As someone who has been harsh on Roberts over the years he pushed all the right buttons in Games 6 & 7. If he didn't put Pages in then Clement probably would have been the hero. It's hilarious watching Kike play that ball, he was completely turned around and I don't think he catches it if it comes down to him, but Pages was there to bail them out.
I actually think he corrected enough at the end that he might have gotten it still
His glove looks in the right place
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I remember mentioning it during the game too saying it was too bad it happened. I was hoping it wouldn't end up being a factor but it ended up being one of many.
I remember getting a sick feeling in my stomach when Yusavage gave up his homerun that the Dodgers would get another one to tie it. I wasn't surprised when Hoffman coughed it up but figured it would be Ohtani that would do it just to kick Blue Jays fan's balls again for missing out.
I actually think he corrected enough at the end that he might have gotten it still
His glove looks in the right place
Not so sure. And if Pages wasnt as tall as he is a better chance the collision jars the ball loose.
I would think Clement’s winner would’ve been a solid single to the gap in left.
Also when reminiscing, said it in the game, but when Smith hit a double to deep left off the wall in the 4th (he came in two batters later), Varsho had then potential to make one of the all time WS Game 7 catches.
He was going to climb the wall and make that catch. He was sizing it up as the ball was in the air.
But Rogers have put in the screens as part of the wall (just this year?) and are plastic covered. So he couldn’t dig into the padded wall and get the leverage to take a step up. As it was he had to wait and try to jump and missed it by two feet, but if that was a full padded wall, a good chance he makes a spectacular catch for any given June, but an unforgettable epic one in November.
That was a great breakdown, thanks for sharing. I tend to agree with him, the slide really was the difference there.
I was very surprised that so many fans thought the game was over and IKF had scored watching in real time. The throw obviously beat him (only on replay could you see the foot come up) and that was a clear and emphatic out signal from the home plate umpire. Yet all these people in the stadium are celebrating.
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That was a great breakdown, thanks for sharing. I tend to agree with him, the slide really was the difference there.
I was very surprised that so many fans thought the game was over and IKF had scored watching in real time. The throw obviously beat him (only on replay could you see the foot come up) and that was a clear and emphatic out signal from the home plate umpire. Yet all these people in the stadium are celebrating.
At home I saw his foot come up...thought it was over
he wasn't very out...the foot came up, they reviewed it...he barely got his foot back down. Where the runner and the ball were are not what made it close.
People were probably hugging because from their view of homeplate they thought/hoped he was safe and got caught up in the moment figuring it would be challenged and overturned.
It also easier to keep your emotions in check when you aren't a fan of either team. I remember when the ball was first hit I was mad because I figured it was an easy double play and then saw him throw home and had a glimmer of hope that it would either be too slow or that Smith would drop it or it would be airballed like when the Phillies lost.
he wasn't very out...the foot came up, they reviewed it...he barely got his foot back down. Where the runner and the ball were are not what made it close.
Not really sure what you are disagreeing with here. As I said it was much closer on replay, but still clearly an out. In real time, not as close because you can't tell his foot came up.
Why people are hugging each other after the ump very clearly calls him out is what was strange. If they were hugging because they thought it would be overturned, why did they all look so stunned before the replay review even began?
Not really sure what you are disagreeing with here. As I said it was much closer on replay, but still clearly an out. In real time, not as close because you can't tell his foot came up.
Why people are hugging each other after the ump very clearly calls him out is what was strange. If they were hugging because they thought it would be overturned, why did they all look so stunned before the replay review even began?
I think browna is right and it's probably because a certain subset of fans didn't realize that you could force someone out at home or forgot the bases were loaded.
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I think browna is right and it's probably because a certain subset of fans didn't realize that you could force someone out at home or forgot the bases were loaded.
And for those fans the fact IKF slid would have made it more confusing, thinking he had to be tagged.
There's probably some validity to that thought. Although, in the Jomboy summary posted above, even the Jays ownership was celebrating, and you'd like to think they would at least know...
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There's probably some validity to that thought. Although, in the Jomboy summary posted above, even the Jays ownership was celebrating, and you'd like to think they would at least know...
Maybe the angle to?
Watching on TV I never thought he was safe. I wasn't celebrating even for a moment.
