In the dirt or not?

[rjhouchin]

In my opinion, the ball bounced on the glove not on the ground so what has "the ball changed direction got to do with anything"

The LA Times printed a picture which clearly shows the glove on the ground and the ball on top of the glove.

All that aside though, what really gets my goat is this:

Umpires are human, humans make errors. There is a whole column in the scorebook labeled "Errors" and errors make a difference in the outcome of the game. Why then, when a human umpire boots a call, is it so difficult for the men in blue to be able to say, "Yup, I probably could have done that better" and get on with the game. No apology necessary, just get on with it.

Instead, its like the same silent code as in the police department. Every one backs the guy who booted it and he comes up with some exceedingly lame excuse for why it was the correct call.

On the whole, umpires do an exceedingly good job. No body is perfect so the statistical fact is, occassionally the guy in blue will boot one.

For me, its the inability, throughout the profession, to honestly say I could have booted that and not the actual booted call that rubs the wrong way.