Great Moments In Kyle Seager Disapproval

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 8, 2011 11:35 AM PDT in Miscellaneous

There are, I think, three ways that people show immediate frustration with other people. The first is by turning away, as if to say "I need to keep a cool head, and I can't keep a cool head if I'm looking at you." The second is by pausing and then looking the other person in the face, comporting oneself the whole time with an air of disbelief, primary expressed with the eyebrows. And the third is by blowing up at the other person, eschewing passive-aggression in favor of aggressive-aggression, with choice words and occasionally even blows being exchanged.

In his big league debut last night, Kyle Seager went 2-for-3. There is no day so special it can't be tainted.

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With a flying chunk of wood

From his bases-loaded broken-bat triple.

by J0SER on Jul 8, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Gif no. 1 needs to pause on the pitch tracker for a smidge longer

to truly appreciate it.

by msb on Jul 8, 2011 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Agreed.

Oh hell yes.

by dba on Jul 8, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Tough call on the tag.

In the replay it looked like he MIGHT have slipped his foot in there before the tag actually touched him. But 95% of the time that is an out in the big leagues.

Sobriety ain't too bad...

by Thingray on Jul 8, 2011 11:41 AM PDT reply actions

I didn't think the tag ever touched him. Looked like a big whiff.

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by Kenneth Arthur on Jul 8, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

No that tag nearly caused Seager to be a registered sex offender.

by Kirk on Jul 8, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Replay from a good angle showed he was either safe or out by millimeters

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 8, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

That's what I thought, but that still gets called an out most of the time.

Sobriety ain't too bad...

by Thingray on Jul 8, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like he actually slid into Seagers foot instead of the bag

by eohawkfan on Jul 8, 2011 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions

third strike

If the outline of the pitch tracker is the black of the plate, then the pitch was far enough off the plate it shouldn’t be missed by a major league umpire, especially when he is setting up over the right shoulder of the catcher to call balls and strikes on a left handed hitter.

To be a strike some part of the ball has to cross some part of the white of the plate. The black is not in the strike zone.

Where I saw him make really bad calls was on the walk that started the Angels’ three run rally. The last two pitches the umpire called balls were clearly shown as strikes with the tracker showing both were entirely over the white of the plate.

I like the pitch tracker ESPN used in the College World Series. It seemed to be more accurate than any of the umpires.

by RedMuleOnline on Jul 8, 2011 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

That last strike was further outside than any other strike he called against a Mariners LHH

In fact he called two pitches not that far outside (to other batters) as balls. PitchFX (which I assume the tracker uses) reports position data at the front of the plate (so sometimes a pitch can cross into the strike zone before exiting the back of the plate), but that particular pitch did not have a lot of horizontal movement (it was a 90 mph fastball).

by J0SER on Jul 8, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions