Top of the second inning of tonight's Yankee, runner on first with Teahen hitting for the Royals.
Teahen hits a dribbler that Cano fields and flips to Jeter for one... back to first and Teahen is safe on a very close play. So how can a broadcast team fuck it up? Simple...
Michael Kay starts talking about the old "little league" rule of "tie goes to the runner." He talks about how there's NO SUCH THING AS A TIE and nothing in the rulebook about a tie. And that the defense or the runner always has an advantage.
And then he watches the replay and concludes that IT WAS A TIE!!!!
Just for the record, the reason there's no rule about "tie goes to the runner" is simple. What constitutes a tie?
The runner hits the base at the exact moment that the defensive player hits the base with the ball. Which means that the runner's foot is on the base when the defensive player hits the base with the ball.... which means that he's safe. It's not a tie. The runner is on the base. End of story. Michael Kay's failure to understand the most basic premises of the rules of the game of baseball is stunning and he should be fired.
1 comment:
He's a no-talnet hack who couldn't make it with the Daily News or the Post. Pompous and uneduacated is a not a good combination.
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