Yankees-Red Sox out of baseline

[ozzy6900]

Uke was heading in before the ball was in A-Rod's glove. He continues to head in as the feeble tag attempt is made then once past A-Rod, Uke hits the grass and turns toward 3rd.

The correct call was the first call. But then, we have to have a friggen meeting and 3 guys that have no view of the play seem to get the cal changed. The only real fault was the 3rd base umpire had no balls to stay with his call. The baseball diamond is turning into a flippen board room and I am really getting tired of it!

I had a similar play a couple of years ago. I did not call the runner out and he slid into 2nd base safely. I ended up tossing a defensive player and the defensive manager but the call was correct.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

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How's the weather north of New Haven?

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

How's the weather north of New Haven?

Not bad, Don, from what I have heard. Pretty much going to be in the 80's with less humidity for the holiday weekend.

Regards

[lawump]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Not bad, Don, from what I have heard. Pretty much going to be in the 80's with less humidity for the holiday weekend.

Regards

This is a conspiracy. MLB can't stand the thought of having a playoff tournament without the Yankees...so they and their lackeys (the umps) have conspired to make sure the Yanks at least get the wild card. This is Bullsh!t.

That was a brutal call!

(Just joking...the umps absolutely got that call right.)

[Kaliix]

You are either blind of a member of "the Nation". Youkalis took 4 steps to get away from the tag. It was blatantly obvious on the replay and shouldn't have been missed in the first place.

They did the right thing getting together and changing the call. U2 should have a just as good of a view of the play if he was watching the ball. U3 should have had the out in the first place.

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Uke was heading in before the ball was in A-Rod's glove. He continues to head in as the feeble tag attempt is made then once past A-Rod, Uke hits the grass and turns toward 3rd.

The correct call was the first call. But then, we have to have a friggen meeting and 3 guys that have no view of the play seem to get the cal changed. The only real fault was the 3rd base umpire had no balls to stay with his call. The baseball diamond is turning into a flippen board room and I am really getting tired of it!

I had a similar play a couple of years ago. I did not call the runner out and he slid into 2nd base safely. I ended up tossing a defensive player and the defensive manager but the call was correct.

[Jurassic Referee]

If you're a Yankees fan, it was a great call. If you're a BoSox fan, it was a terrible call.

What else is new?

[D-Man]

I am...but I like Ozzy's point.

This is a judgment call and it's the U3's call exclusively all the way. Whether or not U3 was correct, he needs to die with his JUDGMENT call. There's no ball on the ground or checked swing appeal. It's just one umpire's judgment...did Youk move more than 3 feet away from his baseline to avoid a play being made on him? Maybe, but U3 said no. It should have ended there.

D

[jicecone]

Youk, probably should have pulled an A-Rod and slapped the glove and hoped the ball fell out.

The weather in Plattsburgh NY is COLD. Of course that is really north of N. Haven. Just in case someone wanted to know.

I have to go along with Ozzy, as a Red Sox fan I thought it was a terrible call !!!!!!!!!!! Even if I didn't see it. (The dang hotel doesn't show the game. )

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

The correct call was the first call.

Say what?

According to the game report, the problem was that there were TWO first calls. Cousins on 2B called Youkilis safe. Carlson on 3B called him out. That's why they got together.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270830110

[D-Man]

Would a MLU guy lie?

I was listening on the radio but when the play happened I call a friend of mine (Yankee fan) and he said Carlson booted the call (see my previous entry for today's definition of "booting"). If the play is going into third it's U3's call. I've got an eyewitness who tells me Carlson (U3, by the way) called Youk safe.

As Tee would say...Hmmmmm.....

D

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Say what?

According to the game report, the problem was that there were TWO first calls. Cousins on 2B called Youkilis safe. Carlson on 3B called him out. That's why they got together.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270830110

I'm guessing that the MLB approach is to not signal safe when a close pay happens on a tag where the tag is missed. If in fact this approach does exist, then at least the story would include the Us mentioning the safe called from U2 is for the missed tag and U3 signalled out for leaving the basepath.

As it was, Francona was upset that U3 didn't have as good a look, in his opinion. He likely knows little about mechanics, so his claim has backbone only if he got lucky.

I'm guessing that since the play is going to 3B, the call is U3's. Why then did U2 make a call? I bet Cousins, U2, got the crew together and led the crew into reversing his crap call.