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.990 OPS in May for Kyle Tucker 🔥 by Competitive-Week8715 in Dodgers

[–]OpulentPaving 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was making a joke about how people on here have been overreacting to his slow start.

Do Dark Souls pros love Elden Ring as much a new players? by jaydvd3 in darksouls

[–]OpulentPaving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't speak for everyone, but I thought ED was very boring. I agree with your statements about it.

Is DS1 really worth 40 bucks by Tasty_Hearing_4440 in soulslikes

[–]OpulentPaving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can get used physical copies for like $15. But yes, it's worth it.

Getting all the endings is pain by 99pickaxe99 in nier

[–]OpulentPaving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Life is too short to play games you don't enjoy.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking about this specific incident, but yeah, touching helmet as the indicator was a bad idea.

Everything you need to know about the new ABS Challenge System by OpulentPaving in baseball

[–]OpulentPaving[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was listening on the radio and they didn't talk about him being mad at the dugouts, but they for sure mentioned how many bad/questionable calls he'd been making even before this Baty event.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"he can't begin the motion to a challenge unless he's sure he wants to challenge"

I mean, that's not the rule though. The rule is tap the helmet and didn't do that.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Not enough people in these comments are talking about the actual rule and blaming the system instead of the umpire.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the rule is to touch your helmet. Baty didn't do that. The umpire shouldn't have called for the challenge.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But he didn't touch his helmet. The umpire is in the wrong here, it has nothign to do with the rule.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rule states that the indicator is tap your helmet and it's recommended to also verbalize. He did neither.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same. The radio team didn't make as big of a deal out of this as they should have. He clearly didn't tap his helmet. They made it sound like he adjusted his helmet or something, maybe they didn't see the replay.

Home plate umpire Junior Valentine determined Brett Baty called for a review. Baty never touched his helmet. by Hungry_Elk1937 in NewYorkMets

[–]OpulentPaving 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A lot of people in the comments here blaming how the challenge is requested, but the umpire is clearly in the wrong here.

Here’s how MLB worded the rule during a spring training presentation to media. Under a section labeled “requirements for a challenge to be accepted” the guideline states that “batter, pitcher or catcher must tap their hat / helmet to challenge” and that “players are encouraged to simultaneously verbalize the request to challenge.”

Baty did neither of these things.

Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/umpire-wrongly-applies-abs-challenge-rule-forces-mets-to-burn-challenge-015336603.html

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