Jul 20 2016 08:46 AM
I'd like to share a few of my thoughts on yesterday's game:
I think it's safe to say that replay saved our collective asses last night -- first the play at home, then Walker's negated GiDP -- and, as much quarrel as I've had with the rule since expanded beyond HRs, it was nice to see it work as designed:
- the two calls in question were simply horrible and not some 'Oooooh I think maybe possibly his spikes lost contact with the base for 1/4 second' type of call for which the rule was never intended
- quick calls by the team to ask for the review rather than going into a game stall while the bench coach waits on the phone for their review specialist to examine the evidence from nine angles looking for possible loopholes
- reasonably quick decisions from the Chelsea headquarters although you still wonder why it wasn't even quicker. Would have been fun to see the umps put on the headphones and then take them off like 5 seconds later because their colleagues in NY already knew that they so obviously blew it
- and no rules were spontaneously ignored allowing additional reviews for a team after their supposed quota was spent
Today, it's our hero Bartolo Colon up against Kyle Hendricks. Hendricks was supposed to be the weak link in the rotation, but currently has the best ERA among Cub starters and has not given up an earned run since June.
