LSU Baseball vs. Rice - College World Series

I thought about this after the fact, and Jared probably does make it safe. But even the fielders choice narrows our chances a lot.

I agree, when I was watching I told my girlfriend the damn baseball must have eyes because its just finding the smallest gap and flying through.

When Blake stepped up, I felt about as sure as you can that something good was probably going to happen. He is a great ball player and one of the more clutch players to wear an LSU jersey.

In the back of my mind I was thinking "Big Green Monster" when I saw the ball hit the fence and bounce hard away from the left fielder. Manny would have possibly held Jared on 3rd, or possibly gotten a good throw in to the catcher. But in all reality, the way Jared was running, a perfect throw may have still been to late. Was the perfect hit at the perfect moment, with two of the fastest base-runners on.

 

I definitely saw all of that, here's my take. I don't care if you have 3 broken legs , if you block the plate you better be ready to accept what you get. Rice catcher made a good play, he had nothing to be upset about. I don't know the rules enough, but I think he impeded the runner's ability to reach the plate. I know, the catcher had the ball, but he was damn far off the plate. If Gibbs can't run him over by rule, how the hell is he supposed to get to the plate? If I'm hearing the rule correctly, it stinks. You block the plate/bag, I'm steamrolling your ass.

 

nicely put! :hihi:

 

I agree but there is a difference in a good hard nose play and going after someones broken jaw. Not saying thats what Gibbs did but from the replay I can see how the catcher might think that he was.

And Gibbs gone in head first and tried to roll him it would be another story but with him sliding in and the little forearm shot, I understand.

 

Gibbs didn't even come close to hitting his face. He actually looked like he tried to intentionally miss his face and hit him in the upper arm\shoulder area. I'm guessing the catcher probably did think Gibbs was trying to hurt him though. Catcher is a tough position, don't play it with a broken face. If you do, you better be tough enough to take a shot without your mask.

 

i guess i just never thought at any time gibbs was taking a shot at him.

so i didn't know if the two had words before or something.

if anyone's gonna get leeway on steamrolling a catcher it should be a fellow catcher.

 

Manieri talked about the collision and ruling in the paper this morning:

 

I had no idea that a base runner could NOT run over the catcher in a play at the plate.

I know have to take back what I said about Gibbs going in feet first instead of just plowing through him.

 

College has a lot of special rules that they don't have in the pros. Another rule is a runner sliding into 2nd base trying to break up a double play. They must slide directly into the plate. Any deviation from that and the ump has the right to call the batter out for the double play whether it was completed or not. LSU's had that one called on them before.

 

no pop-up slides either i think.