Tmac's Teachable Moments - Base Touches

[Lindsay]

Occasionally, it's fun to take a play and break it down and use it as a teachable moment. Welcome to Tmac's Teachable Moments, analyzing the best in baseball—from an umpire's positioning and mechanics point of view. Let's look at this play from the Reds and Rockies game.  Here we have an...

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[ElkOil]

Two things. One, Cederstrom, for crying out loud, don't stick your helmet on your head like that. Carry it in your hand.

Two, it looks to me like the runner's foot slid into the edge of the base and he should have been called safe upon review.

[grayhawk]

31 minutes ago, ElkOil said:

Two things. One, Cederstrom, for crying out loud, don't stick your helmet on your head like that. Carry it in your hand.

Two, it looks to me like the runner's foot slid into the edge of the base and he should have been called safe upon review.

"It looks to me like" is not "clear and convincing evidence" to overturn the call.  I agree with you, by the way, but the umpires in NY need more to go on.