A duo of plays at the plate ....

[Thunderheads]

Nothing special here .........I just love plays at the plate!

 

By the way, what's Maldonado complaining about ..... twice ......

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26790683&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_26790683&v=3

 

There's Maldonado again complaining, and Roenicke, ....what are YOU doing out there?! Jeeeeez

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26790401&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_26790401&v=3

 

 

[mstaylor]

Good calls on all. Manager was just keeping his catcher from getting stupid. 

[Thunderheads]

Good calls on all. Manager was just keeping his catcher from getting stupid. 

That's what I thought right after I posted it

[Thunderheads]

P.S.

ANOTHER Reebok Zig Plate sighting........

[Umpire in Chief]

What I like is you can see his face and what he is looking at on the plays. 

 

Here's one thing I noticed, he took his off the ball while it was still in flight and then looked at the runner. 

 

Now at our levels where the catcher making the call is much less certain, we can not do that or else be at risk for not seeing if the catch actually happened. And you know happens then.