Sox vs. Yanks Ortisz Steal

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Maybe, But in real time he could look safe or out. My point is that with a bad throw from the stands he "looked safe". I was surprised he was called out. Normally, you aren't rewarded with an out when the throw is high and the tag is questionable.



So Gordon are you saying that you base your calls on what the appearance of the play looked like from the stands? Do you strive to make the correct call( as best we can) or are you out there to please the stands by calling it the way you think they saw it? There are many instances that dont look good but yet result in the objective being met, such as a catcher set up inside and the pitch hits the outside causing the catcher to reach back. Now do you call that a ball because from the stands the pitcher missed his target and it appeared the catcher had to reach way outside. Help us all and make calls as you see them and not by any baseball myths.