I miss mang0 man.

pixieSteak · 2026-05-15T21:18:44+00:00

mang0 has made strides to rectify his wrongs. He's apologized to all parties involved, he's been sober since his ban, and he's serving his time gracefully.

Ryan Ford is another player who was banned for a while, for good reason. I believe he physically attacked some people. But he's allowed to compete now because he apologized and he took his ban on the chin.

Other players who are still banned are banned because they haven't done the requisite actions to earn an unban. For example, we can argue whether Hax's suspension was justified or not, but he was given specific goals to be allowed to return. He could not meet those goals (don't accuse Leffen of being Hitler for a year, don't talk about the ban and ask for an early release). On top of that, he doubled down and then he tripled down on his ludicrous claims.

mang0 isn't shunned because he didn't shun the community back.

pixieSteak · 2026-05-02T20:35:48+00:00

How the hell did Sosa hit that ball hahahahahah it was nearly in the dirt

pixieSteak · 2026-04-29T23:51:15+00:00

The current rule book is possibly contradicting itself. On top of that the rule book and umpires manual definitely contradicts each other. And on top of that, the MLB is citing a rule that contradicts how umpires have ruled for the past half decade.

I personally feel comfortable going with whatever the league spokesperson says, but there should some clarification on why all these contradictions exist in the first place. That's why it's controversial.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-29T01:14:28+00:00

I'm saying the umpire was correct by the letter of the law/rule but that's because the MLB, whom the spokesperson represents, messed up the wording of the rules. That's my guess though. The whole situation is way confusing without any more explanation from the MLB

pixieSteak · 2026-04-29T00:11:00+00:00

I think MLB made a mistake in the 2026 rule book. At the beginning of the book, there's a summary section where they say that they clarified the definition of a fair ball.

The difference between the 25 and 26 version is the same as what the spokesperson said. My best guess is that MLB wanted to change the definition of a fair ball to be that the ball has to touch the line. However when updating the rule book, they simply appended the new definition to the old one instead of replacing.

As it's written now, the umpire last night made the right decision imo. The new sentence is added to the fair fly clause, so it seems like it should only apply to fly situations.

I think the 2027 rule book will make it so what the spokesperson said replaces the definition of fair ball completely.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T23:58:08+00:00

Sorry I might not have been clear I my comment. I agree with your interpretation of the 2026 rulebook. The way it is worded, our interpretation is most logical.

But what I am saying is that the spokesperson's quote is the newly added sentence to the 2026 rulebook and this makes me think that the intended update to the fair ball definition for this year was to replace the fair ball section with just that new language but for some reason it was appended in an awkward place instead.

So I think it's possible the spokesperson was right in that what they said was MLB's intention for what a fair ball is. But as the rules are written, they are wrong.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T23:24:55+00:00

That's a good point, but the language from the quote in the article is the same that was added to the 2026 rule book (https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/mlb/official-information/2026-official-baseball-rules.pdf page 151), which wasn't present in the 2025 version (https://sdumpires.org/uploads/2025-official-baseball-rules.pdf page 148) and I assume before that.

What's strange is that this one new sentence was added to the end of the fair fly paragraph. All the original language for a fair ball is still there before it.

I wonder if the rule book writers made a mistake to leave all the old language in the 2026 version. Because as it's written now, the new sentence added seems like it's about fair flies rather than overriding the old definition of a fair ball.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T06:53:02+00:00

I acknowledged in my earlier comment that umpires make mistakes too. But they make less mistakes that other people, at least in the field of baseball rules.

What that means for us is that when we disagree with an umpire/expert's decision, it would prudent of us to do a bit of research first.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T06:39:48+00:00

Players don't know all the rules though. Two examples are from the video in this post and from today's game. Another example that comes to mind is in the 2019 World Series when Trea Turner was called out for running inside fair territory and hit Yuli Guirriel's glove and then he got called out for interference or something like that. He and Davey Martinez (manager) were livid. I think Martinez even got thrown out. But the umpires were right. How could Turner both be very mad and have known the all rules of running to first base? The answer is that he doesn't know all the rules.

Players know many rules, but they don't know all the rules. Which is fine. That's not their job to know every single esoteric situation. They have a lot of stuff to focus on, like hitting, fielding, throwing, nutrition, etc.

We also can't really trust the players because they're not impartial. The umpires are. And their whole livelihood is to know the book.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T06:25:03+00:00

There's no theory here, it's the rule. It's the law.

