joe morgan off to a great start rules wise...

[Eastshire]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one yelling at the TV last night. It upsets the wife though.

[orangeump]

yeah, hopefully some player steps up the intensity.

Talk about Cederstrom's job last night, who cares about some idiot that doesnt run out a fly ball?

[mississippiump]

Aren't all pick off moves and attempt to deceive the runner???

Does this make all pick off moves balks???

Jerry

[greymule]

Back in the early 1990s, Joe Morgan claimed that the scorer had erred by awarding the batter (Baker) a single instead of a double on the following play:

Abel on 2B, Baker lined a hit to right field. F9 took it on two hops and threw home where Abel was safe on a close play. Baker took 2B on the throw.

Joe Morgan claimed that since Baker had not stopped running after rounding 1B, but instead kept going when he saw F9 throw home, he should have been credited with a double.

The other announcer made a diplomatic attempt to indicate that Morgan was wrong, but quickly gave up when Morgan insisted.

[mcrowder]

What are you guys talking about? Joe is a former umpire (or claims to be), and is, as such, always right.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

What are you guys talking about? Joe is a former umpire (or claims to be), and is, as such, always right.

Yep. Seems like every coach I talk to was a former umpire, also

[greymule]

Seems like every coach I talk to was a former umpire, also

The last coach who told me that he was also an umpire used that "fact" as evidence that his following assertion was correct:

"On a close play, runners are required to slide."

Believe it or not, he added the following wisdom:

"Even in the big leagues."

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by LMan

Yep. Seems like every coach I talk to was a former umpire, also

Not every one, just about half of them. The other half still umpire during their
" off " season........

[UmpireBob]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

Glad to know I wasn't the only one yelling at the TV last night. It upsets the wife though.

Nice to know that I'm not the only one who does this, and has the same problem in doing so!

I too was speaking my mind at the TV after Joe's blunder last night! He's such a moron! And his partner was trying to graciously bail him out of it, but Joe would have none of it. He went face-first into the cow pie, and then ate it all up!