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Originally Posted by Lawrence.Dorsey
Bases loaded, 1 one out. Jose Reyes hits a diving line drive to Kotsay in CF. Kotsay traps the ball (it was pretty obvious to me on live TV) and Bruce Dreckman rules it a catch. Mets are fuming. Willie Randolph comes out to argue and the crew huddles. Note: The Braves got a double play because R2 did not tag up after he saw the ball hit the turf. Gerry Davis and his crew decided to credit each runner including the B-R with one base and allow one run to score. The kicker was that on the play the R2 passed R3 who stood on third thinking there had been a catch. Bobby Cox argued that the reversal of the call was OK but R2 should be called out because he passed R3. The umpires did not call R3 out.
All I can figure is that the crew realized that they had made a mistake and the only way to salvage it was to give each runner including the B-R one base.
Lawrence
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Hi Lawrence
It appears that MLB has adopted FED rule 10-2-3(l)
Rectify any situation in which an umpire's decision that was reversed has placed either team at a disadvantage.
Therefore, in the future there is precendent that in a game played under OBR rules we as umpires can "fix" it.
Pete Booth