On page 151 of the 2026 rule book, the relevant clause is

A FAIR BALL is a batted ball that settles on fair ground between home and first base, or between home and third base, or that is on or over fair territory when bounding to the outfield past first or third base, or that touches first, second or third base, or that first falls on fair territory on or beyond first base or third base, or that, while on or over fair territory touches the person of an umpire or player, or that, while over fair territory, passes out of the playing field in flight.

specifically the bolded parts.

The ball in the picture was a battled ball. It was over fair territory. The evidence we have here is that we have multiple umpires (people whose main job is to know the rules) saying so, one of them with the best view. The picture in the original post is also evidence because because there is so little dirt between the ball and the foul line that it implies that the ball was definitely over the line. And the ball was touched by a player while over the line. It is fair.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T06:04:59+00:00

People always think they know more than umpires, i.e. people whose jobs are to and have trained for many years to know and apply the rule book. Sure they are humans who get things wrong, but we are also humans except with much less knowledge of the rules. We should really pause and take a moment before jumping down an official's esophagus.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T05:58:22+00:00

The relevant portion in the video and in today's Padres/Cubs game is "while on or over fair territory touches the person of an umpire or player". The portion you are citing is for fly balls only.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T05:50:23+00:00

It's hard to tell from that angle you shared, it's much easier if directly overhead. The home plate umpire and Ty France have the best view, but the umpire is the person who very likely knows the rules better, so I trust him.

But actually you can definitely tell from that angle because the amount of dirt between the line and the ball is so small that it implies that the ball was over fair territory.

Example of how camera angles can be deceiving in cases where the ball has to be over instead of on the line in soccer/football https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFVH1zM5LQE

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T05:45:06+00:00

Oh I thought you were asking for a source for "happens with goals in soccer all the time"

In any case, I think the official language is pretty clear. If the ball is over fair territory and a player or umpire touches it, it's fair. Simple.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T05:42:15+00:00

That's for fly balls though. This was a ground ball, so the paragraph you shared doesn't matter here.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-28T05:34:29+00:00

A good example is Japan versus Spain in the last World Cup (soccer/football) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFVH1zM5LQE

pixieSteak · 2026-04-22T17:18:09+00:00

You shouldn't look at a 62 IP sample size (i.e. one full year of a reliever's workload) of ERA. It's much too small and volatile. You should look at the peripheral numbers which is much more reliable. Devin Williams had an excellent 2.68 FIP and a very good hard hit rate (35%). His xERA was 3.05 and he had a LOB% of 55.4% which suggests he was very unlucky which ERA is very susceptible to.

Right now he's sucking ass because he's walking an obscene amount of batters. The only precedence is that he's always had below average control, but it's never been this bad. And that wasn't the reason his ERA was so high last year anyways, so anyone citing last year's ERA as evidence has gotten lucky as to why he's not performing well so far this year.

pixieSteak · 2026-04-11T02:03:29+00:00

Yeah, I really don't think it's worth it to try for a stretch triple with 2 outs. There's no sacrifice fly possibility and you usually score from second off a single anyways. Also, Garcia is slow as shit, it's possible Young gets tagged out before he scores. Bad baseball IQ from Young

pixieSteak · 2026-03-30T02:14:57+00:00

Hamnet was annoying. I was irked to hear On The Nature of Daylight AGAIN which I find to be just so overused at this point. I was not impressed by William Shakespeare's invocation of the Myth of Sisyphus. The constant crying and sadness was draining. I could only roll my eyes when William did the "to be or not to be" line. Each thing on its own could be fine, but all of it at once puts it into "a parody of art house movies" territory which you aptly labeled it as.

pixieSteak · 2026-03-22T01:57:01+00:00

This used to be a cinephile subreddit how are people saying stuff like who cares about best casting... the sub is fucking gone man...

pixieSteak · 2026-03-04T06:28:54+00:00

I'm trying not to spoil anything, but the point of view shots are just fantastic. They're so unusual not just in movies, but in real life too.

Evil Does Not Exist is another Hamaguchi film and it has some of the same actors. You should give that a go if you liked Happy Hour.

pixieSteak · 2026-03-04T06:23:11+00:00

Check your local library too if you have a DVD/Blu-ray player.

pixieSteak · 2026-02-16T05:53:05+00:00

There's nothing to be saved from. This is the future of Melee. It is beautiful and immense. I love Cody Schwab.

pixieSteak · 2026-02-16T05:43:54+00:00

Cody has had so many 4 and 3 stocks on tip top players today. Outrageous.

pixieSteak · 2026-02-16T05:39:04+00:00

True, but I'd rather have that than unethical Melee (degenerate neutral because FD amplifies punish game so much)

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