Strange Play in Cleveland

wish7694 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 21, 2007, 10:29am

He was at 2B and sent back to 1B by the umpires, resulting in Wedge coming out to argue.

SAump · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 21, 2007, 10:33am

Quote:

Originally Posted by wish7694

He was at 2B and sent back to 1B by the umpires, resulting in Wedge coming out to argue.

Did the ball enter DBT or just roll into foul territory?

wish7694 · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 21, 2007, 10:38am

Just foul territory

mbyron · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Jun 21, 2007, 10:50am

As usual, the announcer (Rick Manning) couldn't figure out what had happened, and kept talking about an "unoccupied base" on the grounds that the fielder was not there.

Next inning, they were actually reading from the rulebook on air, though alas they couldn't find the relevant rule. (Rick read the rule about throwing to an unoccupied base, which made it seem as if the umpires screwed up by reversing the balk call.)

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