Pissed is understandable; anyone would be regardless of whether the call was right. Rioting is not. You accomplish less than nothing by putting your team on the brink of forfeit.

Actual potential for a double play doesn't figure into it; once the infield fly situation exists (runners on at least first and second, less than two out) the only variables in the equation are the ball and the infielder. You really don't want the umps trying to puzzle out what's likely to happen with the runners…

They have to make it before the ball hits the ground. The note to the rule says "immediately" but that's to distinguish it from "after everything's played out and we've had a chance to think about it." Once it's on the ground, if it hasn't been called an infield fly, it's not an infield fly, since the runners are…

Yes. The only change from an ordinary popup is that the batter's out no matter what, so there's no force play to consider. As ever, if the ball's caught, the runners have to tag; if it's not they can run where they like.

ASAP stands for "as soon as possible." Sometimes that's not all that soon, but it's still possible.

Bullshit, Tim. The call was tough on the Braves but right by the rules. Them's the breaks. Moreover, the correctness of the call doesn't matter. There's no excuse for the crowd's behavior; if anyone has a complaint about how the situation was handled, it's the Cardinals, who got their closer frozen while Turner…

This would never be upheld on protest, no matter what the circumstances. Umpire judged it to be a ball catchable 1) by an infielder, 2) with ordinary effort (protests cannot overrule an umpire's judgment in that matter) and 3) with runners on 1st and 2nd with less than two out. Infield fly, end of story. Protest…

Agreed. Tough break for the Braves, no doubt, but the right call, and not one that cost the Braves very much at all (catch should've been made, after all; it's not like anyone got gypped out of a legitimate achievement here). The fans deserve no sympathy at all after almost costing their team the game over that.

I cannot be the only person who thinks there's a market to exploit in updating the great games of ~10-15 years ago with modern graphics and amenities. Deus Ex, Alpha Centauri, Knights of the Old Republic, and yes, Morrowind—I would cheerfully pay to play any of those games on a modern engine. Heck, I really miss…

Now, now, my beloved home does have a lot to recommend it. Just not this. This is dickery, although frankly I find it hard to get worked up over any action that kicks a ruthlessly for-profit health insurance company in the groin, no matter what the reason.

No, not same call. You've provided an example of ACTUAL simultaneous possession; both players got one hand on the ball at the same instant, then the second hand and about the same instant, Collinsworth's opinion notwithstanding. Jennings had both hands holding the ball before Tate touched it at all. That's not…

Dumbness, mostly, plus the desire to make 65,000 people like you for one brief, glorious moment before you're cast into the outer darkness.

Correction: a friendly reminder that since NFL Network has over 60 million subscribers, the NFL feels no pressing need to pay for its regular refs.

Take heart—there is no universe, real or imagined, in which Bettman is the best anything, unless he's in a two-man league with Sepp Blatter.

A thought experiment, if you will: a player, call him Felty Sombrero, plays the first 120 games or so of the season, gets his 502 plate appearances in, and lo! he leads his league in batting average. By, like, a lot. Since he'll qualify no matter what, and his batting average can, being an *average*, go down as well…

tyvm. Netflix, stand and deliver!

You didn't miss anything; it wasn't there.

Which episode is this? I must know.

Collegiate Licensing Company, which does exactly what you'd think: administer trademarks, etc. for college athletics, and is sort of the NCAA's proxy in these matters from what I can gather.