McCarver's idea of a good call

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by lawump

During live action and the first two replays I thought Barrett had missed it. Then they showed the third replay...Good call.

Same here.

On the live play and the first replay, you couldn't tell if the plate was touched. The sliding runner blocked the view of the plate and the tag.

The next replay showed that Manny's hand definitely got in there, but you couldn't really see the tag.

That third replay- which was from the same perspective the umpire had , looking up the third base line- caught it all. The tag then the touch in rapid-fire succession.

Nice camera work, nice positioning and a nice call!