Tag: Justin Turner

MLB fans were confused after Justin Turner was ruled safe because his helmet blocked the Guardians’ tag

That’s a new one.

In any given baseball game, you’re bound to see something new. And yet, the MLB rulebook has seemingly thought of every scenario. That was the case on Sunday.

With the Blue Jays batting in the first inning of their game against the Guardians, Justin Turner looked to advance to second when Triston McKenzie spiked a curveball into the dirt. The aggressive base running seemingly backfired as David Fry’s throw to second was on the money and ahead of Turner’s slide.

Turner was called out on the play, but Blue Jays manager John Schneider noticed that Daniel Schneemann’s tag was applied to Turner’s dislodged helmet. He challenged the play, and that ended up being a smart move.

The replay would show that Schneemann’s tag only made contact with Turner’s helmet, which basically blocked the glove from applying the tag anywhere else. MLB rules don’t consider equipment as part of the body when it comes loose in the natural course of a play. So, a player can’t intentionally remove his helmet and block tags. But when something like that happens, tagging a loose helmet does not count.

A similar play happened last season when Ozzie Albies got a stolen base because his loose helmet was tagged.

Replay got the call right and overturned the initial out ruling. Turner ended up getting stranded at second, so the call didn’t have a major impact. But still, it was enough to have MLB fans confused.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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MLB fans couldn’t believe how badly this umpire whiffed on a Justin Turner strike out

This umpire completely whiffed on this strike call.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Justin Turner fell victim to one of the most brutal bad strikes you’re likely to see this season.

While fielding pitches from Washington Nationals ace Luis García during a Tuesday evening tilt in D.C., Turner got struck out on a pitch that landed well outside the strike zone. It was so outside the zone Turner wisely didn’t even bother to swing at it because it was such an easy decision to hold the bat.

Turner looked on in disbelief on the bizarre strike, which not even the Nationals broadcast crew thought was a good call by the umpire.

When you can’t even win over the opposing team’s broadcasting team, you know the strike call really didn’t go how it should’ve.

This really should’ve been called a ball, making this a deeply frustrating moment for Turner, who should’ve gotten another swing, and all the Red Sox fans at home.

While no umpire is perfect, some calls just don’t sit right. This in no way should’ve been a strike, and MLB fans felt the same way.

Yankees radio announcer John Sterling valiantly continued his call after getting hit with a foul ball

“I didn’t know it was coming back that far! So once again it’ll be a 3-2.”

For over three decades, John Sterling has been the radio voice of the New York Yankees. He’s called various championship teams and has had more than his fair share of noteworthy moments.

But I’m not sure Sterling has ever experienced what happened to him on Saturday.

As Justin Turner tried to rally the Boston Red Sox from a 3-1 deficit in the top of the ninth inning, he glanced a foul ball off his bat. That foul ball would travel all the way back toward Sterling’s announcing booth and hit him in the head.

At first, Sterling appeared to be in serious danger, immediately and understandably crying out, “Ow, ow, ow!” on the broadcast. But then, he just called the game as usual on the very next pitch:

I mean, if Sterling was really OK, more power to him for valiantly continuing his announcing after acknowledging what happened. For what it’s worth, the 84-year-old broadcaster appears to be alright.

Sterling told The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty that he took the foul ball to his eyebrow, suffering a bloody cut. And, apparently, he’ll still call the Yankees-Red Sox game on Sunday night. I’m speechless at the turn of events, but credit is due to Sterling for soldiering on.

Dodgers’ Justin Turner made J.T. Realmuto look foolish by brilliantly faking him out at third base

Justin Turner absolutely deked J.T. Realmuto out of his shoes here.

This is a moment J.T. Realmuto will absolutely want to forget.

In extra innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers were leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 with Garrett Stubbs up to bat. Stubbs was able to leg out a great infield single before the Dodgers were able to get him out, but disaster struck for Realmuto, who was headed to third after starting the 10th inning at second.

Realmuto was safe into third base thanks to a high throw to Justin Turner, but the Dodgers third baseman made a brilliant move to fake out the Phillies catcher. Turner pretended that the ball had actually gone over his head, causing Realmuto to start running home, but he actually had the ball the whole time! As Realmuto scrambled to get back, Turner tagged him out on an incredible play.

What a move from Turner to keep the Dodgers in the game! The Phillies, however, were able to win in the end thanks to some great hustle from Roman Quinn.

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Third baseman Justin Turner just pitched a glorious scoreless ninth inning for the Dodgers

Justin Turner shut down the Rockies in one inning of work.

It’s good to know that the Los Angeles Dodgers trust Justin Turner in a tight spot!

In the ninth inning of Sunday’s game between the Colorado Rockies and the Dodgers, instead of Los Angeles’ usual pitching rotation to finish out the game, notorious position player Turner took the mound for the Dodgers. Yes, the Dodgers turned to their third baseman to close out a game they were only five runs away from tying.

It seemed as if the Dodgers bullpen wasn’t able to pitch in the final inning, so Turner stepped up to the mound to finish out the game and he did so in style.

Turner threw a scoreless ninth inning to the tune of a 0.00 career ERA after allowing two hits on 10 pitches. Not too bad at all for Turner’s first time on the mound in a professional baseball setting!

After the game, Turner fielded comments from reporters and stated that he had been hounding Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to get him into a game if they ever needed a pitcher.

