The worst part is Rios would be up again in the next inning.

They tag came off, I retract my out statement.

You can't fall into him and expect him to stay on the bag, he's like 90 pounds.

Are you allowed to push him off the base? That's what he did.

Is it clear & convincing?

He is safe. Doesn't matter with Rios up though.

You have to tag him with the glove, not your wrist.

So Gore's foot came off the bag, but man if they overturn this then replay has gone completely over the top.

This was never EVER what replay was designed for. That's been a SB for the entire history of major league baseball and to call a guy out on a ticky tack call like that would completely run afoul of the spirit of the rule.

Son of a bitch

out....wow but it wouldn't matter because Rios wasn't gonna do anything

Sadly true.

Rios is at the plate so it won't matter.

DFA Gore right now ... stupid little shit

He's out if you count pushing him off the bag as out.

Watch Rios get a pointless hit now.

**** balls

That's like 2 outs




He didn't keep the tag on there.

****ing shit.

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Wow. No glove on the tag, though. That doesn't matter?

It figures.

That is not ****ing conclusive enough to overturn. **** YOU **** YOU **** YOU

That's game.

Series over fellows.

It's been a great year.

That is such ****ing bullshit. How are you allowed to push a guy off the base?

Doesn't matter. You think Rios gets a hit there?

Wow, that's a hard one to accept.

Sorry guys. I turned it off.

I agree he was tagging him with his wrist, not the glove but whatever

Nice AB Alex. Jesus.

Yeah apparently wrist to butt is enough to overturn.

That was the wrong ****ing call. Period.

By even allowing replays, though, that's what they opened themselves up to. If you allow super-slow-mo, multiple-angle replays, making calls within some subjective "spirit of the rule" is never going to happen, because of technical accuracy ability.

Guys Rios wasn't gonna get a hit anyways

Actually, they recently made a new rule in which they play nine innings instead of seven. I think you might be thinking of softball or little league or something.

It starts us off with an out next inning.

Could have gotten a blooper. Or a wild pitch. Or infield single. It's always possible.

I totally agree and the call went my way. Its totally NOT within the spirit of how the use of replay was intended.

technology has been great for sports, but in many ways it's killing sports.

Stupid steal attempt with two outs. Should have been running with Gordon at the plate.

Just so much ****ing fail in that sequence.

Certainly not definitive.

That type of call is always going to go with the home crowd.

He probably will now that the pressure is off.

The worst part is having to see Rios again. Thanks Ned!!

It's one thing to slide past the bag. But they've been calling guys out for a foot or hand coming an inch or two off the top of the bag. It's ridiculous.

This last 24 hours has been too much for me. I don't want anything to do with sports for awhile.

That is such ****ing crap call. Unless they had a different replay - there is no ****ing angle that shows glove touching butt. All I saw was bare wrist.

Maybe we'll get another apology.

This entire series has been an abortion

Nope. No way in hell.

Zobrist is going to have to make something happen with 2 outs next inning.

Whew. I'm going to need lewdog or duncan or someone to tell me when the series is actually over.... can't count how many times it's been over since the first inning of game one.

Maybe we'll PH Orlando for Rios. He has a flair for the dramatic.

Costas is that you?

I'm a staunch liberal but this series makes me want to defund Planned Parenthood.

Pretty much.

Potentially sad last AB as a Royal for Gordo.

Meltdown Planet....

100% in favor of this. Zero downside whatsoever.

These guys used up all the postseason magic last year.

I don't even understand why they tried to steal 3rd in the first place. While Gordon is up, sure but with 2 outs? The benefit of Gore being at third instead of 2nd is very small.

How about the face of the franchise the past decade do anything worth a shit when he had the chance. Maybe it's a bs call but I'm not wasting energy on the umpires. This was a good team(not great, need starting pitching for that), that ran into an energetic team coming off a WC win that we know can fire your team up. Honestly, the series was most likely lost after game 1. We don't win in this stadium. Period

Orlando is clutch just saying

Yep. And they ditched the 5-run-per-inning rule.

In didn't in the Texas/Toronto series. I wonder if it's the same umpire or what. Because it was the exact same play, but apparently a guys arm is now considered a part of the glove. Incredible. And how in the world is it illegal to block home plate, but a third baseman can lower his knee to block third base? Doesn't make sense to me.

Our marquee players were not marquee. WE've got what, 4 players batting under .150 in the series?

Runner on = Davis.

Yeah, I know.

It's just like those plays at 2b where the 2b bobbles the ball a little bit on the exchange and they started calling guys safe. Come the **** on - that was not why we have replay. Or that play in the Dodgers game where Tejada didn't get his toe on the bag before Utley detonated him. That's not what replay exists for; it's not there to play gotchya.

I was dead-set against replay and I still hate it because you knew this was the likely outcome - ballgames and in fact entire seasons hang on a ticky tack call like that that just shouldn't matter that much.

I'm resigned to it, but I still don't have to like it.

See, that's a swing! Nobody on our team is trying that hard...

But it was a strike, so there's that...

I have a feeling this runt might go yard...

There was honestly no reason to steal 3rd with 2 outs regardless of the terrible overturn. But yeah, terrible ****ing overturn.

This is the 2nd time this season I can recall Ned waiting for the 2nd out before stealing 3rd.

Pinch running for Salvy is likely the right call, but I don't think any Roayls fan wanted him coming out with Gordon/Rios/Esky coming up.

Yeah, it can take years to tweak the rules.... there was a hockey goal scored because it hit the net above the glass, came back down on the goalies back, and went in.... they could have easily reviews it and called it a no-goal, but couldn't, and then they changed the review rule in the offseason.

It shouldn't be device to dumb down decision making, there has to be some human element to it. Just get the call right.

Who hits the HR for the Stros this inning?

Ned looking worried...

I have no problem whatsoever with the "out because replay showed him coming off the bag for a split second" situations that are now in the game.

Just because umpires did not possess the ability to see it at full speed, doesn't mean it was right that it was never called in the past. Its in the rules, that should have ALWAYS been out, and now it will be. If you don't like it, then change the rules.

I'm all for stealing 3rd with 1 out but, regardless of success or not, putting yourself into any situation where you're making the final out at 3rd is dumb

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Yeah, a wild pitch is basically it... I guess with how badly Rios has looked though, maybe that was the only hope.

Or deciding that if the 2b comes sideways behind the bag on a DP throw then it's a neighborhood play that can't be reviewed but if he's charging towards the bag to make a DP throw then it's not a neighborhood play and now it CAN be reviewed.

You gave teams a way to play gotchya and by god that's exactly what they're going to do. It really does suck.

We have 2 hits... In an elimination game....

This runt certainly is trying to be the first..

Springer. 2 run bomb right here.