Walk off OBS

[BRUMP]

Great call. Textbook

[CentralOhioUmp30]

Cardinals are the luckiest. Red Sox are the dumbest. Wow.

[mjr_2013]

I gave a point to the TV and called it right along with Joyce. Good thing DeMuth was paying attention too. Imagine the s***storm if he had banged him out only for Joyce to wave it off!

[DVA7130]

Wooooo. That's an amazing play, call, and game. Awesome. Can't wait to see if we can get the mic'ed audio on that one.

[BRUMP]

I really hope they did "The Third Team" just for that play!!!

[JHSump]

I liked that the Fox announcers called it "obstruction."  Not "interference."

 

On MLB Network they showed the rule, word for word.  But some of the commentators just could not wrap their minds around the idea that the rule applies even though F5 could not get out of the way.

[Thunderheads]

Mjr2013 .....I did the same thing.....

Crappy way to end a game but that's obstruction!

Jeff - via Tapatalk

[scrounge]

Thing of beauty....and like a stopped sundial being right twice a year, McGarbles actually had some words that approached - on the edges - actual insightful analysis.

[MUAump2]

Did anyone else think Craig missed touching HP?

[clawdad]

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?topic_id=28898650&content_id=31185453

 

it looks like the leg of his uniform pants JUUUUUUUUUUUUST grazes the edge of the plate.

[JHSump]

Torre is talking about it right now on MLB Network, and getting it absolutely right.

[Rich Ives]

Did anyone else think Craig missed touching HP?

 

The cameras kept cutting away too quickly to tell.

 

Did anyone else think Craig missed touching HP?

 

The replay cameras kept cutting away too quickly to tell.

 

[MUAump2]

Anyone have a reference for the runner being REQUIRED (or not) to touch HP on an obstruction award?  I always thought that even on an award, you had to touch the bases.  IE...R1 being awarded 2 bases and having to touch 2nd on his way to 3rd...that type of thing.

[JHSump]

It does look like Craig missed the plate.  But that has no bearing on the result.

[CalRipkenUmp]

It does look like Craig missed the plate.  But that has no bearing on the result.

Not out on abandonment?

[scrounge]

 

It does look like Craig missed the plate.  But that has no bearing on the result.

Not out on abandonment?

 

 

With all the craziness going on, with all the Red Sox converging on you, in that moment, right after calling obstruction, would you for even a nanosecond even THINK of making that call?

[Richvee]

DeMuth called him safe. Non issue

[CalRipkenUmp]

 

 

It does look like Craig missed the plate.  But that has no bearing on the result.

Not out on abandonment?

 

 

With all the craziness going on, with all the Red Sox converging on you, in that moment, right after calling obstruction, would you for even a nanosecond even THINK of making that call?

 

Of course not. But I'm a Sox fan and need something.

[blue23ll]

Great call! It takes guts to make the critical calls when the game is on the line.

[Texas Manny]

Wow! This thread exploded. You can see that when the tag was applied by the Boston catcher, that Demuth immediately gave the "Safe!" signal, and he pointed towards third bases to acknowledge the obstruction call made by Jim Joyce. At that point, Demuth turns and points firmly towards home plate. This is the mechanic that is used to "score" the run. With the St. Louis team converging out of the dugout and then the Boston manager and a few players converging on home plate, the argument became moot, and Boston abandoned the field in disgust of the odd way the game ended. Demuth scored the run, in a similar fashion that the infamous home run obstruction was called just a few weeks ago previously discussed on U-E. Demuth scored the run, the game is over. What a weird ending to an otherwise boring game.

 

The obstruction call was correct and Boston lost it the moment it occurred. We just got to watch it play out.

[Scratch Franzeo]

Well said, Texas Manny, well said

[Texas Manny]

From the Wendelstedt Umpire School Rules & Interpretations Manual, Section 8.3.1.J (V) - Obstruction, pgs 146-148, Footnote 346:

 

If a runner does not tag up properly, misses a base, or never reaches a base as a result of an obstruction by a fielder, the umpires may deem the base properly tagged up from, touched, or reached if he believes that it would have taken place had the obstruction not occurred.

 

(End of Wendelstedt)

 

 

Here's the answer to the home run obstruction call a few weeks back, and tonight's game ending obstruction. Learn something new every day!

[clawdad]

Great video of the Crew & Joe Torre explaining why the call was made (and correct)

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?topic_id=59733688&content_id=31185803#

[Texas Manny]

Thank you for posting that clawdad. Great interview. It is so nice to hear the voices of the umpires. Glad they had the press conference, and it was handled beautifully. Great call guys!

[mjr_2013]

Glad to see Jim get a call seen round the world spot on. I'm sure he's still haunted by "Hey you're the ump who screwed Galarraga!"... I really hope this helps him finally get away from that, because he's too great an umpire to have that follow him.