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Atl Blue,
With all due respect, What Major League Umpire Manual?? I am quoting from the 2004 Official Baseball Rules and what Jim Evans taught us at umpire school in 2000.
Some of you are talking about this MLB Umpire Manual but, if I'm not mistaken, that manual is revised, added to and deleted from quite frequently. Moreover, it is given to MLB Umpires, Supervisors and perhaps members of the MLB front office. Whoever claims to have a copy of this and is stating official interpretations from it, where are they coming from and what edition (year) is this so called MLB Manual?
I can tell you right now, if that game was protested and Emmel made the wrong call that decided the outcome of the game, MLB would have come out with an explantion and/or replayed the game. Especially since their was an ejection at home plate the following day (probably relating to that play).
The fact of the matter is that the SS was outright cheating, got caught and as a result, lost the game for his team. His Manager, like a typical "rat", tried to blame the umpires for a mistake his own player made. And you, my fellow bretheren, are finding reasons to condone bushleague play and also blaming MLB umpires for allegedly blowing calls. Yes, they do make mistakes... but a call that decided the outcome of a game would not go unnoticed by MLB if it had been incorrect.
Until Dave Hensley or anyone else can produce the source, edition year and what exactly they are quoting from, I will stick to my sources - The Official Baseball Rules and Jim Evans... and I'll put those two up against any "derivatives" from a some MLB Umpire Manual. Oh, I forgot to mention another source - a little umpiring common sense - that can sometimes simplify things as well
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