Chris Long seems like a pretty good dude.

That fake bunt for the walk with bases loaded......Yu is so dang Savage

To be fair, when the opposing team can put Yu Darvish as a starter in game THREE, there’s..... Not a lot you can do.

Yea, the Cubs would have made that great comeback against the best closer in baseball.

Coming from a Nationals and DC sports fan in general, and with respect, but Joe Maddon can shut right the fuck up about calls he doesn’t like that impact a game.

I can’t even believe you’re trying to semi-justify Contreras’ blocking clear blocking. Maddon, Darling, and you should have all been ejected.

The alternative is Contreras has a shattered leg, and Culberson still scores.

If you’re trying to move quickly to your left, you don’t stick your left leg out straight to the left.

We know why the rule was changed. Scott Cousins broke Buster Posey’s leg, and Posey was out for months. MLB didn’t want a repeat of All-Star players being gruesomely injured on plays at the plate, so they devised this rule. It was similar to when Chase Utley broke Ruben Tejada’s leg and they subsequently changed the…

It’s just you

Didn’t the Cubs make out on a bullshit call on Thursday, now they are complaining about one on Saturday that went against them. Too bad Joe, I guess the dodgers player should have plowed him over and concussed Contrares

If the rule wasn’t in place the base runner woulda been allowed to obliterate the catcher rite?

Oh God, Joe Maddon is the Jennifer Lawrence of managers: Annoying, tries too hard to be cool and not quite as talented as they think they are. Also why are people acting like this cost the Cubs the game? If Culberson is called out the Dodgers still would have won 4-2.

Catcher doesn’t have the right to throw his foot out without the ball, just as runner is not allowed to plow over catcher waiting for the ball.

He blocked the plate before the ball arrived.

Agreed. I would like to know what Maddon would say if they got the out at home, but Contreras is out for the rest of the series with a broken leg or concussion. To me this play is just an unfortunate by-product of protecting players (and their contracts).

They spent probably 10 minutes discussing this immediately after the game with Sheffield and Martinez (who I both genuinely like) going off about how the Cubs were punished for making a great baseball play. If the Cubs lost 5-4 I could understand, but that play had no meaning on the game. If the call was ruled an out,…

Yeah, you beat me to it. Contreras gets blown up if that rule isn’t around, and we’re back to collisions that are arguably more dangerous than what happens on football kickoffs.

But without that rule, doesn’t Culberson just plow into Contreras? I get that this is the MLB equivalent of the “What’s a catch?” but I think that play is dramatically different if the rule doesn’t exist. Maddon wants it repealed, but then we go back to arguably the most dangerous hits in US sports. I think Maddon has…

It’s not just that times change, you old fuck.

How about this, the Jones Act makes it so that cars in Puerto Rico cost about 20% more than in the mainland.