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Originally Posted by RichMSN
Personally, I don't care about this play at all, with the exception that eliminating the expected call has finally reached this level
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Rich IMO, the aforementioned is the crux of the issue.
"back in the day" whether the runner was actually tagged or not was irrelevant. The ball beat the runner by a good margin and the call would have been out and for the most part no one would have said anything.
Now we have a zillion angles and the "neighborhood play" along with the expected call are now "out the window"
IMO, the MLB umpires are looking for "too much evidence" since they know a game ended play or any play for that matter will be reviewed a zillion times.
Pretty soon we will not have to wait for MLB / The Players union or anyone else for that matter to push for IR. The umpires themselves will push for it so they do not have to take all the flak they are presently taking.
Pete Booth