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OT: Pirates vs Braves currently in 18th inning
July 27th, 2011 at 1:32 AM | 
Seriously we couldn't score a
Seriously we couldn't score a
July 27th, 2011 at 1:36 AM |
To be clear we couldn't get a
To be clear we couldn't get a
To be clear we couldn't get a single run in 3 innings against him, despite having RISP each inning.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
July 27th, 2011 at 1:41 AM |
It
It
It's funny to watch people talk to them selves on a blog!!!
Go Blue
July 27th, 2011 at 1:48 AM |
Wait...
Wait...
Jason Grilli is still in the league? Who knew?
July 27th, 2011 at 1:50 AM |
Well I didn't either until
Well I didn't either until
Well I didn't either until tonight's game. I haven't gotten that angry over a non-Michigan sporting event since the Brooks Conrad meltdown in the NLDS the day after the MSU footall game last year.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."
July 27th, 2011 at 1:54 AM |
Welp, congratulations...
Welp, congratulations...
on wearing out your entire bullpen for an elusive victory vs. the mighty Pittsburgh Pirates.
July 27th, 2011 at 8:23 AM |
Dude, the Pirates are winning
Dude, the Pirates are winning
Dude, the Pirates are winning the NL Central (or at least they were a few days ago), so they aren't the pushover that hasn't been to the playoffs for 20 years. I'm pretty happy for their fans even if they are spoiled with the Steelers and Penguins of late.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
July 27th, 2011 at 3:28 PM |
Thanks!
Thanks!
I can't ever remember a Bucs winning season...it's been too long!
"A Michigan man will coach Michigan."
July 27th, 2011 at 1:57 AM |
In all seriousness though...
In all seriousness though...
games like this are brutal on a pitching staff. Hopefully Jurrjens can pitch deep into the game tomorrow... can't think of a better member of that rotation for the task at hand.
July 27th, 2011 at 12:30 PM |
I was at that game vs. Giants
I was at that game vs. Giants
And I can remember walking down the ramp at Turner Field by the players parking lot, and fans wondering which car was Conrad's so they could throw bottles/garbage/etc. at it.
I have never seen worse fielding than in that game.
July 27th, 2011 at 1:45 AM |
I am in Atlanta
I am in Atlanta
Ready for this to end...I need to go to bed. I am afraid that the little girl yelling "lets go pirates!" over and over is going to haunt my dreams tonight.
July 27th, 2011 at 1:46 AM |
Does anyone know what channel
Does anyone know what channel
Does anyone know what channel it is on? If it is on TV in southwest Michigan
July 27th, 2011 at 1:53 AM |
Oh wow....
Oh wow....
As a die hard Braves fan, I gotta say that is the last way I want to win a game.....that call was simply terrible.
July 27th, 2011 at 2:02 AM |
Don't even need to look at the play
Don't even need to look at the play
Don't even need to look at the play to see he was out, just look at the reactions after the tag and you know for sure he was out by far.
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football."
-John Heisman
July 27th, 2011 at 2:50 AM |
Video of the blown call
Video of the blown call
Video of the blown call (can't get it to embed)
http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/video-wild-19-inning-game-ends-on-contenti...
July 27th, 2011 at 3:10 AM |
Wow
Wow
That call was worse than the Gallaraga 28-out "perfect" game call. It's terrible that the Pirates lost that game that way.
Maize Rage class of '13
July 27th, 2011 at 4:57 AM |
I haven't seen it, but as a
I haven't seen it, but as a
I haven't seen it, but as a Tigers fan, I doubt it was worse.
EDIT: Never mind. It was one of the worse calls I ever saw.
"A Michigan Man will coach a Michigan Team"
July 27th, 2011 at 7:19 AM |
That Ump should never be allowed to call another game...
That Ump should never be allowed to call another game...
This is by far the worst call I have ever seen in my 35 years of watching baseball. It looks a lot like the ump simply wanted the game to be over so he called him safe. From every angle and at every speed the player was out by 3 steps....That is ridiculous.
