tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post4416090611068088140..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Giants: MLB's Rule Makerobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-34102820715528771632011-05-27T09:43:25.557-07:002011-05-27T09:43:25.557-07:00I'd take Pudge over Molina... too much water u...I'd take Pudge over Molina... too much water under the bridge, you're right. And as a (granted, backup) catcher Whiteside isn't that bad.<br /><br />Have thought about this a lot, and while absolutely of course my first thought was sympathy for Posey, I tend to be conservative about changes in the game.<br /><br />But, it seems as if the catcher cannot block the plate unless he has the ball, then the rules even as they stand should say 1)if the catcher doesn't have the ball, the runner's safe by the rules 2)if the catcher is not blocking the plate, ball or not, the runner is out if he plows into the catcher, by the rules, i.e. he's out of the baseline, or, able to touch the plate.<br /><br />I'm too squeamish to view any footage of what happened to Buster, so I don't know if this applies, but it seems like enforcement of the rules already in place needs to happen. You're right in that the runner can't "know", but you are also right that you can't base the rules on whether someone "knows" something or not - I can't think of another situation where that applies, intent. In scoring, I suppose, but this is not scoring, this is safe/out.<br /><br />Assuming I'm getting this right, simply enforcing the 1 & 2 above would be a massive deterrent. It won't omit the problem, but blocking the plate or running into the catcher as a matter of course would be greatly reduced, as there would be a penalty for misjudgment.<br /><br />My real emotion is "this sucks, a lot" though.marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-71907798547511938462011-05-27T04:36:11.349-07:002011-05-27T04:36:11.349-07:00Good stuff! Except, Cousins wasn't rounding 3r...Good stuff! Except, Cousins wasn't rounding 3rd, he was tagging up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-90957480501990461182011-05-26T20:34:37.868-07:002011-05-26T20:34:37.868-07:00Forgot to note that rumor is that the Giants spoke...Forgot to note that rumor is that the Giants spoke to the Nats about Ivan Rodriguez.<br /><br />Baggarly also noted that he spoke with Bengie Molina, who said he would be willing to sign, go to the minors to get in shape, then return to start for the Giants. I just don't think that would happen, unless Sabean turns his cheek a LOT because Molina called him a liar last season, after learning that Sabean signed him with the intention of trading him mid-season.<br /><br />He called him a liar, but he ended up playing on the two teams that made it to the World Series, which might be a first, or at least an extreme rarity, got some nice rings and the extra money from the playoffs has got to more than make up the $500K more he would have gotten from the Mets, plus he would have been stuck with the losing Mets then probably traded to the D-gers (instead, the Mets traded Barraga, the guy they signed instead of Molina).obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com