- Jul 5, 2016
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Your eyesight is fine. I was wondering the same thing.Did anybody see the game last night when they did a super slow-mo of Canady's rise ball with what looked to me like bullet spin and the announcer was going on and on about how it was "6 to 12" spin?
I admittedly don't always read spin well, but unless I completely do not understand what 6 to 12 is supposed to look like, um, that wasn't it.
Meanwhile, there was a play yesterday (Washington v. Florida, I believe) where there was a runner on 1st. Ball was hit hard to 2nd baseman who caught it in the air and threw to 1st. As this was happening, the runner on 1st took off to 2nd. Meanwhile, 1st baseman threw to 2nd and the runner was in a pickle. The runner ended up be safe back on 1st due to obstruction. I didn't quite understand this. I guess that when the initial throw was made to 1st, the 1st baseman was off the bag otherwise, wouldn't it have been a force on the runner who took off for 2nd.
My point is that this is an example of something the commentators could have explained.
It would be better if the CWS commentators take a note from MLB commentators and talk less about mechanics.