Comments on: Raze the neighborhood; take out the takeout

By: sweaty armpits

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:59:31 +0000

When did the neighborhood play originate?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:53 +0000

Jeter and Cano make millions a year (27 Mil + combined). Howie and Aybar combined won’t make 1 million combined this year.
Aybar should have touched the bag. The ump got the call right. Yankees multimillion dollar spikes don’t give them the right to slide as out of the way or hard as we have seen in the past.
You see how outraged people were the Aybar didn’t get the call. Can you imagine how hard ESPN and MLB east coast biased people would come down if Jeter got called out taking out someone at second. It’ll never happen.

By: Yan

Yan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:02:16 +0000

The neighborhood play is not in the rules, therefore it shouldn’t be enforced. When doing for a double play, the middle infielder has a choice to make – touch the base and go for the sure out, or risk getting hit.
It’s up to the infielder what choice to make. After a few months of a season, it will be clear which are the good middle infielders and which ones will turn into Chuck Knoblach.
There is no neighborhood play at third base. There is no neighborhood play at first or home either. That being said… if the base runner strays outside the line, CALL IT. That is why there is a rule book.
These guys make millions of dollars per year, they can take a chance getting hit.

By: muld0023

muld0023 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:47:43 +0000

couldn’t agree more. Joe Buck is a travesty to MLB and the NFL. He should be banned from broadcasting for his years of ineptitude.
And, the ump was right.

By: Omega

Omega — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:07:42 +0000

First and foremost, Joe Buck has no business being anywhere near a baseball game with a mic in his hand.
That being said, the Ump was right, Aybar was wrong.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:51:25 +0000

I think Buck was saying he should have been safe from a percieved notion that the ump was calling outs earlier in the game when in the “neighborhood”…however he rightly backpedaled when he stated that the replays showed that Aybar had touched the bag in all the other double play’s.

By: sl

sl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:23:34 +0000

Joe Buck showed a lot of nerve saying the runner should have been called out when Aybar clearly didn’t touch the bag. Are you kidding me? They show replay after replay of every close call at first and then make a comment like that? The “neighborhood play” is when a middle infielder drags their foot over the bag during the double play, not blatantly stradling it so they can make a stronger throw. If you don’t touch the bag with possession of the baseball during a force play, the runner is safe.

By: RM

RM — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:06:26 +0000

My understanding of the “neighborhood” play is that the fielder at least touches the bag at some time, even if he doesn’t have time it perfectly with receiving the ball. Aybar never even touched the bag. That seems to trump the “out” call.