INT / DP

[Thunderheads]

OMG the announcers ...............SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO INCREDIBLY STUPID!!!!

 

INT DOES NOT REQUIRE CONTACT!  

 

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=29920405&topic_id=9780550

[BRUMP]

"No coach INT doesn't require contact." "Ok well he didn't mean to." "INT doesn't require intent either."

[Jocko]

Great call

[UmpJeff]

"Did he touch him?  I don't know.." 

 

Not only does the a$$clown announcer not know whether or not Santana touched him, he doesn't know the rules, either.

[scrounge]

I'll at least give them credit for knowing the rule exists and that Hamilton was wrong for being on the plate....so there's a kernel of hope, above average by (low) announcer standards

[JaxRolo]

Rampart Stupidity!

[noumpere]

I will say that if it was called more often then the announcers would learn the rule.  Part of the problem is that its not called when it should be and there are variations on who is out etc so that's partly why they all get confused.

[zm1283]

I will say that if it was called more often then the announcers would learn the rule.  Part of the problem is that its not called when it should be and there are variations on who is out etc so that's partly why they all get confused.

 

The only place I see it not called enough is high school and below.  I used to catch in high school and I would literally run over batters that stepped over the plate and it didn't get called once in four years of playing in the spring and summer.

[grozzly]

question: in this video, we must consider OBR 7.09 (e) ???

[maven]

That's Rick Manning, and he's middle of the pack on rules for former-player-turned-announcers.

 

Good call. The video headline "Indians turn odd double play" occurs more often than you'd imagine!

[zoops]

question: in this video, we must consider OBR 7.09 (e) ???

 

I would say so.