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Links: Should Dodgers game be replayed?April, 16, 2012 By David Schoenfield | ESPN.com If you've seen the video of the controversial triple play from the Padres-Dodgers game on Sunday, you'll see umpire Dale Scott initially raise his hands indicating a foul ball on Jesus Guzman's bunt attempt. As the ball then rolled fair, Scott reversed his call and Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis proceeded to start a triple play, snuffing a potential rally in the ninth inning of a tie game. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs breaks down the play and calls for the game to be replayed from the point of Guzman's at-bat, his argument being that Padres' couldn't have been expected to run once Scott raised his arms, and also pointing out that one game in the expanded playoff system could be the deciding game on one team making the playoffs and another missing them. At issue: Judgment calls cannot be protested (and thus overturned). Was this just a bad judgment by Scott -- reversing his call in the middle of a play -- or do the Padres have a right to protest based on a rules interpretation (that the play should have been ruled dead once Scott raised his arms)? To confuse matters, it was a fair ball. As reader Dave Alden wrote on FanGraphs, "Letting it stand is unfair to the Padres. Pretending it never happened would be unfair to the Dodgers. There is no perfect solution." There is about zero chance that if the Padres do end up protesting that the call would be reversed and the game replayed from that point on (as what happened with the famous George Brett pine-tar home run game). But Dave raises an interesting point, and if the Dodgers sneak into the playoffs by a game, maybe they can give a playoff share to Mr. Scott.
DAILY NEWS DODGERS NOTEBOOK: Kemp wins NL Player of the Week for second consecutive timeBy J.P. Hoornstra Staff Writer Posted: 04/16/2012 10:19:34 PM PDT Matt Kemp has said on multiple occasions he is not thinking about winning the National League MVP award this year. Problem is, "Player of the Week" doesn't make for a sexy chant at Dodger Stadium. For now, Kemp will have to settle for making history by earning his second NL Player of the Week Award this season. Kemp on Monday became the first player to win the award on consecutive weeks to begin a season. Including the final week of the 2011 season, he's also the first to win three consecutive Player of the Week honors since the award's inception in 1974. In six games last week, the center fielder led all major leaguers with a .545 (12 for 22) batting average, four home runs, a 1.182 slugging percentage, .615 on-base percentage and 26 total bases. His seven runs scored tied for first in the National League while his 12 hits and eight RBIs tied for second. If only he could face the San Diego Padres or Pittsburgh Pirates - the only teams he's played against this season - every day. Today, the Dodgers will take their major league-best 9-1 record to Milwaukee to face the 4-6 Brewers. Kemp is a career .301 hitter against the Brewers, with five home runs and 20 RBIs in 28 games. Against tonight's starter, Yovani Gallardo, Kemp has three singles and a double in 12 career at-bats (a .333 average). He's never hit a home run against the right-hander. Long week for LindblomJosh Lindblom was credited with a blown save in the Dodgers' 5-4 win over the Padres. It was somewhat of a statistical anomaly; Lindblom entered the game in the sixth inning. The right-handed reliever wasn't charged with a run, but he could not preserve the lead in the face of his toughest test yet - a bases-loaded, one-out situation with the Dodgers leading 4-2. For a second it looked as if Lindblom might not even get the chance. The Dodgers needed to make room on the active roster for Ted Lilly to come off the disabled list Saturday. The team could have sent Lindblom to the minors, burning an option, but instead placed right-handed reliever Todd Coffey on the disabled list. Lindblom insisted the possibility of getting sent down didn't affect him last week. "As a player you try to minimize the outside distractions as much as you can," Lindblom said Saturday. "You just go out on the field and compete to the best of your ability, give the team its best chance to win every time out whether that's a week, two weeks, whatever it might be. "No matter what the situation every game, you just go out and attack it the same way. That's not a thought or a factor." In 6 2/3 innings this season, Lindblom has a 0.00 earned-run average while allowing two hits, walking four and striking out five. NotableGallardo is 0-3 against the Dodgers in his career with a 7.66 ERA (24 2/3 innings, 21 runs - all earned). - The Brewers optioned infielder Eric Farris to Triple-A Nashville. Farris was recalled Saturday when shortstop Alex Gonzalez left the club to be with his pregnant wife, who gave birth Sunday. Gonzalez, the Brewers' starting shortstop on opening day, is hitting .214 this season. - The Dodgers' seven-game lead over the Padres is the largest between any first- and last-place team in any of baseball's six divisions. EXAMINER Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 270.45 Kb. Share with your friends:
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