How did they get this wrong??

[chuckfan1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxL-khe_E0o

The thing that gets me, at first, what is the 3rd base coach chirping about? His R2 is safe at third. Hes saying something to U3 right as the play ends. What else did he want?

And watch the umpire at 2nd, hes looking away when he makes the out call, very casually, as if the out is on the force. The fielder tags R1 anyways to be sure, but umpire was looking away.

From what I could find out on the net, seems no one saw the actual tag of R1, so they had to leave him at 2nd

[VanStanza]

Finally....the smartest announcers ever are working at FSN. "That is the stupidest call I have ever seen at the AAA level." Yep.

[DG]

My guess is he is arguing that it should not have been IFF, his runner to 3B beat the throw and it should be bases loaded.

The umpire at 2B must not think IFF was called on his initial call and missed seeing the tag.

[eagle_12]

Wouldn't it be three outs (if needed).

IFF, R2 retouch at 2nd, R1 tag at 2nd.

I'm thinking R2 left 2nd before the ball was touched, caught, fell to the ground. Isn't that when base runners then can advance at their own risk?

[tiger49]

U1 is the only one who doesn't echo the IFF call and then calls R1 out on the force. I would gather he was a little confused.

[TussAgee11]

If U1 didn't realize IFF was called, he was sleeping BIG TIME.

Even so, how they got together and had the batter out but R2 not I will never know. That is a gross, gross, gross miss.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by tiger49

U1 is the only one who doesn't echo the IFF call and then calls R1 out on the force. I would gather he was a little confused.

If an IFF rule is called, all forces are off.

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by tiger49

U1 is the only one who doesn't echo the IFF call and then calls R1 out on the force. I would gather he was a little confused.

Confused is an understatement. At the end of this FlusterCluck there should be a runner at third base with two outs.

[BigTex]

Originally Posted by eagle_12

Wouldn't it be three outs (if needed).

IFF, R2 retouch at 2nd, R1 tag at 2nd.

I'm thinking R2 left 2nd before the ball was touched, caught, fell to the ground. Isn't that when base runners then can advance at their own risk?

The ball was not caught. There is no need to retouch at second.

The first base umpire is John Brammer, first year AAA guy. He does look a little confused.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by eagle_12

I'm thinking R2 left 2nd before the ball was touched, caught, fell to the ground. Isn't that when base runners then can advance at their own risk?

Runners can advance at their own risk at any time. They are not required to wait for a catch or touch. That's why it's at their own risk. The runners are betting on the outcome that the ball will not be caught. That is the risk. They are at risk of the fielder catching the ball and doubling them off.