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Originally posted by Not Bob
Caveat that I didn't see the play, but I heard about it after. Slides to break up a double play are different -- they are legal, while slapping the glove apparently isn't. I've seen some ridiculous stuff at second when the runner rolls over the ss trying to turn the play, and no one ever says much about it.
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I understand that you haven't seen it, but now you're just ignoring my description of the play.
Millar was
halfway (if that) between first and second. The ball was hit in front of him. Cano applied the tag to Millar when Millar was
backing up. Millar fell on his back trying to avoid the tag. As he was lying on his back (not sliding, because if he was doing any sliding it would be towards first, since that is the direction in which he fell), he deliberately stuck his legs out to trip Cano, who was stepping over him to throw to first.
Now,
had he been sliding into second, you would have a point, although the rule requires you to be at least within an arm's or a leg's reach of the bag. Of course, that never gets followed, and if that's what happened, it would be a typical slide into second, trying to break up the double play. But that's not what happened. Millar was trying to break up the double play when he was 30 feet away from second base (as I already said) and wasn't even in the process of sliding. That is interference and it's just as cheap as ARod's slap.
You will undoubtedly attempt to find a way to distinguish this, but the only differences are (1) it was a Red Sox player who did it in this instance and (2) it didn't happen in the ALCS, so no one paid any attention to it. The fact is, if you think ARod's slap was somehow different than Manny's trying to sell a trapped ball as a catch, then you have to agree that Millar tripping Cano is as "dishonest" or cheap as ARod's slap.
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Originally posted by Not Bob
Apropos of nothing, Cano is quite the find. Ironic that on a $20[0] million payroll, he is one of the bright spots this season.
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I think it's funny that they dangled both him and Wang in front of every team out there for an established pitcher and every single scout said that our farm system was completely depleted and those two guys weren't worth anything. Oops.
The craziest thing about last night was Al Leiter's performance. I wonder if he has any more of those in him.
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