| Counting backwards |
[Jul. 26th, 2007|07:48 pm] |
Here is another reason to love (or hate) the game of baseball.
Alex Rodriguez has 499 career home runs as I write this. Now, the Yankees-Orioles game back on June 28 was delayed by rain and will be played out tonight. All statistics from that game count, though--they are simply completing the game. So if A-Rod hits a home run in the resumed version of that game tonight, it would not be his 500th--it would be his 493rd. Worse, the home run he hit in Kansas City yesterday night would then be considered #500.
So is he going to hit 500 home runs twice? Or not at all? And are the people who decide these types of things on mushrooms?
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| Things that bother me |
[Apr. 25th, 2007|07:40 pm] |
1. Why do fans start cheering for a pitcher to strike out a batter when the count is 0-2? C'mon, people. An 0-2 pitch should be nowhere near the strike zone.
2. When did any game-winning home run become a "walk off" home run? They are two different things. If the game is tied in the bottom of the ninth (or greater) inning and the home team hits a solo home run, it is a game-winning home run but not a "walk off" home run. If the game is tied in the bottom of the ninth (or greater) inning and the home team hits a 2-run, 3-run or grand slam home run, the home run qualifies as a walk off homer because the hitter doesn't technically need to cross home plate in order for the home team to win. |
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