On the other side ....

[Jocko]

I liked it. He did a great job. Theatrical? Possibly, but when the ball came to rest, he did his job and did it well. Kudos to DI for #1 being there, #2 busting ass to get position, #3 "selling" the call.

Noone says anything about bangers at a bag when you crow hop and throw your shoulder out. Noone said Haller was over the top with the "Boom" toss. Dan was on point. :notworthy:

[Jocko]

I thought the intense crouching at the end was a bit theatrical...it was a foot fair, not like you have to super-stare at it like a Florida recount judge staring at a hanging chad.

My chads hang to the left.....

my wife keeps mine hermetically seald in a mason jar on Funk & Wagnall's porch

[UmpJeff]

Well, from where I sat, I saw nothing wrong with what Iassogna did. I've got to be honest, I'm not going to nit-pick his hustle, mechanics, or positioning simply because of the fact he's out there and I'm sitting in my living room watching him work the stick in Game 2 of the World Series. A place where every one of us would love to be. Who am I to point the emphatic finger (okay, bad pun...)? Once I've worked a World Series, then my thoughts might be different...maybe.

[johnnyg08]

I don't think any of us are bashing what or how he did it...we post 99.99999% of stuff on here to learn.

Off of that stage, its likely to be evaluated as overkill in our amateur/non-world series games.

If I were working the stick in the world series, it's likely you'd see me doing the same thing.

[Lindsay]

Never truer rang the colloquial phrase, "good show."

[carolinablue]

With three players right around the ball, he may have been concerned with the ball getting some help into foul ground, I would be. Stick your face in there to say. I'm here don't try anything guys.

[umpkid45]

Yes Dan, there's a billion people watching you, .....and .....yes ....that's a fair ball. You see, no one touched it, and it's resting 'still' in fair territory....

http://gifninja.com/...a-fair-call.gif

Yes Dan, there's a billion people watching you, .....and .....yes ....that's a fair ball. You see, no one touched it, and it's resting 'still' in fair territory....

http://gifninja.com/...a-fair-call.gif

Do you know how bad it will look if he just does a lazy point fair, I see more umpires get into trouble because they think cause they have been doing this, x amount of years they can half ass it.