A play in CWS

[Dave Hensley]

In a postgame interview, the Baylor catcher confirmed that the umpire had obstruction (although the catcher, of course, misnomered it as "interference.") The Baylor coach wanted an out and ejection for malicious contact. I thought the umpire was signalling obstruction "the old-fashioned" way, but I was surprised he made no effort to kill the ball and award the plate - it looked like he allowed play to continue, and then didn't signal safe until the runner came back and re-touched the plate.

I thought it was the right call, if homegrown a bit in terms of mechanics.