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2018-10-02 (& 03): Wild Card Playoff Games


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If interference is committed by a runner with the obvious intent of preventing a double play, the batter-runner will be called out in addition to the runner who committed the interference.

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I think what Baez did was probably inappropriate but I don't think it is actually interference if you look at it reasonably. I don't think what he did stopped the double play at all.

 

Interference being actually stopping a DP or intending to stop an attempt?

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Contreras is either trying to set up his own Kirk Gibson moment or he is legitimately hurt here.

 

Edit: Looks like cramping.

 

That would be pretty bad-ass if someone pretended to be hurt so they could become legend.

 

 

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He paid the price for such power, though, as his brains leaked out of his ankle.

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I think what Baez did was probably inappropriate but I don't think it is actually interference if you look at it reasonably. I don't think what he did stopped the double play at all.

 

It doesn't matter if he stopped it. He did that in order to prevent it. That's interference. Baez has no idea if the hitter fell down running to first.

"I wasted so much time in my life hating Juventus or A.C. Milan that I should have spent hating the Cardinals." ~kalle8

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To play devil's advocate, it is entirely possible that Baez hugged there to help prevent a hard collision. Can't be sure either way, but I don't think it's egregious that it wasn't called interference.
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To play devil's advocate, it is entirely possible that Baez hugged there to help prevent a hard collision. Can't be sure either way, but I don't think it's egregious that it wasn't called interference.

 

Baez was stopped and Arenado was reaching with the gove to tag him. No chance of a hard collision there.

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Im less mad at the umps because arenado just accepted it. Hes gotta at least pretend like hes trying to make a throw.
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NA took a few steps to tag him out, it’s pretty clear that was the only play he wanted to make for whatever reason. Had he attempted a throw to first at all instead of that stupid hug the umpires might have had to think about it before ruling for the Cubs.
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