Nationals v. Dodgers, NLDS Game 4

[JCA-CrystalCity]

3 steaks for Ant tonight

[bluestreak]

400 foot out.

[NatNasty]

[imref]

Bellinger redeems himself.  Wind cost Tony a dinger.

[trangert418]

So why do they design the padding on the outfield wall to leave a gap just the perfect size to allow the ball to get wedged in it?

[hohoho]

Soto finally vs a right hander.

[RiotAct]

So why do they design the padding on the outfield wall to leave a gap just the perfect size to allow the ball to get wedged in it?

that’s.... a great question, actually.

[nats2playoffs]

Scoring Summary
Inning                                                                       LAD   WSH
Nationals 6th  Anthony "Pay Me" Rendon hit sacrifice fly to center, Trea "Slugger" Turner scored.    1    6
Nationals 5th Ryan "The Face of the Franchise" Zimmerman homered to center (414 feet), Anthony "Pay Me" Rendon scored and Howie "Breakfast Buddy" Kendrick scored.  1    5
Nationals 5th Anthony "Pay Me" Rendon singled to left center, Trea "Slugger" Turner scored.  1    2
Nationals 3rd Anthony "Pay Me" Rendon hit sacrifice fly to left, Michael A. "Playoffs" Taylor scored.  1    1
Dogers 1st Redbeard Turner homered off grill-less Max to left (409 feet). 1   0

    Los Angeles Dogers  1
  Washington Nationals 6
                           

[JCA-CrystalCity]

FP saying that sac fly puts it beyond slam range

[Mathguy]

It's seems strange there isn't a small garden fence like fixture blocking that gap under the padding

So why do they design the padding on the outfield wall to leave a gap just the perfect size to allow the ball to get wedged in it?

[sixthree175]

Max should probably empty the tank.  Cannot hold back.

[sixthree175]

FP saying that sac fly puts it beyond slam range

Are you following FP on twitter?  Shame on you.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Are you following FP on twitter?  Shame on you.

who needstwitter when you can mindmeld?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Call the game!@!!

[imref]

What happens if the rain doesn’t let up?  Finish in LA?

[RobDibblesGhost]

It’s another very small cell. Not doing anything in Arlington.

[sixthree175]

Call the game!@!!

Not now -- after 3 outs, otherwise it's suspended.

[Slateman]

And  now we start the pen

[RobDibblesGhost]

Frenchy. Drink.

[Mathguy]

The game is official now

What happens if the rain doesn’t let up?  Finish in LA?

[miller10]

This rain is salt on the wound for those in SoCal.  They haven't seen rain in 10 years.

[nats2playoffs]

So why do they design the padding on the outfield wall to leave a gap just the perfect size to allow the ball to get wedged in it?

Charlie & Dave recalled how this first came up when an Atlanta Barves protest turned an inside the park home run into a ground rule double.  THAT's when the Lerners should have had it fixed!

                         

[RobDibblesGhost]

The game is official now

There are no rain-shortened games in the postseason. The commissioner's office of baseball has determined that all playoff and World Series games must be played to completion to be official. If rain makes the game unplayable after the sixth inning, the game picks up from that point at a scheduled future date.

https://www.sportsrec.com/4652900/rules-for-a-baseball-game-in-a-rainout

[sixthree175]

The game is official now

Yes, but if the Dodgers are in the middle of their inning and it gets shut down, then the game is suspended, which is not what we want.

[DCFan]

So why do they design the padding on the outfield wall to leave a gap just the perfect size to allow the ball to get wedged in it?

ASPCA requirement. They have to allow space for the rats to go back and forth.