World Series

[Mik]

It was a good series, two great teams. Sadly the wrong one won it.

[89th]

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.

[Mik]

I think if the runner had gone head first he'd have been safe.

[89th]

Yeah very true. Of course hindsight and all that... but seriously why did he have such a short lead? Maybe I should watch Horace's video.

[89th]

I see, he didn't want to get doubled off if there was a line drive.

[89th]

Even worse... he was wearing a sliding glove. WHY did he slide feet first? I'm not even a blue jays fan, although I did want to see some of their players win it (and Mattingly as a player/coach/manager for 39 years without a ring). Just maddening.

[Horace]

More like maddinglying.

[Horace]

The frustration kf these sorts of losses where the woulda couldas are so blatant is another reason I am uninterested in investing in sports fandom. The highs are not worth the lows.

[89th]

[89th]

The only defense that they didn't want to get doubled off is not backed up by stats. The green dots are any line-drives by the batter at the time. Zero percent of the time does he line the ball towards 3rd base, which makes sense since he's a lefty hitter.

[89th]

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[Mik]

89th remain the Google Master