July 27th, 2011 at 11:19 AM |
Typical...
Typical...
The ump wanted an excuse to end the game and go home and he found one. He was also clever enough to screw the visiting team so that he would get out of the stadium without risk to life and limb.
July 27th, 2011 at 8:44 AM |
Did the catcher really tag him?
Did the catcher really tag him?
Did the catcher really tag him? The first few replays I saw convinced me that this was the worst call ever. Then, when I saw the camera angle essentially taken from the Braves dugout area, it appeared that the catcher swept his mitt across the path of the runner without tagging him.
I guess I'd have to look at the other angles (and I'm watching these replays with sound off because others are sleeping here), but I am thinking that the umpire might not have been a total idiot, even if he was actually wrong.
July 27th, 2011 at 9:11 AM |
I'm with you on this
I'm with you on this
I don't believe he was actually tagged. I don't see the mitt move at all like it hit any part of his body and moreover I just don't see a tag at all. I think this Ump is actually spot on with that call. I know the player reacted like he couldn't believe it - but mostly because he should have been out by a mile - assuming of course the catcher did his job and tagged him. I just don't think he did.
Those Who Stay Will Be Champions
July 27th, 2011 at 11:30 AM |
posted from iPhone
posted from iPhone
I dont know if I agree. Whenever I was on the basepath, you know if you were tagged or not. So as you're popping up you're looking right at the umpire for a signal. Also, he never touched home until after he popped up anyway. He did so very slowly in fact.
Touchdown Michigan!
July 27th, 2011 at 10:26 AM |
Top of the catcher's glove is bent over, he didn't miss.
Top of the catcher's glove is bent over, he didn't miss.
July 27th, 2011 at 9:35 AM |
Unbelievable call there. The
Unbelievable call there. The
Unbelievable call there. The ump must have thought the catcher missed the tag. From the Braves' dugout angle, it does kind of look like the catcher misses the tag; but if he missed the tag, then why did Lugo act so surprised once the ump called him safe? I think it was just a blown call by an ump who wanted to go home. No excuse for that.
In other news, anybody else notice the batter faceplant after taking a couple steps? I didn't notice that until I had seen the replay a couple times and almost burst out laughing!
July 27th, 2011 at 10:36 AM |
I can't help thinking the same thing
I can't help thinking the same thing
I think he just wanted the game to end, he probably really had to take a dump.
Janeane Garofalo (Film Actors Guild): "As actors it is our responsibility to read the newspaper, and then say what we read on television like it's our opinion"
July 27th, 2011 at 10:39 AM |
I think it's clear he tagged him
I think it's clear he tagged him
But going with the swipe tag in that situation seems a little odd. Slap the glove on the dude's thigh, pop up, and gun the hitter out at first.
July 27th, 2011 at 12:30 PM |
I thought that was odd as
I thought that was odd as
I thought that was odd as well but you have to remember, that dude caught all 19 innings for the Pirates....guy must have been seriously exhausted.
July 27th, 2011 at 12:31 PM |
I'm biased as a braves fan
I'm biased as a braves fan
I'm biased as a braves fan (atlanta born and raised), but you can't fault the ump. Body language of the players tells you lugo was probaby tagged, but it is, as they say, a bang-bang play. With no replay in baseball, you'll always get these judgement calls that are sometimes wrong. Lest we forget football and hockey until relatively recently.
As an aside, I'm on business in pittsburgh right now and espn is on in the restaurant I'm in. Pirates fans everywhere just flabbergasted every time they show the replay. Kinda funny. ;)
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
July 27th, 2011 at 3:29 PM |
As a Pirates fan
As a Pirates fan
this game enrages me to no end. Bring on instant replay.
"A Michigan man will coach Michigan."
Seriously we couldn't score a run off JASON FREAKING GRILLI. We deserve to lose this game. I just want someone to score so I can go to bed. And McCann is going to the DL which sucks balls. So basically this game is pissing me off.
" I want to win Big 10 titles. Multiply. Consecutively. I just made that word up (multiply). I'm like that. I'm good at Scrabble."