Twins v Nationals home run call reversed

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tibear

I understand what your saying.

I agree that the umpire responsible to make the judgement call has the right to consult before making his call. However, if that umpire is 100% sure of his call, why should someone else have the authority to overrule him?

Just makes the umpires seem incompetent. In this situation, you have a guy sitting right on the foul line and the crew is saying that he couldn't make the call even though he should have been in the perfect position. Certainly diminishes the level of respect he will get on any future call he makes.

1) No one "overruled" him.

2) As I've said before, it isn't always the perfect position. We lose our depth perception at something like 20'. We depend on other clues to help us determine which of two objects is farther away. When one object is traveling at 100 mph (or so) and crosses above another object, it's virtually impossible to tell.