I thought Show would come out to start shit, and when Triple H started to bitch about him being barred from the arena, Vinny Mac would come out and say he brought him back.
Boy am I glad to see Vanek leave the division.
I get the move from the Isles' perspective, but they screwed themselves. There was, at least to our knowledge, no established market/price for Vanek. They got a bit trigger happy.
I think the lack of grey area is what irks me. For example, as if it was a direct counter-argument to my point, the umps say that the runner determines the baseline. But, in reality, you can't run wherever the hell you want. Also, there's the whole intent doesn't matter thing.
Just an odd way...
Runners slide to avoid tags all the time when a fielder tries to impede progress. It's not entirely the same situation, but it was totally possible for Craig not to run into Middlebrooks and avoid this whole thing. He "couldn't" (whether he could or not, I guess, is irrelevant) and the call was...