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No.
Until he hurts his elbow ……again. That guy IMO has had arm problems literally his entire career.
Disagree.
One play that literally cost them
Yeah I don’t agree. He made a terrible read and a mental mistake.
Why didn't he cover first, then? You can tell the 1B was bewildered. Cole just sat on his ego and cost the Yankees the WS.
No one can answer with certainty….but I have played, coached and been around baseball my entire life…..every pitcher is taught if a ball is hit to the first base side you are hauling *** to cover.
And he blamed Rizzo. It's what he does.
Sorry…..they win it all if he fields a routine ground ball.
Yeah I will always scratch my head at that move. I always thought he would be a lifer in Atlanta.
It was a botched contract negotiation. Freddie fired his agents afterward, and he's not the type to do that. He wanted to stay in ATL and ATL wanted him to stay. And they would have paid him just as much as LA. But Freddie's agent apparently botched the whole thing and told ATL that LA was a done deal, so they signed another player. My understanding is the agent also got compensated more since he switched teams.
My god…….that’s criminal.It was a botched contract negotiation. Freddie fired his agents afterward, and he's not the type to do that. He wanted to stay in ATL and ATL wanted him to stay. And they would have paid him just as much as LA. But Freddie's agent apparently botched the whole thing and told ATL that LA was a done deal, so they signed another player. My understanding is the agent also got compensated more since he switched teams.
Sources: Freeman fires reps who led negotiations
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has fired the agents who led offseason contract negotiations between the former MVP and the Braves, and landed him in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.www.espn.com
Wasn't anything he said, it was his reaction after the play. Pointing at Rizzo/first, showing "disgust" for Rizzo not making the play. Then after the fact claiming he "took a bad angle" on the ball. His "angle" was walking to the dugout instead of covering the base.
You are making so many assumptions.
I watched Jeter stone cold drop a routine infield pop up....a play he has made 10K times in his life easily. All it takes is a .5 second of taking your eye off the ball.....that's what Judge did. He was looking at the runners as he fielded that fly ball. I have seen Major leaguers drops those....plenty of times. But this is the biggest stage and the eyes on it are insane of course.
Yeah it was one of those grounders that went into a "no man's land" place based on Rizzo's positioning. And you are right...Betts was flying and it was going to be a very close play....it would have had to been a perfect feed and tap of the foot by cole on the bag.....not routine by any means.
His wife?
Will you be saying that when he's on the Giants next year?
Knew it was coming but it's official. Not a starter but Daniel Hudson is calling it a career.
i love how he points at the bag like if i wasnt such a lazy laroosh that is where i should be take that to the base brohan
He clearly thought Rizzo had it...bad read...bad assumption...and in fairness Rizzo also could have had some more urgency.....it was a crappy play all the way around.
Yeah they both kinda half assed it thinking the other was going to make the play. Game midseason…..,who cares. Game 5 with your back against the wall, damn you have to hustle every play. That whole inning was just a bad team look.
now thats real baseball and you can drive down here in less than four now best tailgating in the mlb take that to the bank brochacho
yeah, i'm gonna probably try to hit one of those games but probably not the opener because the 'ol chiefer can't afford scalper prices even in wisconsin unless i can pay in beer and cheese so i'm hoping i can get a seat or two to game 2 or 3 for me and my boy and i might need to raid his bank brochacho......now thats real baseball and you can drive down here in less than four now best tailgating in the mlb take that to the bank brochacho
Watching it again, WTF was Rizzo doing? He fielded it off to the side and he went lateral to field it instead of charging the ball which would have taken him towards the bag. If he plays it right he could have taken it himself as well. Both guys just expected the other guy to take care of it and neither did. Really bad all the way around.
Having dominant teams is only bad when you're not a fan of one of those teams. Works in the NCAA too. It's better than the watered down every team is around .500 like the NFL. As someone said, every MLB owner is a billionaire and they all can afford to spend more to get players, some just choose not to since their prerogative is to make as much money off the team as possible, like the Pirates. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSnfdD4WQAArKGE?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
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