tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post4273377199891185624..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: On the whole I'd rather PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-56537934621136611462018-10-18T10:42:08.952-05:002018-10-18T10:42:08.952-05:00Well, you don't believe in fate or karma or ba...Well, you don't believe in fate or karma or baseball gods either!<br /><br />My take, noting that it wasn't the most egregious interference call in post-season history. (As a Cards fan, of course, Denkinger's crap wasn't about interference.)<br /><br />Enjoy some 1970s, as well as modern, baseball history, <a href="https://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2018/10/cowboy-joe-west-not-first-ump-to-blow.html" rel="nofollow">on blown interference calls — against players, not fans</a>.<br /><br />And, karma aside, a blown call like that can change future strategery.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-43080766884334394712018-10-18T09:50:05.814-05:002018-10-18T09:50:05.814-05:00Umps blow calls all the time. You can't blame...Umps blow calls all the time. You can't blame losing on them. Now NBA refs? Hell to the yes you can. That zebra who got caught taking a duke a few years ago; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy" rel="nofollow">Tim Donaghy</a>. And what he said after he was out of the Association: <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91415111" rel="nofollow">this</a>. And <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/22/ex-nba-ref-tim-donaghy-organized-will-always-have-a-hand-in-sports" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />West is old, fat, slow, had a bad angle, all of that. Yeah, he blew it. And the replay camera shooting down the wall was blocked. I don't really care for West ever since had that <a href="https://deadspin.com/madison-bumgarner-had-an-endless-awkward-staredown-wit-1732982162" rel="nofollow">staring contest with MadBum</a> a few years ago; not making excuses for him. The replay ump in NY should have gotten it right but it doesn't change the outcome unless, you know, the timeline of events from that moment in the first inning diverts to a different reality than the one we have now.<br /><br />Fate. Karma. The baseball gods. All that shit you don't believe in.<br /><br />I did watch Harden get his MVP trophy but nothing else.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-87523180205878458612018-10-18T07:44:56.569-05:002018-10-18T07:44:56.569-05:00MLB rules say you can't call interference when...MLB rules say you can't call interference when the ball is over the wall. Cowboy Joe blew that fucker; don't be kind to him.<br /><br />And, hey, with the Stros playing, you got to avoid watching the Rockets get thumped.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com