UTRGV @ Texas

[LTtxfan 49421]

1 minute ago, BERT said:

Did we lose?? I quit watching after Greenspoint said this was gonna be an embarrassing loss. 

Horns won 4-3

[markstanco 12673]

Hitter from the valley simply flinched. He didnt lean in to it. Ump made a bad call and we all know this.

[po elvis 2093]

23 minutes ago, BERT said:

Did we lose?? I quit watching after Greenspoint said this was gonna be an embarrassing loss. 

Who is greenspoint?

[Cajun 11766]

8 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Horns won 4-3

I think he knew that my man.

[Cajun 11766]

7 hours ago, markstanco said:

Hitter from the valley simply flinched. He didnt lean in to it. Ump made a bad call and we all know this.

Apparently, you do not understand just how savvy some of those people from the Valley are.

Just ask Lat22, he'll put you an explanation.

[Bottlecap 1523]

10 hours ago, markstanco said:

Hitter from the valley simply flinched. He didnt lean in to it. Ump made a bad call and we all know this.

yes, but in the RGV you get two for flinching.

[landman 559]

19 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

Here's the official NCAA rule:

 

When hit by a pitched ball at which the individual is not attempting to strike, the ball is immediately dead; 1) A batter may not make a movement to intentionally get hit by the pitch, regardless of the location of the pitch. He must also avoid being hit whenever possible, unless the pitch is within the batter's box occupied by the batter. If the batter's action is deemed intentional, then: a) If the ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or if the batter moves to intentionally get hit or freezes to allow a pitch that is not within the batter's box to hit him, the ball is dead, it shall be called a strike and the batter is not awarded first base. b) If the ball is within the batter's box occupied by the batter and the batter makes no movement to intentionally get hit by the pitch, the batter is awarded first base. In other words, a batter who freezes inside the batter's box and who is hit by the pitch shall be awarded first base.

I think "a" applies - the ball was not in the strike zone, but was not in the batter's box either.  He allowed the pitch to hit him in the leg, and the area it hit was outside the batters box from what I remember seeing while watching the game. 

[Valmy77 13447]

He was really crowding the plate and his knee was over the line batter's box line so maybe that is why they called him out.

[bschoolprof 6280]

27 minutes ago, landman said:

I think "a" applies - the ball was not in the strike zone, but was not in the batter's box either.  He allowed the pitch to hit him in the leg, and the area it hit was outside the batters box from what I remember seeing while watching the game. 

yeah - sounds like blue got it right.  Weird ending though.  

[CycleTex87 2991]

The guy’s attitude after the HBP with the bat flip and the lack of a reaction to being hit left the ump to not give him the benefit of the doubt.

[EuroHorn 3277]

Umps should have to explain their decisions just like nfl and ncaa refs in football