Padres vs Rockies 4-18-06

[SanDiegoSteve]

I saw the play, being an avid Padres fan, and IMO Joe West kicked it. Giles' slide was perfectly legal, as he could easily have reached the plate with his hand. He did a great takeout slide, disrupted the catcher and caused a wild throw. That is the runner's job on that play, and West called interference. It certainly isn't the first time. Cowboy Joe has made highly dubious and controversial calls before. This was one of them.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I saw the play, being an avid Padres fan, and IMO Joe West kicked it. Giles' slide was perfectly legal, as he could easily have reached the plate with his hand. He did a great takeout slide, disrupted the catcher and caused a wild throw. That is the runner's job on that play, and West called interference. It certainly isn't the first time. Cowboy Joe has made highly dubious and controversial calls before. This was one of them.

I thought I would hear from Steve on this one. So, on the Local TV broacast, how many different angles did Rich Folkers, Nate Colbert and Gene Locklear show you of the play?

It looked like he saw something goofy and called it. I have not seen a play like it in my life...

Joe

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I thought I would hear from Steve on this one. So, on the Local TV broacast, how many different angles did Rich Folkers, Nate Colbert and Gene Locklear show you of the play?

It looked like he saw something goofy and called it. I have not seen a play like it in my life...

Joe

Rich Folkers? Nate Cobert? Gene Locklear?

What, did you just step out of H. G. Wells' time machine?

We have the infamous Matt Vasgersian on the play-by-play here, with former Padres, Giants and Rockies pitcher Mark "Mudcat" Grant on the color, with Tony Gwynn (when he's not busy coaching the Aztecs) in the third chair. Rick Sutcliffe fills in occasionally for Grant in the color seat.

I only saw the play a couple of times, but the slide looked clean both times I looked at it. I've sure seen a lot worse that wasn't called interference, that's for sure.

[kylejt]

I saw it in real-time, and I thought it was interference. My son saw the rebroadcast (with no prompting) and had interference. Giles just needed to reach toward the plate, but never did. Might have cost them the game too.

Kyle

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I saw it in real-time, and I thought it was interference. My son saw the rebroadcast (with no prompting) and had interference. Giles just needed to reach toward the plate, but never did. Might have cost them the game too.

Kyle

Interesting, I did notice that he did not reach for the base. But, as DG pointed out above...this would not have been called at 2B.

I wonder if Mr. West will call out the next guy that tackles the catcher on a tag play. It seems like this is a major inconsistency.

Joe

[kylejt]

Even if Giles reached out, he couldn't have come close to touching the plate. Bruce Bochy even said West made the right call. Joe's strike zone was off last night,(he's just guessing on inside pitches) but not that call.