Was last night the greatest game in modern baseball history?
People will say it was because of recency bias, but the Twins 1-0 victory over the braves in extra innings, game 7, may have been more epic.
That is probably my favorite game 7 of all time, last night was the craziest for sure. The Yankees/Dbacks game 7 was pretty good also, Clemens vs Schilling, the best closer of all time giving the lead up.
Most exciting? Maybe.
Was pretty sloppily played with errors, bad baserunning, and dumb plays.
Can we also talk about how bad the ump behind the plate was at calling balls and strikes? He was miserable. Would have been a very different game if there was someone competent there.
I thought it was brutal the entire series.
It's kind of interesting that they rarely show the pitch tracker or whatever they call it. Clearly they didn't want to show how bad the umps were. First game I think the strike zone was 6 inches off the plate either side plus top and bottom. Last night the guy wasn't giving anything on the edges.
What I dislike most of all is when a pitcher misses his target when the catcher sets up off the plate, and catches a whole ton of plate anyway, and the ump calls it a ball because he sees the catcher reach for the ball. Yes, he missed his spot, but it's still a damned strike! Saw that a couple times last night.
Remember, if any part of the ball crosses any part of the front of the plate, including the black edge, its a strike.It's kind of interesting that they rarely show the pitch tracker or whatever they call it. Clearly they didn't want to show how bad the umps were. First game I think the strike zone was 6 inches off the plate either side plus top and bottom. Last night the guy wasn't giving anything on the edges.
What I dislike most of all is when a pitcher misses his target when the catcher sets up off the plate, and catches a whole ton of plate anyway, and the ump calls it a ball because he sees the catcher reach for the ball. Yes, he missed his spot, but it's still a damned strike! Saw that a couple times last night.
I agree with you, but need to know if the zone is knees to armpits and if it can change pitch to pitch depending on the batter's stance. Rickey Henderson would have had a field day with a system like this.Remember, if any part of the ball crosses any part of the front of the plate, including the black edge, its a strike.
That said, short of the power of the umpires' union and tradition, why an automated ball/strike system is not in place is beyond me.
If not for that game, they might have been the Tampa Bay Mariners.1995 Mariners-Yankees when Randy Johnson came out of the pen, and Griffey scored the winning run on Edgar Martinez's hit was an incredibly exciting game.
I thought Dodgers-Nationals game 5 this year was an awesome game too, with Jansen going 2 1/3 and Kershaw coming in on one days rest to get the last two outs.
Was last night the greatest game in modern baseball history?