Crazy shut always happens at this place

Mr Gigem said:

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There is no way this is the actual reasoning

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What exactly is illegal about it? Plate was open!

Mr Gigem said:

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There is no way this is the actual reasoning

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This is 100% horse***** Amazing. Nothing was impeded

The ump in NY was drunk or on opiates. Possibly both. That is your explanation

That's horse ***** Heim never moved other than to turn his body to tag. He was never blocking the plate at any time.

Mr Gigem said:

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There is no way this is the actual reasoning

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Well, that would go with my guess if it's true: a technical ruling that, even if correct, completely violates the spirit of the rule.

Mr Gigem said:

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There is no way this is the actual reasoning

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They definitely pulled this out of their ass to justify the horrible call. Unbelievable...

Jonah's trying not to scream every profanity in the book right now.

This happened last week. Note the review in NY said he wasn't blocking the plate.

Yes the catcher dropped it, but this was called not blocking the plate last week pic.twitter.com/bfSukwilBU

— Brandon (@DaWink33) June 21, 2023

Yeah, that explanation simply does not hold up. At least to anyone sober

YOU GOTTA BE ****ING KIDDING ME. IS THIS REAL LIFE RIGHT NOW?

I hope that umpire in New York gets fired or at least mugged by some thugs after the game. ****ing incompetent lazy idiot ******.

After the umpiring we received in our last home stand and what transpired tonight, the rangers should raise hell. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, It seems like when we get guys base, the home plate umpire mysteriously expands the zone wide as **** and when we are pitching and the other team gets guy on base, the zone shrinks.

This is crap. I just am at a loss for words. I want heads to roll. Someone to get beat up. Someone to get fired. Give me something please.

PatriotAg02 said:

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Grapesoda2525 said:

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YOU GOTTA BE ****ING KIDDING ME. IS THIS REAL LIFE RIGHT NOW?

I hope that umpire in New York gets fired or at least mugged by some thugs after the game. ****ing incompetent lazy idiot ******.

After the umpiring we received in our last home stand and what transpired tonight, the rangers should raise hell. Over the course of the last 2 weeks, It seems like when we get guys base, the home plate umpire mysteriously expands the zone wide as **** and when we are pitching and the other team gets guy on base, the zone shrinks.

This is crap. I just am at a loss for words. I want heads to roll. Someone to get beat up. Someone to get fired. Give me something please.

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I smell something rotten with MLB in their treatment of the Rangers. It's been getting more blatant as the season's gone on.

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I mean ****….. do they want the Angels to do well enough to keep Ohtani and Trout to finally taste the playoffs? Do they want to get the chance to promote another Astros vs Yankees ALCS? Or dodgers vs. Astros round 2?

Something smells like ***** The mlb can't be this incompetent.

DallasAg 94 said:

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Not sure the thought here, with Acuna playing CF @AA Frisco.

Evan Carter is the normal CF.

Saggese played SS, tonight. 5th Rd in 2020. #15 Prospect. He has played 2B and 3B equally.

Seager has SS locked, for sure.

Is this to audition Saggese for trade at SS? Acuna for trade as CF? OR... just a routine minor league twist based on players available?!

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Who knows. I took it as getting Acuna some experience in the OF. When Carter returns, one of them moves to LF. With Leody seemingly having CF locked down, maybe Carter moves to LF at Frisco to prep him to eventually take over LF with the Rangers.

Will be interesting to watch moving forward.

home plate review…. a limp dick "analyst" review nothing more nothing less….. baseball is in the hands of science dorks now!

view from the outfield pic.twitter.com/JOCVJMj7T6

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 21, 2023

All I can say after watching that replay is I must not understand the rule.

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I was glad that the Rangers announcers were incensed too. They didn't hold back.

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TV or radio? I can't imagine Dave Raymond getting too bent about anything Rangers, but the radio guys were pissed for sure. After catching the video replays a couple of posts up it's not hard to see why. That's one of the best left field throw & tag I've ever watched. Looks like they had been practicing it all day. Man what a screw job...

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Heim was stunned.

"I asked the umpire what I could have done differently," the catcher said. "I set up on the corners. I even backed up. I don't know what else to do. It's upsetting.

"I don't know how you can block the plate from behind the plate."

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The man has a point...

I want to blow this team out by 10 or 15 runs. Leave no doubt. Sucks that we have Perez on the mound today, but I hope the boys are ready to mash.

Is there a clip of that? I can't find any

Keep in mind, even if this call was made correctly, Rangers do not necessarily win. It's not like this was a missed call in the bottom of the 9th that hands Chicago the win.

Also, isn't it an automatic ejection for arguing the replay call? Obviously, arguing and getting tossed is the right thing to do - just pointing out it wasn't a power trip thing for the umps to toss him - it's just automatic.

fc2112 said:

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Keep in mind, even if this call was made correctly, Rangers do not necessarily win. It's not like this was a missed call in the bottom of the 9th that hands Chicago the win.

Also, isn't it an automatic ejection for arguing the replay call? Obviously, arguing and getting tossed is the right thing to do - just pointing out it wasn't a power trip thing for the umps to toss him - it's just automatic.

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This is where I'm at this morning. A horrendous call and further proof that the MLB has some of if not the worst officiating in all of sports, but, the game was tied up 6-6 at the very least, further pointing out that we still have deficiencies in the bullpen. On top of that, why did Bochy leave Anderson out there? I think that has gotten lost in this.

Well I was looking for the sportcenter segment of it. But it may not be any different from all the clips posted here.

I really liked the rangers postgame. If that was catcher obstruction, every future play at the plate should be safe to the runner. The catcher would have to get three feet from the bag and reach for the tag

Gammagrass said:

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Well I was looking for the sportcenter segment of it. But it may not be any different from all the clips posted here.

I really liked the rangers postgame. If that was catcher obstruction, every future play at the plate should be safe to the runner. The catcher would have to get three feet from the bag and reach for the tag

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I think the sportscenter clip was from the Sox radio guys, but it's essentially the same thing. Absolutely no one had a clue what was happening.

Only thing blocking the plate was the mitt and ball.