No, only 645 were against Houston. You can look it up.
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He has played in 300 games against the Astros and has 62 HRs against them. He has played in 199 games against the Cubs and has 59 HRs against them.
Shocking to realize there were teams he terrorized worse than ours.
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Nice to see Chavez Ravine immediately erupt into spontaneous cheering. Classy baseball-first response from the opposing fans.
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The Pointer in the lineup was Aaron Pointer. Brother of The Pointer Sisters and later an NFL official (head linesman).
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I follow Mike Acosta on The Facebook.
He’s got some fantastic Astros posts.
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That year in ST, iirc, Lowell Passe proclaimed Pointer the ROY to be. Uh, no.
Richard Bleier of the Marlins went into last night’s game having pitched in 303 MLB games without being called for a balk. Last night he was called for three in the same AB.
That seems like the tickiest of ticky-tack calls.
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Insane, arrogant, not accountable to anyone umpire.
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1st one: ok, fine, that’s a balk I guess
2nd one: uh, really?
3rd one: no fucking way
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On a lighter note:
Ridiculous, but plenty slick.
If he were catching Glavine, that would be a strike.
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That’s actually John Tumpane, who is generally a pretty good umpire.
He’s the guy that talked the suicidal woman off the bridge in Pittsburg a few years ago while out for a jog before the game.
The first one and third one he definitely never came set. I’ve watched the middle one 10 times and it sure looks like there’s a pause there.
But also, if the ump says you’re not coming set, why the fuck do you not make sure you’re coming set on the next few pitches?
I am absolutely gob-smacked to learn it was him. I also consider him a good umpire and admit my reaction was somewhat knee-jerk because I have seen only brief clips and not watched the pitcher’s actions from start to finish all the way through.
I totally agree with your last statement, especially after the second balk call. I would have made sure the third stop was exaggerated and long.
Or at least try. The 3rd one was the exact same thing he got called for the first time.
The second one, I 100 percent agree was ticky-tack.
Mandatory posting of rulebook says about balks
Balk Rules
You can’t just be up there and just doin’ a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can’t do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can’t be over here and say to the runner, like, “I’m gonna get ya! I’m gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!” and then just be like he didn’t even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you’re about to pitch and then don’t pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there’s the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn’t been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn’t typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). “get in mah bellah” – Adam Water, “The Waterboy.” Haha, classic…
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
- Do not do a balk please.
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Thanks for the clarification.
“A balk is what I say it is, and you cannot argue.”
Every Umpire Ever
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