Game is under protest

does that ever work?

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Game is under protest

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Thought I read the game wasn't played under protest. Also, considering the play was not reviewable, can they really even expect to win a protest? MLB refused to intervene when Joyce admitted he blew the perfect game call at 1st. I wouldn't expect them to here either.

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Just found this:

I can't believe that play was not reviewable. What's the point??

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I can't believe that play was not reviewable. What's the point??

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I think they got screwed by the fact that the error was so egregious. When you think about a typical situation where you'd want a foul ball reviewed, you're thinking of a 95 mph fastball you just catch a piece of, that you can't really only tell is foul via sound, which probably shouldn't be reviewable. Hence, the MLB saying let's not let people waste our time reviewing this, because it is a tough to review play.

Then this happens, a clear as day foul, on a ball moving around 60mph.

The question is, how do you open the rules to allow this to be reviewed without opening the door to reviewing the 95 mph barely tipped foul ball? I'm not saying the Astros didn't get screwed. I'm just saying I see the logic as to why this play isn't reviewable.

Totally forgot he wore 12

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Not enough blue stars

Need a Toby Harrah here.

Love the old school Rangers emblem.

Pete O'Brien

Give me Hank Blalock

Hank's last year with Texas, and last real year at all, was 2009. He perfectly missed everything good over the past 7 years - 4 AL West titles*, 1 WC, 1 WC play-in, 2 WS*. Wonder if he just stopped caring, 'cause he was out of baseball by age 30.

Wow I completely forgot about Hank Blalock

Blalock, Soriano, Texiera and Young. I thought thought was going to be the core for a decade. In 2004 they won the 89 games and their ages were 23, 28, 24 and 27, respectively. But like the teams in the 90s, absolutely no pitching.

Lucky number 7

Que the Murph!

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Hank's last year with Texas, and last real year at all, was 2009. He perfectly missed everything good over the past 7 years - 4 AL West titles*, 1 WC, 1 WC play-in, 2 WS*. Wonder if he just stopped caring, 'cause he was out of baseball by age 30.

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Man, when my oldest was maybe 5 or 6 years old Blalock was in his prime, and Hank was his favorite player. But then Hank pretty quickly fell off the map. And yes, it was a pretty quick and rapid fall, at least for someone who had such a promising career in front of him.

Huge homer in the all Star game in what I believe was the first one to matter.

Loved Blalock.

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Wrecking Ball.

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Danny Thompson was a tragic, yet inspiring story that sadly has faded over time.
An All-American at Oklahoma State, he was the 18th pick overall in the 1968 draft by the Minnesota Twins and broke into the big leagues in 1970 playing second, third and shortstop throughout his career.
In 1972 he even got some M.V.P. consideration, as he batted .276 with 48 R.B.I.'s while playing alongside future Hall of Famer Rod Carew.
Sadly, before the 1973 season at the young age of 26, Thompson was diagnosed with leukemia, yet incredibly he continued to play at the big league level for the next three seasons before the disease took his life on December 10, 1976.
A member of the Twins for the bulk of his career, in June of 1976 Thompson was part of the trade that sent Bert Blyleven to Texas in a six-player transaction.
It's amazing to think of how difficult it must have been for Thompson to continue playing, traveling, training, all while living with leukemia and all the treatment involved.

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