Even though Turner has clearly showed his chops at becoming the Dodgers next closer, my hope is that this is his only go at it and retires with a 0.00 ERA. How perfect would that be?

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Cody Bellinger hits home run, but is called out thanks to baserunning blunder

Baseball is back!!!

Baseball is officially back in action, and so are the shenanigans. On Opening Day of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and first baseman Cody Bellinger ran into an unusual — but hilarious — snafu against Colorado Rockies.

With Bellinger up to bat, the 25-year-old knocked a home run out to left field off of Rockies pitcher German Marquez. The ball just got past the reach of Raimel Tapia over the railing and would have given the Dodgers a 2-0 lead if not for a baserunning error by Justin Turner.

Turner, it seemed, thought Tapia caught the ball, and rushed back to first base before he could be tagged out. Meanwhile, Bellinger ran past him on the base path, causing confusion on what was seemingly a simple home run.

The official ruling turned into an RBI single for Bellinger, who was then called out on the play thanks to passing Turner on the basepath. A shame, really, as Turner was clearly the guilty party here by misinterpreting the home run as a caught ball.

A confusing play, but hey at least the memes have been funny!

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LeBron James calls for respect for Clayton Kershaw, celebrates Dodgers World Series

LeBron James then asked if there was a “safe” way to do a parade to celebrate the Lakers and Dodgers championships.

The delirium of Los Angeles winning two championships in the same month, after the Dodgers won their first World Series in 32 years in Tuesday night’s Game 6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, caught everybody in Los Angeles including Lakers star forward LeBron James. James had cheered on the Dodgers for the whole MLB postseason and among his celebratory tweets, he congratulated Clayton Kershaw for finally breaking through to win a World Series after getting there three times in the past four years without winning it all. Of course, James knows how hard it is to break through after winning his 4th championship earlier this month in his 10th trip to the NBA Finals.

However, James also got caught up in the moment in calling for a parade as COVID cases have risen. Los Angeles officials blame celebrations after the Lakers won the title for L.A.’s latest spike in coronavirus cases and last night’s even more wild celebrations in L.A. may put more people on alert. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said he would look into what possibilities there could be for a parade, but realistically, having a traditional parade is out of the question.

Some folks have pointed to Bad Bunny’s recent concert through the streets of New York where he was on a bus while it was broadcast on television as an example, but the aftermath of last night’s Dodgers celebration on the field drove home why the notion of having a “safe” parade with both the Dodgers and the Lakers is going to be an almost impossible endeavor without significant organization, testing and legitimate following of the rules.

Justin Turner being allowed to celebrate the World Series despite testing positive with COVID-19 as the Dodgers celebrated the title with his teammates around him is perhaps the best example as to why a parade can’t happen. Unless every player has their own individual car or vehicle with the general public not being allowed on the street, that might be the only way. And there can be no traditional gathering with fans as you would typically do at the end of the parade, where players give speeches and the like.

With players going back to home markets and cases rising all over the country, having a parade seems unlikely at best and reckless at worst.

 

 

What’s next for Dodgers, Justin Turner after COVID debacle?

What I’m Hearing: Our MLB insider Bob Nightengale breaks down what’s next for the Dodgers and Justin Turner after it was found he had a positive COVID-19 test during the clinching game of the World Series.

What I’m Hearing: Our MLB insider Bob Nightengale breaks down what’s next for the Dodgers and Justin Turner after it was found he had a positive COVID-19 test during the clinching game of the World Series.

The Dodgers’ Justin Turner took an epic shot at Rob Manfred over trophy comments

More than a piece of metal.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has faced intense scrutiny — and deservedly so — for his handling of the Astros cheating scandal.

Manfred offered Astros players immunity during the investigation process, let the Astros keep their World Series title and seemingly had more sympathy for the cheating Astros players than the players who were cheated. Manfred’s comments to ESPN about the decision to let the Astros keep their title didn’t help matters either.

In that sit-down interview with Karl Ravech, Manfred called the World Series title just a “piece of metal.” MLB players didn’t take kindly to Manfred minimizing a championship to a literal trophy, and on Monday, the Dodgers’ Justin Turner took a major shot at Manfred.

Speaking to The Athletic, Turner was especially upset that Manfred considered the game’s ultimate prize — something players work their entire careers for — as simply a piece of metal. Turner went at Manfred in his response:

“The only thing devaluing it right now is the fact that it says ‘Commissioner’ on it. It’s just unbelievable. Is he that out of touch with our game, that those are his comments? … Does he not know what we put into these seasons? Does he not know how much work we dedicate to winning that piece of metal? Does he not know what it means to fan bases and cities? Does he not know what it means to little kids in that city, trying to inspire those kids to want to be baseball players?

“Clearly, he doesn’t. He talks about it. He says, ‘Oh, yeah, we want to get the youth involved! We want to inspire the youth!’ But now you’re essentially condoning these guys for cheating. And saying, ‘There’s no precedent’? There’s no precedent because no one’s ever done it before. He just set a soft precedent for how to handle this situation.”

Yeah, don’t make Justin Turner angry. What a burn.

Manfred’s entire handling of the situation has been an abject failure, but unless the owners step in to make a change, baseball will be stuck with his embarrassing leadership for the foreseeable future.

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