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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan
You can not do that. I am a die hard Yankees fan but I can not take when people do this. You can not just add a run assuming the game plays out that way. Who knows what happens if its 1 to 1. Maybe Baltimore wins, maybe the Yankees win 15 to 1. We dont know.
Its like when somebody gets thrown out stealing and the next pitch is a homerun and people say "that would have been a 2 run homer." How can you say that? The pitcher's thought process is different, the pitch he throws may be different, and the batter is thinking different. Hell, just the 10 second delay for the steal may cause the pitcher to throw the ball different even if he still thinks exactly the same and throws the same pitch.
Looking at that replay I can not blame people for thinking its a HR. Hell, half the time I watch it I see the deflection, the other half it just looks like a weird shadow. I am biased, I can not pretend not to be.
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Spoken like a true fan ...
I did not know you are a Yankees fan. Awesome ... I do not believe the ball touched the pole - But even if it did, there was not enough evidence to overturn the call. Bottom line: Top of 8th. Sabathia on - Bases loaded and the Orioles failed to score.
However, it was a memorable series - Orioles had a remarkable run this season - tough team. Wish them the best.
TOP 6
Ford grounds out to second.
Andino flies out to right. Two down. CC cruising.
McLouth hammers one down the line to right field into the seats and it's called foul. Buck Showalter is out on the field to argue.
Four of the six umpires go behind the O's dugout and look at the video. When the umpires returned they stayed with the original call.
And McLouth strikes out.
BOTTOM 6
Chavez strikes out looking.
Jeter walks and Ichiro drives him in with a double. 2-0 Yankees. Jeter scores all the way from first on his bad foot. Tough.
Hammel freezes Cano with a pitch that looked to be a little high. Two down with Ichiro on second.
Showalter out to give Hammel the hook. Troy Patton is coming in to face Ibanez, setting up lefty vs. lefty.
Ibanez strikes out swinging. Another solid job by the Orioles bullpen.
YANKEES 2, ORIOLES 0
TOP 7
Hardy grounds out to second. Sabathia still cruising and now he actually has a small cushion to work with.
Jones strikes out swinging.
Davis flies out to center. Easy inning for Sabathia.
BOTTOM 7
Patton strikes out Swisher looking.
There it is. Granderson homers. 3-0 Yankees.
Martin grounds out to third. Two down.
Chavez strikes out swinging.
Can the Orioles come back from a three-run deficit in this series, which has been marked by a lack of offense?
TOP 8
Sabathia still in and Wieters lines a single to left against him to start the eighth.
Base runners have been so hard to come by. The Orioles need multiple now.
There's another. Machado walks and Joe Girardi needs to think about how long CC is going to remain in this game.
CC gets Reynolds swinging. Huge out against a guy who has killed the Yankees.
Ford singles to left, driving in Wieters. 3-1 now. That was beyond a diving Jeter. Still only one out.
Andino taps it back to the mound. CC has nowhere to go with it. He throws to second, but Ford is already there. Everyone is safe. Bases loaded with the top of the order coming up.
Sabathia bears down and gets McLouth swinging on a slider. Huge out.
CC is at 107 pitches.
Hardy a slow hopper to Jeter, who just gets Hardy at first. Inning over. CC gets out of the jam and that will probably be it for him.
YANKEES 3, ORIOLES 1
BOTTOM 8
Pedro Strop in for the Orioles.
Jeter grounds to first and Reynolds tosss to Strop running toward the bag. One down.
Ichiro with a rare walk.
Strop will come out. The Orioles go to Brian Matusz to pitch to Cano.
Good call. Matusz induces Cano to ground into a 4-6-3 double play on one pitch. That was quick. Still no sign of Robbie in this series.
TOP 9
Jones, Davis and Wieters to face Sabathia in the ninth. Yankees lead 3-1. The Orioles' season is on the line. CC is staying in to finish the job.
Jones flies out to left. He was absolutely abysmal in this series.
CC is at 113 pitches.
Davis with two lazy swings. Quickly 0-2. CC blows him away with a high fastball.
Orioles down to their final out. Wieters up.
Wieters grounds back to Sabathia, who throws him out at first.
That's it! The Yankees survive a wild series and advance to the ALCS against the Tigers tomorrow night.