I may be all alone on this one, but I think Boston got screwed on that call. The runner had at least 3 feet along the foul line.

The runner establishes his own basepath. It's up to the defense to get out of the way or its obstruction.

Just saw that Alex Karras died earlier this month. He had dementia stemming from his football career.

Long live Mongo!

seagull wrote:The runner establishes his own basepath. It's up to the defense to get out of the way or its obstruction.

I understand what the rule says, but what if the 3rd baseman suffered a broken leg on the play. Tough titty? The rule needs to be changed. One of the announcers said that rule probably will be changed.

No the rule should not be changed. They should enforce the rule just as they did. It's there for a reason. I usually have a similar call every spring in high school varsity ball. Of course they should apply the sliding out of base path to take out the 2nd basement/shortstop too.

Tribe just released Perez! Re-signed Giambi and picked up some guy from SD.bi

The Indians said they are re-signing Jason Giambi; releasing Chris Perez; and acquiring Colt Hynes from the San Diego Padres.

I think they should change the name from closer to just last pitcher. When your last pitcher can not get 3 outs you should dump him.

Another "Colt"in Cleveland? How long before we run him outta town?

This Colt may not even stay on the roster until Spring Training. Always a lot of jockeying for those last roster spots over the winter. Remember how Russ Canzler was signed and released about half a dozen times last off season.

The Baseball Writers Association of America today announced Cleveland Indians Manager TERRY FRANCONA has been selected the American League Manager of the Year, beating out Boston’s John Farrell and Oakland’s Bob Melvin. Francona received 16 of 30 first-place votes.

In his first season managing Cleveland, Francona led the Indians to a 92-70 (.568) record and a berth in the American League WildCard game as the Indians became the first Major League team since 1971 to end the season with a 10-game winning streak. The 24-win improvement over 2012 (68-94) matched the largest year-to-year win improvement in the history of the franchise, joining the 1986 Indians. 2013 marked the sixth time Francona has led a club to the postseason and the ninth straight season in which a Francona-managed team has won at least 86 games, the sixth-longest such streak in MLB history.

Today’s award is the first earned by Francona over his 13-year Major League Managerial career and marks just the second time an Indians Manager has been selected, joining ERIC WEDGE in 2007. The BBWAA began voting on the Manager of the Year Award in 1983.

Active win leaders among MLB Managers:

Bruce Bochy 1,530
Mike Scoscia 1,233
Buck Showalter 1,163
Terry Francona 1,121
Ron Gardenhire 998

–Cleveland Indians Baseball Information staff

Well deserved !

Nick Swisher ‏@NickSwisher 15m

And he's also one of the greatest men I know. Congrats Tito!

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