Noise issue?

[Thunderheads]

Is this one of those plays where you're listening for the foot to hit the bag, and the foot doesn't hit the bag, his hand does, and it doens't give you that 'sound' ......

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19656353

[Mr Umpire]

Well, for me, in a close play like this, whoever makes it difficult to call and I'm not 100% sure of how the play occurred, then that person has a problem. I would have called him out for that reason. The defense already made it a close play by a bad throw and an awkward looking F3 on the play. So without a glove sound, the runner has to make the play easier to call. If he doesn't by sliding, it leaves the umpire to guess sometimes.

I think this a play where there wasn't much sound from the glove or the foot so U1 made a call based on what he thinks he saw. He was some distance away from the play and with no sound, it became difficult. Call me "Old school" but runners sliding into 1B on a close play are out. Simply b/c they made a close play difficult. I don't care what anyone says, that is my philosophy and BR would have been out on this for me.

[Umpete]

Announcers complain that McLelland is maybe too far away. I don't necessarily think so, but he may have had a poor angle for this particular play.

Apparently, at least according to Girardi, McLelland was having a rough night! Girardi knows better than to count calls - I think he had enough.

[noumpere]

Is this one of those plays where you're listening for the foot to hit the bag, and the foot doesn't hit the bag, his hand does, and it doens't give you that 'sound' ......

The full sound plays are nearly 100% correct, the ones where the eyes get involved are 50-50.

[mstaylor]

I hate to tell the knuckleheads playing baseball these days that one of the dumbest plays in baseball is sliding at first. The ONLY reason to slide going to first is the throw is off and you are avoiding a tag. The rules makers had the forethought to allow a batter to overrun first to make the play at first closer. By running through the base you are continuing to move possitively. By sliding you are no longer maintaining your running speed, by sliding you have introduced friction which means deceleration. Of course it does make it harder to call, especially if there is dirt flying, but it makes it a closer play because it takes longer to get there.

[johnnyg08]

Seeing plays like this makes me feel better about making the occasional mistake...it even happens at the highest level. We just don't have the cameras to confirm or reject our call.

[Rich Ives]

Announcers complain that McLelland is maybe too far away. I don't necessarily think so, but he may have had a poor angle for this particular play.

Apparently, at least according to Girardi, McLelland was having a rough night! Girardi knows better than to count calls - I think he had enough.

According to the replays he was having a rough night. Only saw two of the three. On the one that caused this confrontation he missed it by a lot. The other one was closer.

[Umpire in Chief]

Well, for me, in a close play like this, whoever makes it difficult to call and I'm not 100% sure of how the play occurred, then that person has a problem. I would have called him out for that reason. The defense already made it a close play by a bad throw and an awkward looking F3 on the play. So without a glove sound, the runner has to make the play easier to call. If he doesn't by sliding, it leaves the umpire to guess sometimes.

I think this a play where there wasn't much sound from the glove or the foot so U1 made a call based on what he thinks he saw. He was some distance away from the play and with no sound, it became difficult. Call me "Old school" but runners sliding into 1B on a close play are out. Simply b/c they made a close play difficult. I don't care what anyone says, that is my philosophy and BR would have been out on this for me.

A senior guy I work with once told me in a post-game where I might have kicked a call on a jacked up play he told me, "Screw he who screws up"