Meanwhile. Kirk Gibson still hasn't stepped on 2nd base

[Silver Surfer]

Could you imagine after that Eckersley asks for a new ball tosses it over to 2nd and the ump calls him out. Talk about LA Riots part I

Its the responsibility of the second baseman or shortstop to watch for it and they didn't. No one else on the A's is going to be close enough to really see it. Given the circumstances, there were not going to be any more pitches; so it was up to the A's to appeal right at that moment, but they didn't see it.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

Could you imagine after that Eckersley asks for a new ball tosses it over to 2nd and the ump calls him out. Talk about LA Riots part I

That could be another reason why nobody said anything. There would've been some tarring and feathering that night.

 

[Flamma]

It looked like it but I just paid attention to the bag. I think that run around people see is a bad angle and then when the camera zoomed out, it shows him running wide but he already passed the bag.

I know that his right foot and the bag came really close after pausing it. Now did it touch? I don’t know but there were outfielders from the As coming in watching him run the bases.

Edit: it might be 8:41 because it shows 8:40 on the comp I was watching but 8:41 on my mobile. But it happens right before the zoom out and with his head looking down.

I had to find a better video myself because I thought you were right about the angle. Go to 13:55. I don't think there is much doubt.

 

[Hardline]

Not the first time it's ever happened.

 

[Flamma]

Not the first time it's ever happened.

May not be the first time, but Gibson didn't do it. If you look at the video I posted it shows Gibson stepping dead center on 2nd base.

 

[Aviano90]

May not be the first time, but Gibson didn't do it. If you look at the video I posted it shows Gibson stepping dead center on 2nd base.

Yeah, no doubt about it. Case closed.

 

[lukin2006]

Wojo: Parkinson's is Kirk Gibson's biggest battle


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...insons-kirk-gibsons-biggest-battle/997583002/

He is also one of my childhood idols. I still remember 1984, and the home run against Gossage that sealed Detroit's last WS ... I have known since he first went public with his diagnoses.

 

[mrmojo]

I had to find a better video myself because I thought you were right about the angle. Go to 13:55. I don't think there is much doubt.

He touched it with his right foot, right in the middle of the base.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

I had to find a better video myself because I thought you were right about the angle. Go to 13:55. I don't think there is much doubt.

No doubt with this angle. He clearly steps on 2nd base.

 

[Flamma]

No doubt with this angle. He clearly steps on 2nd base.

Yeah, at first I was with the naysayers, but I kept replaying the video because something didn't look right. Then bigdnlaca woke me up to what was happening. That's why I looked for a better video.

 

[Plankton]

I have a worse one. Chris Chambliss still hasn't crossed home plate on this one.

 

[atlantacowboy]

And he never will and nobody cares. I'm not a Dodger fan but that was one of my favorite moments in baseball.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

I have a worse one. Chris Chambliss still hasn't crossed home plate on this one.

I don't blame him. He would've needed a shiv to get out of there otherwise.

 

[jimmy40]

If you don't want to watch the whole thing, just forward it to 8:35 in the video. He runs around 2nd base while doing the fist pumps. Lol.

corked bat.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

corked bat.

Or juiced baseballs during the WS to make it more entertaining and draw out the ratings? Who knows.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1...eball-justin-verlander-yu-darvish-rob-manfred

As big as an Astros fan as I am, this hit ball seems like a pop-up waiting to happen in a regular season game. JMO.



Here's a one handed swing by Puig in the same game. Just like Gibson did.




Like I said. Who knows?

 

[jimmy40]

Or juiced baseballs during the WS to make it more entertaining and draw out the ratings? Who knows.

I remember watching it live and thinking that ball will barely get to the right fielder, lol.