johnnyg08

Can anyone help me find the clip from a recent MiLB (I think) game where the game ended on a pulled foot swipe tag and there appeared to be a tag, but U1 signaled "Safe - Off the base" and missed what appeared to be a tag in the chest? I'm having a heck of a time searching and you'll all be shocked to know that I don't have unlimited time to search for this..but would like the clip for the teachable moments. Thank you.

What part do you disagree with?

You might not get pinched the first time, 2nd time, or third time...but eventually you're gonna get pinched.

I'm not, nor will I teach umpires to take their masks off prior to a check swing appeal. It's not happening.

I can't wrap my head around the fact that we claim to not see a cap continuously falling off of the pitcher's head in our periphery.

It's pretty easy to see as the base umpire.

Re: caps falling off every pitch In our state, we enforce it as "properly worn equipment" Either get it to stay on, or he's coming out.

OMG, people are morons. Ugh

I'll take clueless announcers for $400 Ken.

Easy to say if you're not the one on the field.

Looks good to me.

Agree...I think the review could involve concrete aspects of judgement. "Did the ball hit the hand?" Okay...that impacts the decision that I originally made. We have interference.

I think this is a miss by the crew. U2 isn't going to get a look at this and neither is U1. The two umpires who maybe get a look at this is U3 and PU. I've called this before as PU and had a great look. I understand & realize that working with four umpires and MLB is something I don't do. I still think it's a miss though.

Well...that's only partially true and it depends on the case. Typically past "antics" are litigated during discovery. (IANAL) Also, this is real world. Jury instructions aren't necessarily real world.

Warnings don't work, only use them if required by rule. Just call balks, illegal pitches, etc... Those are the only things that will maybe have an impact.

Funny thing is that it doesn't work. If it did, he'd be in Cy Young territory which he isn't. Dumb gimmick...and I hate that this stuff trickles down.

When you're getting sniped...things like this will occur. One way to prevent it...stop sniping the umpire.

Slide or Veer

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My slight counter point would be that since this is a new FED interp, I feel as though we should use a stricter interpretation early. If nothing changes in how it's called, then nothing will change.

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