The Yuni Files, Chapter 3

by Kyle Lobner on Oct 6, 2011 1:00 PM CDT in Yuni Files

The Yuni Files are created, written and produced by BCB resident photoshop wizard nullacct, and are "inspired by actual events." A new comic in the series appears each Thursday. If you're lost, try starting with the prologue.

Here are the previous installments:

Follow the jump for this week's comic.

Check back next week for Chapter Four!

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I think we needed this today.

Just to take our minds off of what’s going on.

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by -JP- on Oct 6, 2011 1:03 PM CDT reply actions

What does the top right cell say

below the “I don’t need my glasses to see” bubble? (Starts with “in”)

FanGraphs should consider a venue for a Gallery Night... they could even serve a cake with a Win Expectancy Chart of the 7/7/11 Brewers' game etched in the frosting, and 7-up. Oh, yeah - and t-shirts that say "SABR-Friday." I'm totally there.

by Jess'HittheBall on Oct 6, 2011 1:15 PM CDT reply actions

"In fact, I can read the signals LaRussa is sending from the Cardinals' dugout.

And the notes he’s writing on the lineup card!

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by tcyoung on Oct 6, 2011 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank you!

by Jess'HittheBall on Oct 6, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I love the representation of Prince's line drive : )

Good job, all around!

by Jess'HittheBall on Oct 6, 2011 1:20 PM CDT reply actions

Would that be considered an inside-the-park HR?

If so, hasn’t Fielder already done that once? I believe it was against the Blue Jays, he hit it so hard that it was stuck in the wall, but the umpire didn’t rule in a ground-rule double.

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by -JP- on Oct 6, 2011 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I think twice!

by Jess'HittheBall on Oct 6, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Wait, I didn't read that correctly.

Yeah, I think the ball was wedged under the padding for only one of them.

by Jess'HittheBall on Oct 6, 2011 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions

No, that wouldn't be considered an inside-the-park HR

If a ball were to do that, I’d imagine the umpires would call the ball dead and award Prince a double.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Oct 6, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Just to reference

I was referring to this.

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by -JP- on Oct 6, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

I realize that. First off, no ball is considered an “inside-the-park HR”. It’s either a live or dead ball. In that Blue Jays game, the umpire ruled that the RF could still retrieve the ball (wasn’t stuck in the wall… just up against it). If the ball actually went through the fence (like the comic above), there’s no way anyone would be able to retrieve it.

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Oct 6, 2011 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

This.

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Oct 6, 2011 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions

There are situations where they will award a ground-rule triple,

But it’s umpire’s discretion. I don’t ever remember seeing a mention in the rules where the umpires could rule a ground rule home-run, though. I don’t believe those are allowed.

by cwolf20 on Oct 6, 2011 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions

If I remember correctly, there is a situation where a ground-rule home run can be awarded

It’s when a fielder interferes with a ball in the air by throwing something at it (glove, hat, etc), and the ball is on a trajectory that, at the discretion of the umpire, would land outside the field of play for a home run if there was no interference.

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by -JP- on Oct 6, 2011 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions

That really isn't a ground-rule home run though.

Ground rule implies that something within the scope of the stadium design and field of play. That would be detached equipment which is immediately a dead-ball situation. The typical situation would be to award two bases. There is discretion on balls hit in the air that would allow for a home run.

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Oct 6, 2011 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions

I was at that game!

June 19th, 2008 I think. His other one came in interleague play also, when he hit a popup that hit the ceiling in Minneapolis.

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby

by icecreamman on Oct 6, 2011 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey, guys.

I am just looking for a little help. I have four tickets for Game five and wanted to know if there is a place I can post to try to move them. I only want face value for them, and I am not a scalper, just someone who cant make the 407 start time. Thanks for any help.

"Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money."

by Berryjs on Oct 6, 2011 3:59 PM CDT reply actions

I'm sure somebody on here will take them. Otherwise, if you put them on Craigslist for face, they'll be gone in an hour.

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by tcyoung on Oct 6, 2011 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I have tried.

I live in Madison, so its making it more difficult.

"Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money."

by Berryjs on Oct 6, 2011 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions

looks like jayson stark has bee following the yuni files

from his recap of NLCS game 1:

Pitch No. 3: Prince Fielder then hit a ball so hard that “home run” isn’t really an adequate term to describe it. It not only left the park, it looked for a moment like it might bore a hole through the wall behind the bullpen in right-center field.

"[Baseball moguls] must truly believe that all their fans are scholars of the game who would resent having their concentration on the great pageant about to be played out before their very eyes distracted by anything as dull as, say, fun and laughter." --Bill Veeck

by MKEtotheATX on Oct 10, 2011 8:29 AM CDT reply actions

*been, obviously

by MKEtotheATX on Oct 10, 2011 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions

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