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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
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So in Tim McLelland's own words from the article above
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"Michael Barrett stuck out his leg, but he didn't have it planted in the ground," McClelland said. "What I saw was Holliday kind of slide through that leg and touch the plate."
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I now refer to my post on the top of page 2 of this thread where I asked
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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
Is it possible that Holiday's hand could have gotten under the cleats of F2? It almost looks like that is what happened!
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Which is answered by Pete Booth
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Originally Posted by petebooth
Ozzy, if that's what happened then McClelland would have signalled safe immediately. There would have been no need for him to wait. From the video, McClelland, didn't see a tag of the plate that's why the no signal. Then he gave the safe sign. It appears as though McClelland simply Froze on the call.
I am really surprised the Padres didn't go more ballistic on the play.
Bottom line last night's play is why MLB NEEDS Instant replay. Give Football credit regardless of what one thinks of IR.
Pete Booth
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Disclaimer: I am not singling out Pete here, I am using his post as the example because he quoted me.
You see, this is typical of this site. We amateurs (myself included this time in a later post) are so caught up in ourselves that we think that we can out call the top guys! We boast that we won't jump on our partner's call because we are 90' away but we feel that through the magic of television , we can make a proper call thousands of miles away. And no, instant replay wouldn't have helped in this instance either. That is unless the camera was looking over McCelland's shoulder! Instant replay (in baseball) is just a cop out for poor officiating or people who just can't accept the call made by the officials.
Let this be a lesson to us - we should be as careful and cautious judging the pros as we claim to be with our own partners! In other words, practice what we preach!
Regards - al finis