My buddy use to have a picture on his myspace that had a Tide bottle then showed a Red Sox jersey. Then it said, "It gets the shit out." and showed an after pic as a Yankees jersey :chuckles:

 

LOL @ Michael Barrett.

That's the exact reason why the cubs dumped him back in June ... his defense is horrid. Soriano would throw laser shots from the outfield to home plate ... and Barrett would drop them constantly.

It's sad that's how SD ended up losing this game ... a play at home.

 

In his defense he blocked the plate. The throw wasn't great but obviously in time to beat Holliday. When I saw Giles let go of the ball I was like, "wtf is that?" He launched a rainbow to home. Giles is still awesome in my book. I'd pick him for my team any day

 

Yeah that was a great game. I don't think Colorado has what it takes to make it to the 2nd round though.

 

Question for those who know MLB rules better than me:

Say Holliday was blocked from home plate and didn't tag. However, the catcher never had possesion of the ball, and can't legally block him from the plate. Would be no different than the 2nd baseman not having the ball and knocking over a baserunner on his way to second -- the baserunner would be awarded the base because you can't block him.

Doesn't the same apply at home? The catcher didn't have the ball and blocked him from tagging home, thus meaning he should be safe no matter what, correct?

 

this rule is out the window at home plate.

The catcher has the right to protect the plate. The base runner has the right to the basepath.

The catcher must also hold onto possession of the ball during and after the tag. This is why collisions happen so frequently, because the baserunner is trying to jar the ball out of the catcher's mit. By doing so, he'll be safe when touching the plate.