Sigh...Another base running error critical run lost.

[thekimmer]

Would have scored on the sac fly

 

[121Josey]

What are you talking about?

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Marraro's try for home on the chopper to third.

 

[121Josey]

Marraro's try for home on the chopper to third.

That wasn't a base running error. Sorry.

 

[rugbdawg]

Absolutely no reason to do that. He didn't even go on contact. He hesitated and then went. So dumb.

 

[121Josey]

Absolutely no reason to do that. He didn't even go on contact. He hesitated and then went. So dumb.

There's your schtick again. Such a dubmass.

 

[rugbdawg]

It was a huge error. If you go on contact, YOU GO ON CONTACT. That's not what he did. He froze to view the play and then went. Once you freeze, you return to the bag. Dumbshit.

 

[121Josey]

It was a huge error. If you go on contact, YOU GO ON CONTACT. That's not what he did. He froze to view the play and then went. Once you freeze, you return to the bag. Dumbshit.

Ouch. You hit me with your schtick again! Why the 17 do you think he froze? He was going back to the bag but he was in no-man's land. The 3B was playing on the line and closer to the bag than Marrerro. He had no choice but to go home. Dubmass.

 

[rugbdawg]

If that's what you think you saw, THEN HIS SECONDARY LEAD was too large. You can't have it both ways. It was bad baserunning however you want to spin it. If you think he froze because he was in no mans land, then he screwed up. He saw the 3rd baseman's positioning prior to the play. Just to remind you, were no outs.

And this error, will probably cost us the game.

 

[121Josey]

You were right. I watched the video. He had time to make it back to the bag.

In the real time video, it sounds like he was told to go - if that voice is coming from 3B. He had plenty of time to get back to the bag. It doesn't make sense unless you think there's one out, but still there's little chance of turning a double play.

He wasn't even a halfway down the line when the ball was fielded. If he's dead to rights, he's got to at least get in a rundown and let the runners advance.

This just blows my mind. This is Baserunning 101. I wish I hadn't gone and watched the replay.

It's interesting that it happened right after the runner interference no-call.

 

[engie]

Freshman caught thinking there.

We were in one of 3 calls, none of which involved doing what he did. Just got a bad read. We are rarely in anything other than down angle with r3B<2outs under Cohen as is. None of that is on coaches once the 3B coach tells the base runner what we are in.

That said, I don't put it past Mingione to tell him one thing and then yell for him to do something different during the actual play. He's good for about one total misread/bad call per game over there.