Expert Analysis
When a ball off the wall is really a home run.
Topics: Base Awards, Batted Ball, Batter, Placing Runners, Replay Review, Uncategorized
Play #1 After review, Kipnis’ Home Run becomes a triple The Tigers and Indians played in Cleveland on Friday, June 21, 2019. In the bottom of the eighth, the Indians had a runner on first base and no outs when Jason Kipnis hit a ball that was originally ruled a home run by second base…
Expert Analysis
When all else fails, throw your glove at the ball
Topics: Fielding, Rule of the Week
How did Marcell Ozuna get away with throwing his glove at the ball? Remember chasing a baseball down a sloping street, wishing desperately that you could somehow get to it before it rolled into the storm sewer? A ball in the sewer didn’t just mean the end of the game–it meant the end of the…