Series 44: Blue Jays @ Yankees (Fri. Sat.[2], Sun.)

[Nik]

So the Jays added Darwin Barney today from the Dodgers. Won't be post-season eligible but will fill-in a bit in Tulo's absence.

 

[L K]

So the Jays added Darwin Barney today from the Dodgers. Won't be post-season eligible but will fill-in a bit in Tulo's absence.

Good defensively, can't hit.  He won a gold glove in 2012 with the Cubs.

 

[TML fan]

Typical Dickey start. Down by 4 but feels like 40. Should be down by 2 as Ackley's HR is a line out in any other park.

 

[Arn]

Sorry guys. My fault. I bought mlb.tv for the rest of the season and this is the first game I watched on it and it looks like a shut out.

I'll cancel my account tomorrow

 

[hockeyfan1]

Tulo out 2-3 weeks.  P.S. Thank you Kevin Pillar. 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/anthopoulos-troy-tulowitzki-expected-to-miss-2-3-weeks/

 

[Captain Canuck]

In 93 the Jays lost their starting shortstop to injury for the season and still ended up winning the World Series, so 2-3 weeks isn't so bad. 

 

[TML fan]

Yeah but look who they replaced him with 

 

[Highlander]

Pennington saved the first game on Saturday with a magnificent play, then hits a home run. A very adequate replacement.

 

[pmrules]

Tulo out 2-3 weeks.  P.S. Thank you Kevin Pillar. 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/anthopoulos-troy-tulowitzki-expected-to-miss-2-3-weeks/

I'm not the biggest Kevin Pillar fan...but that play was as much Tulo's fault as it was Pillar's. 

 

[Peter D.]

I don't see how that play was Pillar's fault either.  One of the first rules you learn in baseball is to defer to the centre fielder the second he calls for the ball. (It frustrates me to see Bautista run over and completely ignore those calls).

The injury and reaction however didn't align for me.  Tulo froze after a second, which made it seem like he either got the wind knocked out of him or it took that second for his back to seize up, or both.  The fact that it turned out to be a shoulder blade injury after all that was odd.

 

[Nik]

I don't see how that play was Pillar's fault either.  One of the first rules you learn in baseball is to defer to the centre fielder the second he calls for the ball. (It frustrates me to see Bautista run over and completely ignore those calls)

The reason it was Pillar's responsibility comes from the same reason that an infielder should defer to an outfielder. It's easier to make a play coming in on a ball than back pedaling because not having to turn around gives you a better awareness of the situation. For Tulo to know where the outfielders are he has to turn around, for Pillar to know where the infielders are, he has to momentarily look forward. It's Pillar's responsibility to have a better awareness of where everyone is in relation to the ball.

Because, as I'm sure we'd all agree, we'd rather that Pillar have known where Tulo is and backed off even if it meant the ball dropping.

 

[Nik]

Tampa was an out away from doing the Jays a favour against the Yankees and blew it.

 

[TML fan]

I don't see how that play was Pillar's fault either.  One of the first rules you learn in baseball is to defer to the centre fielder the second he calls for the ball. (It frustrates me to see Bautista run over and completely ignore those calls)

The reason it was Pillar's responsibility comes from the same reason that an infielder should defer to an outfielder. It's easier to make a play coming in on a ball than back pedaling because not having to turn around gives you a better awareness of the situation. For Tulo to know where the outfielders are he has to turn around, for Pillar to know where the infielders are, he has to momentarily look forward. It's Pillar's responsibility to have a better awareness of where everyone is in relation to the ball.

Because, as I'm sure we'd all agree, we'd rather that Pillar have known where Tulo is and backed off even if it meant the ball dropping.

There was a play in Boston as well where Pillar caught a ball that was clearly Bautista's and it ended up costing a run. It didn't matter in the overall context of the game but it highlighted for me the idea that Pillar lacks the kind of awareness you're describing.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Tampa was an out away from doing the Jays a favour against the Yankees and blew it.

Damn.  On the other hand, the Royals lost and the Jays now trail them by only 2 games for tops in the AL.