Comments on: Braves 7, Marlins 5 (10 innings)

By: Mac Thomason

Mac Thomason — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:01:12 +0000

Game thread, with actual commentary instead of just joke and video, is now up.

By: TheSecondSpitter

TheSecondSpitter — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:20 +0000

I actually lived in DeLand for a few years, worked for EVAC, rode by the “Larry Wayne Jones Little League Complex” everyday….also, Stetson is a great little baseball school, love going to the games….

By: ububba

ububba — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:49:23 +0000

Didn’t see the Frenchy play, but that’s a helluva question. I’m not sure how you can “award” two outs when the defense didn’t even record one.

Robert,
Kings or Ducks?

Rob,
And Chipper’s alma mater, the Bolles School in Jax, is also the alma mater of the late, great songwriter Gram Parsons.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:19:15 +0000

According to Skip, “You can never assume the double play.”

By: Mac Thomason

Mac Thomason — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:46:01 +0000

But Reggie (who really did shift his body to get hit by the ball) interfered with the relay. Francoeur would have interfered with the out at second. Can you assume the double play in that situation?

By: Marc Schneider

Marc Schneider — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:44:24 +0000

Robert,

Yes, the umpires can award a double play if they think the runner intentionally got hit with the ball. This came up in the 1977 World Series when Reggie Jackson got hit between first and second on a throw. LaSorda argued that he had stepped in the way of the ball and that it should have been a double play.

By: MGL

MGL — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:37:57 +0000

Rob, Correct on Deland. There is a fantastic “Chipper Jones Family Little League Park” not far from where I live. Presumably paid for by Chipper’s charitable trust.

By: chgreer

chgreer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:30:35 +0000

With all the stress and rigors of going through a baseball season, with the added pressure of the limelight, not to mention the everyday struggle over not giving in to addiction, Hamilton is all the more impressive.

By: Rob Cope

Rob Cope — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:30:04 +0000

Deland, that’s Chipper’s hometown, right? He went to school in Jacksonville, and I hate his alma mater for person, selfish reasons.

I didn’t check all the posts, but if it hit Francouer, unless he’s already out (which he wasn’t), then nothing would happen. It’s like on a pickoff where the runner breaks, the throws goes to first, then the first baseman, trying to throw it to second, hits the runner in the back. At least that’s the way I’ve always been taught.

I read the SI article on Josh Hamilton. He’s quickly becoming one of my favorite players in all of baseball. Man, if Atlanta could get him, he’d easily be up there. The dude has some heart…

By: chgreer

chgreer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:04 +0000

Addiction is a disease with a societal trigger. I’m glad that Josh Hamilton is clean and I, for one, am really pulling for him to make good on all his early promise.