Pulled Foot - A first

[PeteBooth]

I was watching ESPN this week where they show their top 10 Bloopers so to speak. One of them involved a Minor lague baseball game (I apologize as I can't remember the teams) and it involved what else the play at first. Was the foot on the bag or not?

In this particular case U1 ruled SAFE. The defensive manager came out and questioned the call. U1 got together with the PU and the call was changed to out (The correct call BTW). The Offensive manager went ballistic and did his Lou Pinella type antics which is the main reason this particular clip aired on ESPN to begin with.

So with all this talk we hear about not going to your partner, sticking with the call, etc. it seems that both Minor League and Major League umpires disagree. We have already seen Mr. Maclelland over-turn Garcia.

So here's my point, since MLB and affiliates are starting or have started depending on how you look at it to change calls that one would think couldn't, are we bound to do the same? after all many if not most think the game should be called the way they see it on TV.

Pete Booth