Baltimore vs Boston

[mrm21711]

Anybody notice anything interesting about the Boston/Baltimore game on ESPN 2 Sunday Night?

[LDUB]

No I did not see the game, what happned?

[Rich]

Originally posted by LDUB
No I did not see the game, what happned?

I liked the jacket on the PU and the plate coats on the base umpires.

[Rich Ives]

Other than Pedro getting strike calls on pitches 6" off the plate?

[Hugo Tafurst2]

Originally posted by mrm21711
Anybody notice anything interesting about the Boston/Baltimore game on ESPN 2 Sunday Night?

Other than the fact that the birds seemed to kick Pedro's butt!!

I also like the black jacket with white rings... Thinking of ordering one (I need a new game jacket anyway, honest, dear!!)

[LDUB]

I saw the highlights of the game. I really liked the look of the base umpires. Sharp look.

[Tim C]

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[Edited by Tim C on Apr 7th, 2004 at 09:32 AM]

[mrm21711]

I was just referring to the coats on the base umpires...that took me back a bit

[Hugo Tafurst2]

Originally posted by Tim C
Maybe you mean that there was actually a call on a BR outside the running lane?

Or the Joe Morgan stated, "on the running box violation the throw must come from behind the BR?"

Tee

Of the little bit I saw... Top of eighth to maybe top of ninth.... I did catch...

"Foul Tip" on an uncaught ball, landed at the catcher's feet..

[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by Tim C
Maybe you mean that there was actually a call on a BR outside the running lane?

Or the Joe Morgan stated, "on the running box violation the throw must come from behind the BR?"

Tee

That's one of the statements Joe got right. See my series of articles at Officiating.com. http://baseball.officiating.com/x/article/3546

[Tim C]

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[Edited by Tim C on Apr 7th, 2004 at 09:33 AM]

[Rich Ives]

So what about: The 2004 BRD OFF INTERP 176-272 FITZPATRICK: (3) "The throw need not come from behind."

[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by Rich Ives
So what about: The 2004 BRD OFF INTERP 176-272 FITZPATRICK: (3) "The throw need not come from behind."

Rich: As I pointed out in the 2003 edition of the BRD: Of all the interpretations I've received down through the years from Mike Fitzpatrick, [this] OFF INTERP [176-272] surprised me the most. (1) I have never seen running lane interference called other than when the throw came from behind the batter-runner, screening the fielder at first. (2) It is difficult for me to understand how a runner safe on the base can be guilty of interference for being out of the lane: He doesn't have to be in the lane if he's on the base.

But though I don't agree [with] Fitzpatrick's ruling, it is official; it is how I will treach the running lane in my clinics. An abiding precept -- and one I've always umpired by -- is: A single officials interpretations is worth any number of authoritative opinions.

What I'm trying to say is: Joe Morgan is right, Mike Fitzpatrick is wrong. Still, the BRD accepts his word as The Law. Ah, well, you know what I'm saying....

[brian43]

Originally posted by mrm21711
I was just referring to the coats on the base umpires...that took me back a bit

are you talking about the new pullovers with the delta blue/white stripes over the shoulders? if so, good luck finding one. they are nowhere.

[LDUB]

Originally posted by brian43

are you talking about the new pullovers with the delta blue/white stripes over the shoulders? if so, good luck finding one. they are nowhere.

The base umpires did not have on the pullover jackets. They had on "plate coats". Its been a while since I've seen them on the bases.