The Official #4 Tennessee vs Alabama (SEC Tourney Game Thread) 2PM

#904
#904
Y9 Vol said:
Whatever makes you guys and gals feel better.

Like Chris said, back when he played the second baseman would have been picking himself up out of the outfield grass.
That is not the rule today. No matter what state the game is played in.

Whining does not suit some of you.
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So, disagreeing with you makes one a whiner? Is Ben McKee a whiner?
 
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#909
vol66 said:
Now we’re head to head with a Mississippi school, I know there’s a guy excited about that because it’s possible both teams are playing for the last top 8 spot.
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True but I’m really just interested in the matchup. Should be good baseball and I want to see how we fare against them.
 
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Y9 Vol said:
Irrelevant to the call made. But, yes, runners need to slide properly and in complete control by letter of the rule.
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And Max slide in complete control by the letter of the rule.
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Y9 Vol said:
The rule illustration from the rule book was posted. You tell me what it says.
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I’m asking you, how does anyone who’s wider than 15 inches (the legal width of a base) make a legal slide ever then? By your “strictest interpretation” you can’t make contact outside those 15 inches. So any contact made by a larger than normal player can be deemed interference and theoretically should be called every time? Not just that, find me a middle infielder who catches a ball and stays standing on the bag? EVERY player ever makes an attempt to swipe the bag and move on yet there’s probably some breakup attempt, contact on 25% of double plays. Meaning the rule should be enforced 100% of the time if thats the way the rule is written. I don’t think anyone disagrees that is the rule in the rule book in black and white; it’s that that play has happened 10k times in the SEC this year and has never been called.

The second base umpire is a middle Tennessean who does a lot of mid-state games; Vandy/Belmont/Lipscomb and was chosen for the CWS in 2019. When Vandy made the finals he said he wasn’t allowed to be behind the plate given his relationship with them and being a Tennessean. If the NCAA has to worry about you calling a game fairly, then you’re not a professional and shouldn’t have been chosen for Omaha in the first place. So how convenient we get a bang-bang call go against us that happens every game and it was done by an ump who spends multiple Tuesday nights calling Vandy games.
 
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txbo said:
Really would have like to see a series against one of the MS schools. It would have sucked to not play AR and see how we match up. What a great year of baseball.
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Man I tell ya what, these guys have battled and done things that either haven’t been done in a long time or just flat out have never been done, tomorrow has potential for the latter!!!

This Is Tennessee Baseball!!!

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vollygirl said:
And Max slide in complete control by the letter of the rule.
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Look at the picture Volly, The second baseman has stepped back off of the bag towards right field. He did not slide directly into the base he is outside the width of the base by half his body body width, and made contact on purpose. I understand how badly everyone wants that call not to have been made, and I probably wouldn’t of made it either, but it was made and all I’ve ever said is that by ruleIt was a correct call
 
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vol66 said:
Man I tell ya what, these guys have battled and done things that either haven’t been done in a long time or just flat out have never been done, tomorrow has potential for the latter!!!

This Is Tennessee Baseball!!!

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Great pic but what am I looking at? Is that your son?
 
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#922
The contact was incidental and non-interfering. One cannot surmise what was in the runner's mind to say it was intentional. Runner did not swing at the fielder with the arm, merely raised it as protection as the fielder's body was adjacent to his with knees coming at him. That play happens 100's of times per season over the league. I've never once seen that called unless it was blatantly intentional and true interference. It was neither in this case. Just a pitiful call. And that it was used then to deny the true outcome of a game is highly suspicious.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
I’m asking you, how does anyone who’s wider than 15 inches (the legal width of a base) make a legal slide ever then? By your “strictest interpretation” you can’t make contact outside those 15 inches. So any contact made by a larger than normal player can be deemed interference and theoretically should be called every time? Not just that, find me a middle infielder who catches a ball and stays standing on the bag? EVERY player ever makes an attempt to swipe the bag and move on yet there’s probably some breakup attempt, contact on 25% of double plays. Meaning the rule should be enforced 100% of the time if thats the way the rule is written. I don’t think anyone disagrees that is the rule in the rule book in black and white; it’s that that play has happened 10k times in the SEC this year and has never been called.

The second base umpire is a middle Tennessean who does a lot of mid-state games; Vandy/Belmont/Lipscomb and was chosen for the CWS in 2019. When Vandy made the finals he said he wasn’t allowed to be behind the plate given his relationship with them and being a Tennessean. If the NCAA has to worry about you calling a game fairly, then you’re not a professional and shouldn’t have been chosen for Omaha in the first place. So how convenient we get a bang-bang call go against us that happens every game and it was done by an ump who spends multiple Tuesday nights calling Vandy games.
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You answered your own question in the middle of the first paragraph. The second baseman in the shortstop will always tag the bag and move across away before they throw or step on it and step back before they throw. That means that the runner has to purposely slide outside of going straight at the bag to be able to make contact with the fielder.
That is how the rule is interpret it. If the fielder stands on top of the base you’re free to slide right into me.
 
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