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How in the %^%$*%&^**(& do you blow a call that badly at home plate?

OY VEY!

The video up on MLB.com does not show a good angle but the Orioles TV broadcast showed it after the commercial...Polanco was so safe...UGH.

Joe in Missouri

PS Yes, I am a Tigers fan, but Jim Palmer said he was safe by a mile, also.

Yes, and Cousins kept me up late for the All-Star game when he blew the call at the plate in the 11th.

Umpires miss calls all the time.

Like in game 163 last year, Padres-Rockies game where Matt Holliday still hasn't touched home plate.

As Kurtis Blow wanted you to know, these are the breaks.

Look at the last angle again. It is possible that the O's catcher had the plate completely blocked, so Polanco never touched it.

Get a life, fanboy :rolleyes:

Hear, hear.

I was at a clinic, and both Paul and Brian Runge were two of the instructors. I called a banger at first (the guy was out!), and Brian Runge said, "I'm glad I didn't have to make that call."

What?

Look at RECAP at the 2:24 mark. Polly was way safe. Foot on the plate before the O's catcher caught the throw.

I do not have detailed stats but, I think Runge is a dolt.

Joe in Missouri

Agreed. Almost as bad (meaning WOBW) as the jock-sniffers.

Although the picture of McCain with the jock is always good for a giggle.

I am a Orioles fan and I told my son he was safe before the first repay was shown.

No, the runner touched the plate and the fielder's glove was still 6 or 8 inches away. You're as bad as that idiot manager that yells that the runner beat the play by 3 steps on a banger at first base.

Does anyone think Brian was a little too close on both those plays at the plate?

Runge was not too close, as it was a tag play. You are supposed to be close to tag plays. He was in perfect position on 3BLX and correctly ascertained that the runner's front leg crossed over the plate without touching it. He was then tagged by the catcher before his trail leg touched the plate (the only leg that touched the plate).

Only a real homer (mmm...unexplained bacon) would argue this. Polanco gave up his argument quickly, as he knew he didn't really touch the plate, and no manager came out to get ejected, as you would have thought.

And none of the Runge's are "dolts." Not Ed, not Paul, and not Brian. Brian earned his way to where he's gotten. His job wasn't just handed to him. I'm sure his little quip at the clinic was said tongue-in-cheek, as Brian has had plenty of bangers in his career and probably much closer plays than a stupid little "clinic play."

I do. Brian Runge has had 3 ejections this season, 2 of which were on one call (Manuel, Beltran). Both calls that led to the ejections were the correct calls. He doesn't blow that many calls to start with.

But, Polanco is little Joe's favorite player!

O-E-O PLA-CI-DOOOO