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No disputing his foot came off...BUT...from the first angle you cant be positive Wright had the tag on when he was off.  In the second angle it doesnt look defintive to me either.  As is usually the case, the guy with the best angle was the umpire.  Not saying he was right or wrong...just saying he was in a better position to see the play than anyone else.

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It looks like from his sight line he may have been blocked by Wright's foot.

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Did Wright push the foot off the base?

 

YEP!

Now see, guys are all set to jump on the pros for a botched call. But if in his judgment the fielder pushed the foot of the base, that runner is SAFE.

I don't know what the call was (well, I know it was safe, but I don't know why). Hard to dispute if you don't know what the ruling was...

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Did Wright push the foot off the base?

 

YEP!

 

Now see, guys are all set to jump on the pros for a botched call. But if in his judgment the fielder pushed the foot of the base, that runner is SAFE.

I don't know what the call was (well, I know it was safe, but I don't know why). Hard to dispute if you don't know what the ruling was...

 

 

Actually the MLB interp is that the runner has to have stable control of the base before the push off is a "safe".  Ask Hrbek and Gant.

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Looks a lot more like a "Safe" than an "out."  There is nothing at all definitive there to rule that guy out.  He clearly beat the play to begin with.  You're better off siding with safe in this instance.

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