Ulysees E. McGill
This season is for you Sweets
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So you're not blind...you just accept taking it in the...Any league is going to favor the best team, especially one that's a dynasty like them, but we still have an opportunity to beat them every single year. The ACC favors Clemson, so if we went over there it'd be the same $hit just in a lesser conference.
If you go outside the lines to intentionally hit the fielder I would agree. The runner was in the line of the bases and has a right to make an effort to get to the base within the confines of the base. The runner's foot didn't have to bend back to catch the base, he was directly in line. The hand was up for protection of himself. His hand did graze the fielder but come on, that was joke of a call in a critical situationI think that call gets made every single time, 10 out of 10 times, in college or in the pros.
Avoiding the fielder used to not be a thing. Hell, breaking up the play was what we were taught to do when I played. Then Chase Utley basically ended Ruben Tejada's career. Now, that isn't part of the game anymore.
If you contact the fielder outside the basepath, that's interference. MLB or college. Don't have to like it but we aren't playing by 2005's rules.
Actually it is worse. The runner in this situation actually lifted his lead leg to try to contact the fielderI don't think Tennessee should have been called out and they should've won the game, but this is NOT the same play. The runner never makes contact with the fielder like the Tennessee player did with the Bama fielder.
If you're going to show this video as an example of interference then you need to show just about every other double play involving a runner at second base.
Here's the clear shot. I just don't see how you can say this is not interference.
Just forget intent for a moment. Was the second basemen in the basepath? No. Did the slide affect the throw? Yes. Comon' you guys lol.
After looking at this, this is one of those calls that either side would be getting the shaft. Im not happy about it but it wasn’t necessarily a terrible call, say this happened in the 5th inning it wouldn’t have been a big deal. But it was a winning run that would be effected by it so they probably were more picky with it.
Why any Tennessee fan even interacts with a rival fan on this forum is beyond me. They are only here to be annoying.
Yep - you have identified the core issue. But the rest of the SEC just whines and never does anything about it.
Do you realize that the base path is actually slightly wider than the bag itself? You do, you just don't care because you are either a self-hating Vol or a Bammer. Either way you should find another activity to fill your time.