He's not happy he didn't get his doughnut. You know what I mean -- his no-hitter.
Sabathia pitched yet another great game last night, and it ended up with him pitching a one-hitter. However, the one hit came on a check swing bunt back towards Sabathia that he misplayed. The official ruling was that it was a hit, but now, the Brewers are protesting the ruling to have the hit taken away and Sabathia given the no-hitter. Was it an error? Well, on one side, that's a fairly tough play for a pitcher, especially a lefty. He has to get off the mound, field it, and then turn around to throw. On the other hand, he had plenty of time. Even if he hadn't given up on the play, he might have still got the runner. From that perspective, the play is an error. The one thing that might hurt Sabathia's chances here is that he used his bare hand to try to make the play, not his glove. People don't like to give other people errors when they try to use bare hands in that way. In the end, that might be the crucial part to keeping it a hit.
My next question is should this be overturned. I guess it can be, and evidently, this is what the MLB has an office for, but it seems like a lot of hoopla for a play that ultimately means nothing. It won't get Sabathia into the Hall of Fame. It won't get him the Cy Young. It won't get the Brewers into the playoffs. They still won the game, and I think the MLB office is for plays that could have changed the outcome of games, not someone's personal achievements. Is there precedent for this, or is this opening the door for everyone else to send in videos to get a hit they needed to get to 200 for the season? Official scorers aren't there to pad stats. Sorry, CC.
2 comments:
It would be a big mistake to overturn this. In fact, no decision should be allowed to be overturned after the fact.
Just watch. A whole bunch of people are going to start calling for the official scorers to use replay to determine the outcome of a play.
It will happen.
I said it from the beginning (see Shyster's article back in April) that replay was a bad idea and that other things would come up. People would question how that play is not as valuable as another, etc. This play wouldn't be overturned because it's only a scorer's ruling. But still, it brings up the fact that people will start to want things reviewed more often.
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