“Maybe we’ll come out wearing dresses tomorrow”, Gibbons said. “Maybe that’s what everybody’s looking for”. Did baseball intend for plays like this-trying to alter or distract a throw, certainly not injure the opposing player-to end games in controversial fashion? The call did get overturned and both runners were called out, ending the game and giving the Rays their first win of the season. Try to inject a little humor into an intense situation. “I don’t quite understand that, I never will. To me, life is too short, we need to loosen up a bit”. Asked if he thought the comment might change perceptions of him, Gibbons replied, “I know who I am, I know where my heart is”. Well, that’s probably the results you’re going to get. The truth is, there’s a lot of grey area in this brand new rule, and clearly there’s a lot more education to be done for the players, managers and fans in general. “But I don’t think that’s going to happen”.
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Trailing 3-2 in the top of the ninth inning, slugger Jose Bautista was on first base with Edwin Encarnacion at bat. Third baseman Evan Longoria tossed to Logan Forsythe and, as Bautista came sliding in, the second baseman released a mishandled throw. Let us know in the comments section below. Gibbons found himself in Twitter hot water Tuesday night, over his knee-jerk comment on a new baseball rule. According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Toronto is the road favorite in this game, as the Blue Jays are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Rays have a money line of +115 at home. Pillar crashed headfirst into the outfield wall on Monday when he made a diving catch in the Blue Jays’ 5-3 victory. An announcement in the press box explained that the replay umpire definitively determined the runner violated rule 6.01 (j), that the runner’s actions hindered and impeded the fielder. It was also determined that Bautista did not engage in a bona fide slide, as he did not attempt to remain on the base. “It’s a rule. Whatever they decide you live with it. I think they anticipated with this new rule there might be some controversy along the way”. “And it’s just disappointing to lose a major league baseball game, with so much at stake every day here”.
The replayed showed Bautista touching the second baseman on the leg after he touched the base.
A year ago, the Rays had just seven wins when after trailing after seven innings, so to get two in the opening series speaks volumes to the improved hitting the team sought in an active offseason, as well as the potential of the new bullpen, even with Jake McGee traded to the Colorado Rockies and Brad Boxberger (groin surgery in March) out for at least the first month of the season.
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“I feel really comfortable, I feel at home with my delivery, with my strength and I’m just excited to be in the position I am, and I can’t wait”, he added.
