If Polanco knew Erstad he would have had that one easy.

Good start....teams really should put the shift on for him.

Grinderstand gets a hit. I do not believe what I just saw.

OMG Erstad with a hit PAST the second baseman.

wow, erstad got a hit

A grounder to the second baseman and a hit?!!?

 

Rarity

Ah well we all know it's another good outing for Danks despite what the box score says.

 

Dammit Erstad, quit pulling the dam- ball to the right side. Just got lucky for once.

see above

What am I looking at?

(4) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort;

I've never seen that called, and they won't change it. It's a hit, who cares?

Its warm in Detroit. There are no f***ing excuses why Chat Durbin is shuttiing this team down. 2 solo homers. What a pathetic offense this is this year. Suicde shrugs. Dumb crap. You would think that they would try and give the kid some support.

10.05 Base Hits

A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as set forth in this Rule 10.05.

(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:

(1) the batter reaches first base (or any succeeding base) safely on a fair ball that settles on the ground, that touches a fence before being touched by a fielder or that clears a fence;

(2) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball hit with such force, or so slowly, that any fielder attempting to make a play with the ball has no opportunity to do so;

Rule 10.05(a)(2) Comment: The official scorer shall credit a hit if the fielder attempting to handle the ball cannot make a play, even if such fielder deflects the ball from or cuts off another fielder who could have put out a runner.

(3) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that takes an unnatural bounce so that a fielder cannot handle it with ordinary effort, or that touches the pitcher's plate or any base (including home plate) before being touched by a fielder and bounces so that a fielder cannot handle the ball with ordinary effort;

(4) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder and that is in fair territory when the ball reaches the outfield, unless in the scorer's judgment the ball could have been handled with ordinary effort;

 

Number 4. its a judgement call by the score keeper

If that was Anderson in CF, I'm sure there would be blame put on him for not taking over.

if anderson was out there, it never would have fallen. i see him take charge plenty of times, even when juan ran out there. so yea, erstad is basically useless to this team right now. he should be on the bench

Number 4. its a judgement call by the score keeper

 

Who happens to work in detroit. What do you think he is going to do.

Wow the outside corner is just gone now for this ump. This is the inning right here guys. No double plays.

good, jim "st" thome, take the kids ass out of the burner.

Thome with men on base? crazy.

Number 4. its a judgement call by the score keeper

Interesting, because I have never seen it called that way.

That play was retarded in little league. In the major leagues, where these guys are supposedly the best, it is downright unprofessional and idiotic.

 

I dont get it. I worked at Five Guys Burgers and Fries once, and if you didnt change your gloves, you got fired. Isnt this a business? Lets be a bunch of assholes like they were at Five Guys, and fire everyone who f***s up.

 

Thatll teach 'em!

A-Rod got an error for the missed pop-up against TB on opening day and he didnt touch it.

Who happens to work in detroit. What do you think he is going to do.

Just proving that it wasnt the rule, nor did you have to touch it. Accoring to the rules, it was an error.

Wow the outside corner is just gone now for this ump. This is the inning right here guys. No double plays.

 

No helping the pitcher out. Make him throw strikes.

Number 4. its a judgement call by the score keeper

Why would a home scorekeeper take away an RBI from a player? It never has been called an error, that I've seen in my life of following baseball. Mental error, sure, but not in the box score.

A-Rod got an error for the missed pop-up against TB on opening day and he didnt touch it.

 

Could have sworn it went off his glove...

Konerko better get his head out of his ass and hit the ball. None of this homer crap, just line drive simple swing.

Jimmy Von Walkalot