Just for clarification, despite how my mother spelled my name and my affinity for pink cartoon ponies, I am not, in reality, a woman.

I am honestly on this boat.

Weird. I get the paywall regardless of how I click/copy/etc. that link.

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A machine would be terrible at calling balls and strikes because the strike zone changes depending on the height and the stance of the batter.

Like balls and strikes?

And here that is, so people won't have to look it up. It almost specifically describes this incident.

Almost looked to me like he was off balance because of Saltalamacchia's throw. Craig may have hit him when he slid, but that's allowed because you are allowed to both obstruct the base to make a tag, and to try and (my words) 'force your way' into that base. (See any home plate collision - neither player is violating…

No, but he did trip the Cardinal Way (by which I mean, into a victory!!!!!!).

Money is heavy.

Gawker Cop Hate: 72,912 - Cop Who Did Nothing Wrong: 0.

Newsflash: People on the interwebs are dicks. Geographical location is irrelevant.

Jay was running for the ball, but he stopped. Carlos clearly called him off. Smartly too. Jay probably wouldn't have been able to gun Ellis down.

Allllllright.... Wait, no that is NOT alright!

Phillips still had contact on him after his hands came off, rendering him out.

Phillips does tag him maybe a 1/5 of a second late, but like others said, V's hands do come off the bag anyway.

Having worked in various newsrooms now for nearly 12 years, I learned a very important lesson.

Red is a challenge though, isn't it?

We get the majority of our oil from the Western hemisphere...

okay, obviously I don't know how to work the annotation thing, so ignore me...