This web gem is so good, it deserves its own thread in the commune (it's not Beurhle)

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | TV, Radio calls of Phillies' amazing double play - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

ftr commune seems pretty lukewarm about baseball, but i saw this play last night and i JIZZED IN MY PANTS.

Flyers suck, Phillies suck, Ben Franklin sucks.

Rocky sucked.

And why baseball? Why not a punch to the balls?

Ahhh, that was cathartic.

I approve of four out of the five previous posts to this post

yeah this really deserved its own thread alright

Diving flip play is totally standard. You pop off too easily.

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Originally Posted by givememyleg

yeah this really deserved its own thread alright

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i voteed for this ^^^
it was the most sarcastic response

btw the guy on 1st was safe.

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Originally Posted by BooG690

I vote we lock this thread.

As a matter of fact, I think Rilla should make this a poll and have members of the commune vote whether to lock or keep this thread. It'll be fun and it'll be the only way to save this thread.

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Or maybe I'll discretely start deleting posts from this thread. Like a sinking ship, it'll eventually go. We'll see how much life she's got left in her.

half-caste.

I just scrolled up to see where my post went...and...yeah.

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

btw the guy on 1st was safe.

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pretty sure second baseman's foot was not on the base at any time when he had possession of the ball..

[ ] double play

[ ] single play

[ ] fail

thread delivers pretty much exactly what i expected.

utley's foot was on the bag. even if it was barely off, the precedent in baseball is to side with the spirit of the rule, and the "neighborhood" rule is the biggest example of that (if the fielder's foot is in the neighborhood and not clearly off the bag, it's ruled an out).

the runner at first was def safe though. but let's say it was benjie molina running, it's still a super sick play, and he's out by a mile.

i figured since there was a (barely) non-zero chance this thread would be hated by everyone, it was worth posting, so it was worth the gamb00l

also, ignore that whole neighborhood rule thing, utley's foot is on the bag, and it's not even close to pulling off early. he even slides it across the bag while he winds up to throw to first