Is it trickery or is it just smart baseball

[JAsselin1993]

Many say trick plays shouldnt be in baseball like the hidden ball trick or maybe yelling to a fielder so the all will dro in play (A-FRAUD) what do u guys think about the whole issue.

[Jake Patterson]

Check this thread out

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=30080&highlight=31-go

Jake

[GotMelk?]

I think it is genious. Not cheap or "Bush League". Mike Lowell spearing Robinson Cano is a billion times more cheaper than what A-Rod did. (Still PO- ed about it.)

[Williamsburg2599]

I think it is genius. Not cheap or "Bush League". Mike Lowell spearing Robinson Cano is a billion times more cheaper than what A-Rod did. (Still PO- ed about it.)

Spearing? Genius? No comment. :eek:

[Go Cardinals]

What's spearing?

[GotMelk?]

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=575554&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2007/open/tp/archive06/060207_nyabos_varitek_rbi_cano_dp_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2007/06/02/nyamlb-bosmlb-1&vid=7758&mid=200706022001060&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp400&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

[Williamsburg2599]

What's spearing?

In football, it's Hitting another player with the crown of the helmet, which is a 15 year penalty. Of course, Football players have hard, reinforced helmets.....

[Williamsburg2599]

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=575554&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2007/open/tp/archive06/060207_nyabos_varitek_rbi_cano_dp_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2007/06/02/nyamlb-bosmlb-1&vid=7758&mid=200706022001060&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp400&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1

Funny that you would post the clip, because even the Yankee-bias announcers called it "a great play by Lowell" and "perfectly legal".

[bluezebra]

Many say trick plays shouldnt be in baseball like the hidden ball trick or maybe yelling to a fielder so the all will dro in play (A-FRAUD) what do u guys think about the whole issue.

The "hidden ball trick" is usually tried on a dead ball, which means it doesn't happen, or becomes a balk.

Yelling at a fielder, except in pro ball, is considered interference.

Bob

[CoachB25]

...and bluezebra answers the million dollar question. Vocalizing can be called interference and the hidden ball trick may work but you'd have to have the umps not call a timeout first. Most umps I know call time in those situations to clean the plate, or...

[GotMelk?]

Funny that you would post the clip, because even the Yankee-bias announcers called it "a great play by Lowell" and "perfectly legal".

Yankee Bias. LoLoLoL. :rofl:

[Williamsburg2599]

Yankee Bias. LoLoLoL. :rofl:

Good point. :rolleyes:

[huskerbaseballlk]

Funny that you would post the clip, because even the Yankee-bias announcers called it "a great play by Lowell" and "perfectly legal".

perfectley legal my butt...thats cheap bull crap

[Tanner]

Funny that you would post the clip, because even the Yankee-bias announcers called it "a great play by Lowell" and "perfectly legal".

Yep

perfectley legal my butt...thats cheap bull crap

It was legal, you didnt see him getting tossed or Torre running out there yelling at the ump

[Williamsburg2599]

perfectley legal my butt...thats cheap bull crap

Runner has his right to the bathpase, why you may find this "cheap bull crap" it is completly legal using offical MLB rules. Is sliding hard into 2nd cheap too?

[huskerbaseballlk]

Runner has his right to the bathpase, why you may find this "cheap bull crap" it is completly legal using offical MLB rules. Is sliding hard into 2nd cheap too?

it looked pretty intentional to me...but i guess MLB rules are way to cool for that

[Williamsburg2599]

it looked pretty intentional to me...but i guess MLB rules are way to cool for that

Really? To me it looked like he was trying to get to 2nd and Cano got in his way.

[huskerbaseballlk]

so on the way to second...he stops and takes a huge lung at Cano

[huskerbaseballlk]

oh well,who cares i dont like either team anyway