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Originally Posted by mrm21711
Anybody see Bucknor behind the plate in tonight's Indians-Red Sox game? In the course of 2 pitches, he did the following:
1) He ruled Mike Lowell out on a foul tipped third strike when the ball clearly hit the ground. He appealed to first base umpire Mike Everitt who correctly ruled the ball hit the ground and then was gloved by the catcher. Bucknor called the Indians back on the field.
2) One pitch later, Lowell hits a ball down the third base line. DeRosa grabs the ball behind the bag (he grabbed it in foul territory) but it appeared the ball went over the base before touched by DeRosa. It also appeared that third base umpire Brian Gorman ruled fair but Bucknor somehow ruled foul. How can Bucknor rule foul on a ground ball down the line - doesnt 3B have any fair/foul decision at or beyond the base?
In the clip below, it certainly appears DeRosa looks back at Gorman who signaled fair ball before DeRosa notices Bucknor calling the ball foul. You can also see Eric Wedge talking to Gorman and Gorman saying "talk to him he made the call."
Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | BOS@CLE: Wedge gets ejected for arguing a foul call - Video | indians.com: Multimedia |
I thought he got the calls right. Watched again this morning on DVR and no way U3 can see that play. Also, the ball is barely past the bag with 3B clearly in foul territory with both feet.
ESPN never showed a good angle but from watching it several times, it looked foul to me so I would say good overrule since he knew U3 couldn't see it.
One thing about it, the PU could get a good look since it was a slow grounder, which gave him time to get out and look at it.
One thing is that base coach thought it was foul, and then coach doesn't really argue the foul, he's arguing because the umpires had two versions.
Finally he wanted to get tossed just to stand up for his players.
On the play in the dirt, that was a tough call, even on DVR, I don't see it "clearly" in the dirt. BU should be helping on those, we use signal to help, MLB must not.
Thanks
David