Yankees/Mets Umpiring Crew

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Originally Posted by DG

And what do we think about the rotation early in the game when U1 goes out on a fly ball to F8, Giambi (R1) was half way to 2B and has to dive back into 1B on the throw and is called out by U2 on the throw from F8? U1 was in RCF. U2 seemed to be closer to deep C and moved toward 1B to make the call but was still a long way from 1B.

Joe Morgan kept saying U2 should have gone out so U1 could stay at 1B for the call, but what does he know? I don't recall ever going out from the infield when I was working U2.

Especially with a tag up from 2nd...

4 man system does give some things up. Thats one of them. Torre can't be too mad because Giambi made an idiot play to begin with.

Good game management by Tim C. after that Arod homer. Stepped in really quick to send the Yanks to their dugout before anything got out of hand.