Guccione nailed it

[David B]

Originally Posted by umpjayfire

We spend a lot of time dissecting bad/questionable calls by the big boys on these boards...Well, this time it is kudos to Chris Guccione in the ninth inning of last nite's Yankees/Orioles game

If you have ever had this happen to you in a high level game, you know how difficult a call this is.

with 2 strikes on Giambi, the O's pitcher through a high and tight fastball that barely nicked the butt end of Giambi's bat and was caught by F2 for strike 3.
Guccione heard something, had to determine if the contact was bat or batter and after a few moments (fraction of seconds), determined it was bat and whacked him out.
the catcher heard it too and was pointing it out to Guccione, which made the call look indecisive so Girardi came out, acted like a fool and got dumped.

Just one of those calls that is difficult and Chris handled very well, I thought....

Watched this morning and in fast motion it did look like nothing happened, but as you stated, he heard something and it takes a good umpire to make that call, and he did.

Thanks
David