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According to Official Baseball Rule 7.08 (h), any runner is out if he passes a preceding runner before that runner is out. This is not an appeal play but is called immediately by the umpire. There have been many cases of a runner passing a preceding runner through the years. Engel would have been out only if he got caught (after that) between second and third.

One way or the other, the Twins would have to get through the Yankees (no chance, conviction or belief with a run of 18 consecutive postseason losses) or the Astros. The Blue Jays are almost impossible to predict right now. But the Twins might be able to beat Boston, Tampa, Cleveland, LAA or Seattle.

The argument is the likelihood of scoring from second is much higher…negating or mitigating the value of Sheets’ value the next time up to bat over whatever Engel would likely produce. There is a logic there, but it turned into a debacle obviously. But the focus should have been scoring as quickly as possible with only two relievers after Foster, assuming Lopez was unavailable. Or TLR simply trusts Kelly over Lopez this past month, which is pretty crazy. But perhaps not so shocking.

https://twitter.com/JasonHirsch16/status/1544141404884041728/photo/1 New banner picture… To be fair to the White Sox, Statcast had Pollock's fly ball as a 389-foot knock with an .820 xBA, basically an 82 percent chance of being a hit. Then again, that still leaves an 18 percent chance of a very embarrassing mistake, a historic one at that. https://sports.yahoo.com/byron-buxton-highlight-catch-twins-8-5-triple-play-mlb-history-024907426.html If nothing else, that play probably guaranteed Buxton’s first-ever ASG appearance…

Rodon probably will blame bad start on letdown of not being able to face White Sox on Sunday…and umpiring. His wife at least will go that route. At least she’s consistent in her complaining.

4th of July fireworks and captured profits for minor league teams

As Buxton and right fielder Max Kepler converged in the gap, Kepler kept yelling “wall” – and crucially, Buxton briefly took his eye off the ball to gauge his proximity to the wall before looking back up to track the ball into his glove. That’s something that might not have happened earlier in Buxton’s career. In the past, Buxton would often go full-speed into the wall on those plays, sacrificing his body as part of those game-changing efforts. But recently, in part due to the influence of Carlos Correa and other teammates, Buxton has often made sure to look for the wall on such plays, emphasizing self-preservation. Remember where we mentioned that Buxton had briefly taken his eye off the ball to look for the wall? This is where that becomes critical. Engel assumed Buxton’s glance at the wall meant the center fielder had missed the ball and that it was landing for a hit. That’s when he took off for third base. Moncada had already been running behind him, apparently having made a similar judgment. “When he looked toward the wall, I thought he was looking for the ball to go down,” Engel said. “I just made a bad play. Made a mistake on it. Unfortunate. It cost us some runs right there, most likely, and probably would have gone on to win the game.” “Yoán was really aggressive, which is not the worst thing you can do when you play this game,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “Judgment was wrong and costly.” https://www.mlb.com/news/byron-buxton-starts-first-8-5-triple-play-in-al-nl-history To complete the first 8-5 triple play on record in AL/NL history, according to the SABR database that tracks every triple play dating back to 1876. “I don’t know how much more stuff can be a first in MLB history, so at least it was something left for us in the middle age to kind of grab, I guess,” Buxton said with a smile. “It’s cool. Ain’t too much thought into it other than the triple play got us out of the inning and it kind of got us a little momentum going.” The feat also marked the 16th triple play in Twins history, and the second involving only two players, joining a 2-6 triple play that occurred back on July 25, 1976 -- also against the White Sox. (Glenn Borgmann, Luis Gomez). What went wrong for the White Sox baserunners? It appears that Moncada got a bad read. He never hesitated while running from first to second, and that caused Engel to take off after he initially held up to tag and advance. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/twins-triple-play-white-sox/dc3funnbng0lnwgmipbc64ph

4/9 But Giants in a really bad slump right now…

Can we please "involuntarily relocate" Hahn, TLR, his coaches and the entire training/strength & conditioning staff?

I guess he was just excited…? There’s really no good explanation that makes sense. The ball wasn’t carrying well to the gaps all night long.

ND to the Big 10…has to happen. Utah CO ASU AZ to Big 12. WSU and Oregon State are now isolated along with UC Berkeley… Or they skip Wash and Oregon and go after UVA UNC (most likely) or Miami (one of the three) to pair with ND. That might force FSU and Clemson to the SEC?

He was watching the play in front of him after all… He either thought it was a homer or Buxton wasn’t going to make the play. Bad baseball IQ all around in that situation, but Engel has to be on third standing.

Haha…well, Lincoln Riley in the Big Ten West is going to doom Iowa and Wisconsin unless he goes to the pros. Probably have to deal with Oregon/Nike, too.

Naylor disaster…and then another recent game with a six run lead.

At least he caught it, get back…in the end, it would have been 2 outs recorded and a runner on first. Engel’s out was the killer. Like Zavala and Mendick a few times recently.

Well, having the first 8-5 triple play in history under your watch is SOMETHING. Didn't they at least beat Michigan or PSU on of those years? Wisconsin?

Engel was by himself and only had to watch the play. What was Boston’s responsibility then, standing mere feet from Yoan?

Even Anderson has been terrible in clutch situations all year long and gave a half-assed effort. Can you imagine AJ Pierzynski sitting there at home shrugging and walking back to the dugout?

Boston at least was right next to Moncada…has to be shouting half way or tag up or whatever. SOMETHING. Would like to see the camera iso on him to see if he did anything at all…or simply watched Engel as well.

Last crowd of 30k+ for the remainder of the season...

Makeup for 11 ball strike calls going Sox way.

Same with Kopech vs. Lynn the next two days...just watch.

Send protective detail up to C Suite to secure Hahn's file cabinets. He might slam a drawer or something. At least KW would go ape shit, flip over buffet tables and express an actual human emotion fans could identify with occasionally.