Francona's EJ on a neighborhood-no review

[Thunderheads]

[UmpJeff]

Terry Ratcona at it again...

[Thunderheads]

Terry Ratcona at it again...

he is, but ....I'm tending to agree with him here.   That's NOT a neighborhood play ....throw took him off the bag

[UmpJeff]

he is, but ....I'm tending to agree with him here.   That's NOT a neighborhood play ....throw took him off the bag

Me, too.

[Thunderheads]

Me, too.

I used neighborhood in my title because the verbiage (I thought) was relevant ....

[basejester]

That is the neighbor play to me.  Yes, the throw is offline, but he easily holds the bag if he isn't also trying to maintain momentum away from the runner.  Note that his glove arm is bent at the elbow.

But the whole concept of the neighborhood play is an ill-defined anachronism in the replay era.  MLB needs to chuck the idea and institute tighter control over the runner's behavior (e.g., the FPSR). 

 

[Thunderheads]

That is the neighbor play to me.  Yes, the throw is offline, but he easily holds the bag if he isn't also trying to maintain momentum away from the runner.  Note that his glove arm is bent at the elbow.

But the whole concept of the neighborhood play is an ill-defined anachronism in the replay era.  MLB needs to chuck the idea and institute tighter control over the runner's behavior (e.g., the FPSR). 

 

stop the video at .07 ...... r1 isn't even in the same zip code as the play at 2nd .........

[basejester]

stop the video at .07 ...... r1 isn't even in the same zip code as the play at 2nd .........

That's a valid point, but look at where the runner is when the fielder completes the throw another half second later.  I don't think this standard for neighborhood play is well-defined.

 

[Thunderheads]

That's a valid point, but look at where the runner is when the fielder completes the throw another half second later.  I don't think this standard for neighborhood play is well-defined.

 

concur

[KLAH316]

Why didn't he just request a challenge??

[krwill96]

It's my understanding he tried to but was told he cannot due to it being not reviewable because it's the neighborhood play.