May 23, 2005
C vs. C
Chris Capuano and defeated Shawn Chacon 2-1 in Milwaukee tonight. Chacon went only four innings, and was lifted for a pinch runner after he singled in the 5th. I assume Shawn somehow hurt himself; it seems like you would pinch hit before you'd pinch run.
Capuano held the Rockies to 3 hits in 8 1/3 innings and lowered his ERA to 3.09. Chris has cut down his homers allowed. In 2004 he gave up 18 dingers in 88 1/3 innings. So far in 2005 he's allowed 7 in 67 IP.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Chacon hurt his ankle trying to get back to first on a great pick-off move by Capuano, who was unfairly called for a balk, letting in the Rockies' only run.
The thing about Capuano's "good move" is that it LOOKS like a balk; teams have been complaining about it for a couple of years, and when this one happened I was actually saying "balk" out loud before the call... then they showed it slow-mo and it really wasn't. It doesn't even look like the same throw until Chacon comes up hurt...
He looks like his motion is committed to home, but its some sort of tempo illusion. Its really hard to fault an umpire for missing the call. Its kinda like Todd Van Poppel's curveball when he first turned pro-- if it fools your opponent that badly, its gonna fool the Blue too.