More great mechanics from the LLWS ;)

[Thunderheads]

Posted over on .org, but nothing yet....I bet this gets more action here

He's SAAAFE,,, no OUT!

Canada Panama

:10 second mark

P.S. if it doesn't play at first, it's the "ad" at the beginning that sticks, ..just refresh (may take a couple of times)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kih9E1pg2s4

Edited August 26, 2010 by Thunderheads

[semper_fi_72]

Looked like he was safe to me.

Wonder what they were able to see on replay?

Maybe his foot was above the plate from another angle.

Inconclusive from this video.

To fast with his mechanics.

[JaxRolo]

I saw this when it happened and thought it was safe. I wonder what made him change his mind?

[zm1283]

The runner's foot is blocked by F2's foot. If it touches the plate, it is after he is tagged. He got it right, but looked bad in doing so.

[JaxRolo]

The runner's foot is blocked by F2's foot. If it touches the plate, it is after he is tagged. He got it right, but looked bad in doing so.

I have to respectfully disagree. Yes he blocked the plate but the runners foot pushed F2's foot back before the tag.

[mazzamouth]

I have to respectfully disagree. Yes he blocked the plate but the runners foot pushed F2's foot back before the tag.

+1.. close the thread, cause that might have been the worst or ugliest mechanic I have ever seen.

[dumbdumb]

This is a "great and I mean great" example for you young bucks on the timing issue. His timing was too quick and that will get you in trouble. He should not have come out of his HOK position until about the time he makes his final out call to start with. Watch right at 9-10 second mark where his right hand and left hand with the mask start to come up with the safe call almost at the same instance the tag is being made. That should not happen. He should have stayed in his HOK position until he saw the play all the way through, and then at the completion of the play where he saw the out, then come out of the HOK with the out call. CBS,NBC, ESPN, etc. etc. aren't going anywhere until "you make the call".

Obviously from the replay they could not tell whether the runners right lead foot was "over the plate" in the air and on the catchers foot (out) or whether it was on the plate and on the foot in which he would be (safe). Since they could not conclusively tell, the out stood. It is obvious if the foot did not touch he is out and if it did he was safe. It is all in the judgment of whether the foot was in the air over the base, or on the ground on the base. Judgment call, it could have been either and we all know that both scenarios can and do happen. And don't try and tell me both scenarios are not possible with some physics analogy. This can and does happen, it just depends on how the runner has his leg, in the air a little or on the ground.

Edited August 27, 2010 by dumbdumb

[JaxRolo]

To be fair to the Umpire I think we got off on a tangent on this post. Going back to the OP he is referencing the mechanics of the call and not whether he was safe or out.