Refs get maybe 60 seconds to make these judgments in real-time, but they apparently need several hours the next day?
(This is a classic case of stalling to buy time for attention spans to shift. And it’ll work.)
The "don't risk a probable 3rd out on the bases" logic is analogous to football fans who can't understand why you'd go for 2, trailing by 9 in the fourth quarter.
The objective is to try and actually win, not "technically stay alive" the longest
Tonight is Game 69 for the #Astros
The game was not
Whispers: He did this on the “Sanchez dropped it” play in 2017 G2, as well. Obviously that one split a gap, but the throw was way ahead of him. He risked it because Chapman was great, and the highest probability was likely a poor throw or drop.
Sometimes that’s the smart play, even if it looks odd
20 years later, this image from 2006 Game 7 in NY is amusing
(It’s going viral today for the obvious reason.)
Just getting around to it, but I love that Altuve decision in the 10th last night. And not just because it worked.
It was the 2nd out, and the guy on deck had a .470 OPS. Odds of a hit are maybe 20 percent at best.
I'd rather take my chances with an errant throw, drop, slide rule violation, etc.
Also, the obvious follow-up question that will never be asked due to TV contracts: “Monty, what happened to the official who made this critical error?”