But conversely, running through the bag requires an adjustment to hit the base, whether it's shortening your stride or stretching it and thus your foot being in the air longer. Either of those easily cancels out the process of preparing to dive.

Your speculation is no more useful than TMZ's. And you have even less knowledge of the situation.

Why is that?

The baseball rulebook is a mess, full of inconsistencies and errors. And every rulebook is subject to interpretations, both written and understood. Pointing to the rulebook, as opposed to common practice and commons sense, is a fool's errand.

Another Deadspin piece of phony-controversay clickbait. Well done.

Pretty sure this was just a bad call. No violation of the new rule; he clearly had the ball in his possession while blocking the plate long before the runner arrived. And the umpire just gave a standard safe signal; undoubtedly there would have been some mechanic if he were applying the new rule.

Really? You want the refs calling a ticky-tack touch like that on the last play of the game? You're got to be kidding.

Who do you think is responsible for more deaths on the road, those over 65 or those ages 16-22???

He's hustling to get into position. If he didn't, you'd be crapping all over him for not doing so.

Quite sure you (and Ray Fosse) are wrong. Are you saying that if a ball hits squarely on a base and is caught in the air it's an out? So if a popup lands on 2b and pops up and the SS catches it it's an out?

Yes, it does. But in today's world there are millions of transplants. Plus, there are many of us who are just baseball fans and would be happy to watch a Giants-Dodgers or Cardinals-Cubs game, or any game that Mike Trout is playing in.

Holy shit, you call that "talking shit"? He complimented Ennis in five different ways and made one honest, innocuous comment about his physical maturity.

Exactly where would you put a comma and still be grammatically correct?

Louis C.K. and his millions of fans would disagree.

Yes, because how loud could 50,000 fans be on a bang-bang play in a close game on Opening Day?

Guarantee the delay would have been at least twice as long on some of those plays — particularly the Braun one — if there were no replay and the manager went out and argued until he eventually got tossed.

Way to make the wrong conclusion based on a tiny clip. The full video shows Young tagged the base and then stepped BACK to avoid the slide (common technique, if you know anything about baseball). But Harper, being the douche he is, slid right through the base and took him out anyway. Glad he paid for it.

Swindling? Bilking? Those are some weighty words that are not at all supported by the linked story.

No, "an NHL season" is absolutely correct. Say it out loud and you'll see.

"...I assume you have built up a respectable pedigree in your field and have the highest standards..."