I kind of understand the notion of limiting manager challenges (I don't completely agree, but understand it).
What I do NOT understand is not allowing umpires to ask for a review at any point in the game.

Yeah that's absurd. But that's how this system works. It literally forces a manager to decide whether to challenge a blown call because he might have to hold onto that challenge for a blown call that's even worse.

As they said in the video there were 2 other close calls earlier, a ball hit down the line and a bang bang play at first on a ground ball. These 2 were even more inconclusive, and the pick off play was close enough. Bochy said he was trying to save Cain some pitches.

Never even thought of that. Man, we finally get "full" replay in the MLB and there's already huge issues with it. I shouldn't be surprised, but still.

To be clear: Pollock said "they got me" after the pickoff play that was unsuccessfully challenged. That call "stood" - but was not "confirmed". It was tough to tell from the video, but with Pollock's admission that he was out at first, that means he was out twice on one trip around the bases.

I'm going to ignore your egregious Riley comments (HE IS THE WOOOOORST) for the purpose of responding to what you wrote about Spike. I've always felt that the attempted rape was a really sloppy storytelling move, so I feel okay not making it the be-all and end-all of Spike's characterization in my head (although the…

Scully: "That's as much a part of growing up as being a boy. Or being a little girl."

No, Spike did not have his soul when he tried to rape Buffy. That was the whole point of him leaving and putting himself through the trials to get it back, because he could play at being a 'man' — and did it sometimes convincingly — but without his soul, he was still a monster. If you think that Angelus isn't the…

Just because you buy it all at once doesn't mean you have to eat it all at once.

Gotta be a professional event. The music and her costume are dead give aways.

*watches video* yup.

I'm not looking to quarrel with you but there's a distinction. Wagner didn't complain she was scored wrongly at nationals. She was chosen over someone else who had far less of a track record of success . Gymnastics does the same thing as do other sports. Wagner is talking about the actual scoring at the Olympics, and…

Eh. Like her or not she was proven and finished seventh despite skating clean. Her remarks about skaters who fall yet still score better than skaters who don't is a good one without regard to how she got to the games.

1) weir and lipinski (even terry Gannon) all seem to like each other and have fun. Hamilton seems like he can't stand the other two.

I like when they went silent and were absorbed into the program, then you knew it was great. I mostly watch during the day listening to Lipinski and Weir, and they were excellent. I understood the sport better. And like today, they mentioned that Kim Yu-Na did 6 triples whereas Adelina Sotnikova did 7 triples,…

What I HATE is that here in California we're watching coverage 12 hours delayed, the results of which we either know or can easily find out. Yet NBC chooses to show the WARM-UPS before each group skates! On delayed coverage!

He is so UGLY. Ya'll have terrible taste.

If Mirai Nagasu were black, I might concede the point (ask Surya Bonaly how that worked out for her), but she's not.

Dave Lease is one of the best people in figure skating. The Skating Lesson is fab.

I think that you've forgotten something important: you are a man who has not had the hormonal changes of pregnancy in your body. Yes, a woman can lose the weight she gained during pregnancy. In fact, she could end up weighing less than she did before pregnancy. However, her body is different now and won't look…

Whoa, that was ridiculous. Certainly you can get back to your pre-baby weight (or even less) after birth. But you obviously have no conception of how pregnancy changes your body. Your pelvis can actually widen (that is, your pelvic bones), your breasts change dramatically especially if you breast feed, the bones in…