2020 MLB Spring Training (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

Astros getting screwed this postseason in some non-reviewable calls. 

 

[falguy]

Altuve doesn't hold back.  Wow.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Will Max go back out in the 5th?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Astros still can’t get a hit. This is ridiculous. 

 

[falguy]

3 pitches ago they seemed to think so. I kind of doubt it.

He's such a battler. This is one of those games where you'd think one team would be leading by a bunch but dont capitalize and end up losing.

 

[NREC34]

Can anyone explain why Scherzer just lobs it to first on pick offs?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Can anyone explain why Scherzer just lobs it to first on pick offs?

Alvarez is a 0% risk of running. As a pitcher, sometimes you throw over to mess with the batter’s timing. 

 

[falguy]

Glad there's netting down there. That might have left a mark.

 

[NREC34]

They put that netting up this year after a guy from the Cubs hit a little girl. 

 

[NREC34]

####. That’s what you get for walking that catcher

 

[TheIronSheik]

Well. Guess I can go to bed. At 7 o’clock. 

 

[falguy]

They put that netting up this year after a guy from the Cubs hit a little girl. 

I didn't realize that happened in Houston. 

 

[rockaction]

Oppo again from Soto.

 

[falguy]

 

[The Big Donkey]

Has Cole given up 5 runs this year?

 

[identikit]

Brantley played that badly.

 

[TheIronSheik]

You know the Astros are slumping when Scherzer’s going to get a win with this pitching performance. 

 

[falguy]

Has Cole given up 5 runs this year?

They just answered that. 

In may...the last time he took the loss too.

 

[falguy]

You know the Astros are slumping when Scherzer’s going to get a win with this pitching performance. 

He needs to finish this 1/2 inning tho.

 

[The Big Donkey]

Daniel Snyder must love all the attention the Nationals are getting.

 

[NREC34]

Don’t know what’s wrong with Cole. Credit to the Nats though. 

 

[Joe Mammy]

I like that 3 ball graphic. I’m thinking, that guy is dealing.

 

[falguy]

Nats using Corbin means they better win it. Can't waste it.

 

[falguy]

Two full count strikeouts on sliders out of the zone.  Make a mental note guys.

 

[Don Quixote]

Nats using Corbin means they better win it. Can't waste it.

I don’t think using Corbin changes that much. Almost a side session; just a question if he starts Game 3 or Game 4 now.

Next inning is the big one. Hoping Davey goes straight to Doolittle or Hudson with the top of the order up (and skips Rainey), but I guess we’ll see.

 

[dgreen]

I don’t think using Corbin changes that much. Almost a side session; just a question if he starts Game 3 or Game 4 now.

Next inning is the big one. Hoping Davey goes straight to Doolittle or Hudson with the top of the order up (and skips Rainey), but I guess we’ll see.

Yeah, I think you just push Corbin to game 4 now.

 

[Don Quixote]

Eff. Rainey coming in. Prove me wrong. Prove me wrong.

 

[NREC34]

Washington get out of this they probably got this one 

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Ugh breaking ball low and inside strike 3 here it comes.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Ugh breaking ball low and inside strike 3 here it comes.

Whelp in my face he found a different way to screw it up.

 

[NREC34]

Maybe Alvarez is a Mr. May as Steinbrenner would say

 

[bigmarc27]

The two things I’ve noticed the most tonight...

1.  Lots of YouTube tv ads followed by...

2. My Hulu + feed being garbage for the first time all year

 

[rockaction]

Got on top of a high fastball there.

 

[Zegras11]

rally monkey time

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Nats outfielders having a rough inning

 

[Ghost Rider]

As good as Springer is, that could have been a triple had he been running hard out of the box. 

 

[falguy]

Eaton Should have caught that.

 

[Zegras11]

 

[falguy]

As good as Springer is, that could have been a triple had he been running hard out of the box. 

Was my first  thought as well but since the guy on second went back to tag I dont think he would have been able to because he couldn't be sure that other guy would be sent home.

Regardless he should have run hard. 

 

[Ghost Rider]

Was my first  thought as well but since the guy on second went back to tag I dont think he would have been able to because he couldn't be sure that other guy would be sent home.

Regardless he should have run hard. 

Good point. But had he made it to 3rd, he could have scored just now on that flyout to right. 

 

[falguy]

Good point. But had he made it to 3rd, he could have scored just now on that flyout to right. 

It'll be interesting to hear what's said after the game.  It will be a discussion point for sure if Astros dont come back

 

[Zegras11]

It'll be interesting to hear what's said after the game.  It will be a discussion point for sure if Astros dont come back

I don't think he would have made it and I don't think you try for that in that situation.

 

[bigmarc27]

It'll be interesting to hear what's said after the game.  It will be a discussion point for sure if Astros dont come back

After Acuna did it the chatter about the balls being de-juiced popped up. I bet that hit clears the fences by 15 feet in August. 

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I don't think he would have made it and I don't think you try for that in that situation.

He would have made it easily.  Dude was already a few steps past second by the time the ball got back to the infield even with him not starting to run until the ball hit the ground.

 

[dgreen]

That's a good start!

 

[rockaction]

Yeah, I stepped away from the computer to watch and Springer should have been on third. The situation to go for third with one out is right, too. That's too bad that it affected the game the way it did and that a good at-bat becomes a cause to besmirch, but such is baseball. 

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Springer basically blamed Tucker for the base running mistake. 

 

[rockaction]

Springer basically blamed Tucker for the base running mistake.

Weird, because he certainly didn't come out of the box running. He was willing it out of the park by dancing down the line with the bat in his hands. I highly doubt Tucker had much to do with his decision to do that.

I like Springer a lot. Just wish he'd gotten rid of the bat and run out of the box. Then you can blame obstacles. 

 

[Tom Servo]

Whoa.

 

[Jayrok]

Springer took 6 hops out of the box and then jogged to first before realizing it was off the fence.  

Springer explained:  “I don’t want to necessarily run as fast as I can because, for some reason," said the Astros outfielder in his postgame interview of Houston's 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals, "if (Kyle Tucker) tags or whatever the case and I run by him, it’s not good. I was watching the outfielder.

That's a lame excuse for not hustling.  Even if Tucker had to tag at 2nd (if the ball was caught), then Springer is out anyway.  No reason for him not to hustle to 2nd.  Of course don't touch second with Tucker there.  So say that Springer and Tucker are close to 2nd base because Tucker is tagging... Tucker still made it home from second after it hit the fence.  Is Springer saying that he (also standing/running close to 2nd) couldn't have made it to 3rd after the ball hit the wall?  Tucker made it all the way home but he couldn't make it to 3rd.  Uh huh.  

If Tucker had not been on 2nd or if there were 2 outs and Tucker was running at the crack of the bat, Springer still only gets a double there because he was showboating, like he did in NY.  His run would have tied the game.