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Post by cj on Sept 3, 2012 22:29:45 GMT -5
Umpire had the gall to claim the replay backed his call. As you can see, the replay is inconclusive. Can't see any way he could have seen whether the runner had touched the base with his left heel. Besides, although techniques are always changing. Shouldn't the umpire be following the ball out to right field to make sure the right fielder doesn't say throw his glove to stop the ball or something like that. Shouldn't under the rotation system this be covered by the home plate umpire rotating towards first or perhaps if the second base umpire's job is to cover the outfield play, than the first base umpire covers second while the home plate umpire still covers the play at first? In any event, it looked too close to me to make that call and unless you're 100% sure, you should let the players decide the game.
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Post by cball1985 on Sept 3, 2012 23:04:18 GMT -5
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Post by russ on Sept 4, 2012 1:57:05 GMT -5
Umpire had the gall to claim the replay backed his call. As you can see, the replay is inconclusive. Can't see any way he could have seen whether the runner had touched the base with his left heel. Besides, although techniques are always changing. Shouldn't the umpire be following the ball out to right field to make sure the right fielder doesn't say throw his glove to stop the ball or something like that. Shouldn't under the rotation system this be covered by the home plate umpire rotating towards first or perhaps if the second base umpire's job is to cover the outfield play, than the first base umpire covers second while the home plate umpire still covers the play at first? In any event, it looked too close to me to make that call and unless you're 100% sure, you should let the players decide the game. That's only for a fly ball. On a ground ball every umpire stays put.
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 4, 2012 9:18:26 GMT -5
Haven't had many of those this year............
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 4, 2012 21:51:49 GMT -5
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Post by cj on Sept 4, 2012 22:44:32 GMT -5
After the game, Girardi refused to discuss the incident but did say that the batter had not called time. The batter thought the pitch was not strike 3.
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 5, 2012 23:28:32 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 6, 2012 21:04:01 GMT -5
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Post by JugglingReferee on Sept 7, 2012 5:42:11 GMT -5
What has often made me laugh is when the coaches / older adults get into arguments. What a ridiculous scene to see grown men argue with each other.
Just catch the instigator. Toss him and stipulate that all ejections are on automatic review for possible fines.
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 8, 2012 8:48:26 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 8, 2012 20:39:49 GMT -5
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Post by zcr57 on Sept 8, 2012 21:36:23 GMT -5
Jerry Meals misses an EASY call in Baltimore that costs the Yankees the game. With 1 out Mark Teixeira is trying to leg out a double play, and slides head first into 1st base. Replays show that Teixeira's hand was CLEARLY on the bag before the ball came close to the 1st baseman's glove, but Meals calls him out, ending the game. This is the 2nd time in as many years that Meals has blown a safe/out call with the game on the line (he was the plate umpire for the Pirates-Braves fiasco last year). This is unacceptable at the major league level. Edit: no video yet, but here's proof that he was safe: twitpic.com/aslv7k
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Post by russ on Sept 8, 2012 22:41:27 GMT -5
When a runner slides head first at first base, it seems like that is when it is the easiest for Umpires to miss the call. I have seen many times where an Umpire will call the runner out at first when he is clearly safe because it is almost impossible to see. Clearly a missed call, but I understand why he missed it, it happens a lot more often than you would think. Not nearly as blatant a miss as last year, even though he looked safe by a good margin.
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Post by cj on Sept 9, 2012 6:07:56 GMT -5
I'll do the heavy work.....here's the last play of the Yankees-Orioles game with the four calls (Baltimore tv, Baltimore radio, New York tv and New York radio)... tinyurl.com/9fe4l4mBiggest crying as you would experct from the Yankees broadcasters (oh you gotta get that right etc although John Sterling was somewhat muted with his well that's baseball but then again, I remember a certain pimple faced little you know what reaching over the rail to deprive Tony Terasco of the opportunity to make a fairly routine catch against the right field wall at Yankee Stadiumthat tied up a playoff game the Yankees eventually won (incidentally even if they got this call right, it only means the game would have been tied. There is no cedrtainty, given what transpired two nights earlier that the Yankees would have won). The Yankees did not bemoan the ineptitude on this call; rather they treated the juvenile delinquent as a hero. Also all of the proposals for ir in baseball would not allow review of this kind of call. I guess John Strerling got it right. :That's baseball, Susan."
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Post by FredFan7 on Sept 9, 2012 23:59:56 GMT -5
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