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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
Not a baseball guy, but years ago in Referee mag, the editors responded to a coach's letter by supporting the idea of "ball beating the runner, call him out." This play seems to suggest that at the very least, this umpire doesn't go by that. Does anyone go by that, or is that philosophy a thing of the past?
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The philosophy exists as long as the fielder does what he's supposed to do. In other words, if F2 had laid his glove in front of the plate and R2 had *maybe* gotten a hand on the plate a microsecond before the actual tag, there'd be no debate here. But even in real time watching the game (I'm a Phillies fan), the runner was clearly safe, proving that Barajas is still a poor excuse for a Major League catcher.