Mr. Dyson has an eerie resemblance to the ruthless killer that was the tortured soul named Michelletto in the recent meh Borgias TV series.

I agree, but wonder if your concern for shenanigans (absent the rule change) might not now extend to the catchers (with a rule change). Base runner dancing off first base, perhaps considering a delayed steal. Whoops! Throw back to the pitcher clipped the batter. Dead ball. Sorry base runner.

Ace tried to lead the crowd in OK Blue jays, which no one was buying, but it was played, and there were additional boos at the "... and the umpires too" section of the song.

Extra police arrived for the bottom of the seventh but they just stood around the field, including the outfield. It was like target practice for the nobs in the 500's. There should have been police in the 500's, not on the field.

I agree with you in principle, but when I thought of it, I realized that there is no place to put police in the fifth deck. The only place where an officer could stand and see what is going on in a section is in the entranceway, which would block people's view and their way in and out of the section. And there would only be room for one police officer, which would leave him or her badly outnumbered if rioting happened. (And I had the feeling, watching on TV, that rioting was close to happening.)

Almost certain Bautista gets drilled at some point when he faces the Rangers next year. Hopefully, it will only be a painful bruise and nothing more.

That will get him angry and cause him to hit another 430 foot bomb. And the Jays' pitchers can always retaliate by throwing at Prince Fielder or somebody. The Rangers have only themselves to blame - if you misplay four balls in one inning, this is the sort of thing that happens.

I'm not surprised to see Goins struggle with the bat a bit, but is anyone else worrying about Tulo? He just hasn't hit much as a Jay.

Tulo is still recovering from an injury, and he's probably still getting used to the idea that he is no longer a Colorado Rockie. But I think we might need to temper our expectations a bit: he has a career .274/.347/.462 line away from home. He's a good hitter, and a better shortstop than Reyes, but he's not a superstar.

So I guess the question is, what rule would you put in its place that doesn't also call for the umpire's subjective opinion? The rule as presently drafted may well be open to abuse, but it has never been abused so far as anyone can recall.

I guess that the rule will have to remain as it stands. People tend to think of the throw back to the pitcher as routine - almost like the throw around the infield after a strikeout when there is no one on base - and forget that the ball is live. It's not likely to ever happen again, now that catchers are aware of this possibility.

Could Revere have read the play quicker and avoided getting so far away from first as the ball was coming down

It really did look like a routine popup - Odor was quite fooled by it. Usually, the second baseman turns back to run into shallow center field on plays like that, and makes them easily. Odor thought that it was hit right to him, and barely even started to backpedal until it was too late. Revere, understandably, felt he had to stay close to first base to keep from being doubled off, and there was no way he could have made it to second, I think.

But it does. If the batter turns toward the catcher and tries to catch the throw back, even if he's still in his box, it would be interference. Because of his intent.

Yes they did, both of them got an AB in G1.

I'm just reading Grantland's series preview and read this tidbit, which shocked me a little. Obviously we crush LHP, but didn't realize we were THIS good against RHP.

ALCS Preview Here.

A blindfold and a dartboard?