebag!
(You know what I just remembered? A couple weeks back, Tigers TV broadcasters Rod Allen and Mario Impemba actually defended the "neighborhood rule" as a way to protect the players... I wonder if this an understanding between the umpires and players (union?) only? Or does this also have a 'wink-wink' understanding the teams as well? Or was that just Rod and Mario talking out their asses? Let's get Ralph Nader to look into this... he's got nothing to better to do.)
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