Out at 3rd - Replay

[Thunderheads]

I know how this works ....call on the field stands unless there's convincing evidence otherwise.

 

That being said ......the angles shown here don't show a tag, do they?

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/63817564/v35608069

[grayhawk]

They don't definitively show the tag was missed either, though I suspect that it was missed.

[JaxRolo]

No way U3 could see a tag from that angle.

[bam]

He should be out for bad base-running.  

[noumpere]

No way U3 could see a tag from that angle.

Right -- but he couldn't see a miss, either and the default on this play is going to be "out".

[ricka56]

The touch/tag attempt was close. You can only definitely see which came first on slo-mo replay. And with a close touch/tag attempt and an iffy tag, it would have been easier to go with a safe call. Kudos to U3 for getting the touch/tag attempt order of events correct and getting the out.

 

Often we don't have clear evidence one way or the other, but we make our best guess with the info given. IR replay doesn't give clear evidence of a missed call, so I'm glad that they didn't second guess the on-filed umpire.