Because it's generally going to be a bang bang play. If the catcher feels that's his best chance to field the throw and make the out, which it usually is, he should be allowed to stand there. I don't get what's so hard about runners just not trucking catchers. That's a simple rule. If a catcher is blocking the…

Notwithstanding the above, it shall not be considered a violation of this Rule 7.13 if the catcher blocks the pathway of the runner in order to field a throw, and the Umpire determines that the catcher could not have fielded the ball without blocking the pathway of the runner and that contact with the runner was…

And this causes a mess the other way as the catcher worries about where he can stand and when and is he "fielding" the ball within the meaning off the rule. The offending party in a wicked home plate collision is the runner. Why should the honus be on the catcher to prevent the runner from doing that which MLB is…

My rule is incredibly simple. Did he have the ball at the time the runner arrived to his position? That's no different than calling an out or safe call on a force play. If the answer is yes, then the runner is out by tag or by call if he trucks the catcher. If the answer is no and the catcher gets trucked because he's…

How would my rule conflict with the basepaths rule? If a catcher is blocking the basepath without the ball, that's obstruction, if he has the ball you can't truck him, you basically have to slide around him while staying in the basepaths, a play which happens regularly, or you have to give yourself up because you got…

Shouldn't the runner have to be in the vicinity of the catcher. Sure, Mathis did technically "block the pathway" in that he was in the basepath between home and third, but come the fuck on. The runner was so far away when the ball arrived, there's no conceivable way he was interfered with by Mathis prior to Mathis'…

Man...I definitely would have lost my shit if this happened to me. That said, the risk of technological blunders is small, and I slept much better knowing that the graders could read my typed out responses as opposed to the chicken scratch I would have scrawled in the answer booklets had I written it out. Also think…

This is only slightly rapey...

I feel like if I were a woman in the vicinity of Ray Rice wearing a helmet, he'd probably still trip and drag me through the area by my feet.

Basically a woman should always have her guard up, even around those she loves. Ridiculous.

I think this reply is even dumber than his initial comments. Now it's not about provoking an attack, but it's the ol' rape culture standby, "shame on you for thinking you could live your life like a normal human being and have those close to you treat you with a modicum of decency."

I know. I'm sure Stephen A. Smith wouldn't hold to that same, focus-only-on-the-first-part standard if Donald Sterling had said "I'm not a racist, but seriously, just don't be seen with black people at my basketball games." He'd have lost his shit. But it's OK when he says it about women..."I'm not saying...I'm…

+1

Three times in a month?!?! I'm married and I'd gladly take that.

Every team has to be represented, and, well, the Astros...

The song? Probably top-15. The album is meh though. Only a few good songs, IMO.

In the grand scheme of things it wasn't terrible. I think any logo change was doomed from the start cause Islanders fans are so nostalgic for the 80's that they need constant reminders that their shit stain of a team was once relevant.

I liked your first post and then read the second and realized you're an idiot...so I unliked it.

My god I love the Band. I love Bruce, and that is a top-5 Brice song, IMO, and they nailed it. Nicely done.

You can't possibly be serious. La Liga and Bundesliga have no depth. Between them they probably have the top 3 clubs in the world, but 5 of the top 10 are EPL clubs. Bundesliga and La Liga might have one more each (Atletico and Dortmund) with PSG and Juventus in the mix as well (that's 12 teams, I know, but I really…