Crew Chief makes a mistake...but they got it right

[WindyCityBlue]

Anyone see Jerry Crawford (the Crew Chief) in last night's Yankees-Twins game?

Ruben Sierra hammered one down the left field line. All of the white shirts jumping up in down in the background made this tough, but Crawford signalled it fair, for a home run when he was less than 90 feet away. Santana and Blanco immediately asked the PU, Charlie Reliford and U3, Brian Everitt to change the call. Replays clearly showed it foul and the guys got together to get it right. Big game, big call...it was blown, but egos got out of the way and they did the right thing. In front of over 55,000 unruly hometown fans, they took away a home run and got the call right. I'm proud to see that the MLB continues to demand the best from their staff. We can all argue about getting a better angle, hustling or selling a call. Tha fact is that one of the best in the biz, did all of those things and still was human. What made him standout was how he handled it after the original call!

P.S. Even Torre said that changing the call was the right thing to do.