World Series
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The most important play in game 7 illustrates baseball's extraordinarily elegant set of rules. A game of inches where the bases are the correct distance from one another, the ball travels the correct range of speeds, the fielders can modify the percentages by shifting forward or back. In this case, the fact that the infielders were playing in, gave them the split second necessary for the force out at home. It helped that the runner was told to stay close to the bag, to account for other possibilities.
I guess this world series had the international thing going for it, so I'm supposed to be pleased for the American team. But the MVP was Japanese and he wasn't even the most famous Japanese player on the team.
It was neat when the MVP, the japanese pitcher, tipped his hat to Vlad Guererro, the other team's biggest star, when Guererro came to the plate late in the game and the game was very much in doubt. Culture matters. Japanese sportsmanship has won a lot of respect from the American fans.
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Agreed. The play that @Horace mentioned above... this is a pitch runner, with a horrendously short lead, the 3rd baseman isn't covering the base, and a run at home wins the championship. Not only was his lead bad, but he slid at home on a force out...should've run through it like 1st base.
For those not following, the catchers foot came off home plate but got it back on with the runner's foot less than 1 inch from the plate. That would've been game over. Even more of a tease, the collision in left field where the guy caught the ball.... most of the time that type of collision results in a dropped ball (and again, Toronto would've immediately won the game).
Anyway...it was a fun series, but what a heartbreak from blue jay fans.
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