Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : No Mark Grace is not always wrong, Mr. Sutton

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Arizona	27	15	.643	W1
2	Chicago Cubs	26	16	.619	C1
3	Florida	23	18	.561	E1
4T	Houston	24	19	.558	C2
4T	Philadelphia	24	19	.558	E2
6	St. Louis	24	20	.545	C3
7	New York Mets	20	19	.513	E3
8T	Los Angeles Dodgers	21	20	.512	W2
8T	Atlanta	21	20	.512	E4
10	Milwaukee	20	21	.488	C4
11	Pittsburgh	20	22	.476	C5
12	Cincinnati	19	23	.452	C6
13	Washington	18	25	.419	E5
14	San Francisco	17	26	.395	W3
15	San Diego	16	27	.372	W4
16	Colorado	15	27	.357	W5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Tampa Bay	25	17	.595	E1
2	Los Angeles Angels	25	19	.568	W1
3	Cleveland	22	20	.524	C1
4	Boston	24	19	.558	E2
5	Baltimore	22	19	.537	E3
6	Oakland	23	20	.535	W2
7T	Minnesota	21	20	.512	C2
7T	Chicago White Sox	21	20	.512	C2
9T	Texas	21	22	.488	W3
9T	Kansas City	20	21	.488	C4
11	Toronto	21	23	.477	E4
12	New York Yankees	20	22	.476	E5
13	Detroit	16	26	.381	C5
14	Seattle	16	27	.372	W4

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Comments

2008-05-07 21:05:06

1. berkowit28

Who's Mark Grace? (Not specified in your report, and I'm sorry - probably should be embarrassed - to say I don't know.)

2008-05-07 21:07:26

2. Johan

What in God's name was Conor Jackson thinking on the trainwreck he just caused with Victorino?

Just insane. As if there was any other way for it to turn out with him standing right on top of first base and then also lunging into the baseline.

There are no words.

2008-05-07 21:09:21

3. Bob Timmermann

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Well, you asked ...

2008-05-07 21:11:13

4. Bob Timmermann

Isn't the first baseman supposed to signal where he wants the catcher to throw the ball? But Snyder's throw was right down the line and he threw from his knees.

Snyder probably shouldn't have thrown the ball since he didn't have a great chance of catching Victorino.

2008-05-07 21:16:20

5. Johan

Snyder should have started by catching the pitch. And yes, it was a bad throw, but I think most first baseman would concede the base when the only alternative is a fierce collision.

Maybe not though. I guess they don't have to deal with that angle very often and maybe more than a few would do the same.

I was thinking of it along the lines of a 1Ban coming off the bag to catch a throw too wide for them to stretch to in order to save a base. Jackson probably felt he could catch the ball with his foot on the bag, and he's not used to also calculating whether the runner will smoke him if he tries, so he didn't.

2008-05-07 21:20:35

6. Bob Timmermann

Jackson should be grateful he didn't end up like Cliff Floyd.

2008-05-07 21:39:24

7. Johan

Getting a look at one more replay, it was still awful positioning on the bag by Jackson. It wouldn't have been difficult to step over the bag and change the anchor foot from his right to his left. It's standard stuff for a first baseman.

Instead, he just willfully stepped into a runner.

2008-05-07 22:12:36

8. underdog

1 Mark Grace is not only the DBacks "colorful" analyst but also a former first baseman who had a very successful career, most famously with the Cubs along with other teams.

He also has a mancrush on the Dodgers' Jonathan Broxton.

2008-05-07 22:30:28

9. underdog

The Lakers will have it tougher in Utah, but they could, should even, sneak away with at least one win. Won't be quite as easy though.

Might have been mentioned in previous thread but Jon Meloan didn't have the greatest of starts for Vegas tonight. 4 ER in 5 IP. 1 hr given up, 2 BBs, 1 K.

And sadly, I have a bad feeling the Greg Miller era might also soon be coming to a close. :-(

(LaRoche had 2 hits and a walk again tonight, btw.)

2008-05-07 22:31:09

10. underdog

Crud. Sorry Bob, I blame my browser! No, I meant to post that in other thread, obviously. Feel free to delete. I'll repost.