That was a tough call

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Originally Posted by umpjim

Top 7 WS, ball down the line, Moyers does a great shovel from the glove to 1B who barehands it. Baserunner is too quick and is called safe on the play. Replay to me shows runner was out and ump was moving when he called it. I don't know what angle would have helped but I would have been busting to 90 to the throw and I would try to be stopped on the call. I suspect even with me busting (not that fast) I would still not have the angle and the throw going to the hand instead of the glove would have made it a guess.

The umpire was busting to get to the 90, he was about 80 when he is coming to stop. Watch the replay and you will see his eyes bearing down on the bag, and the ball was caught bare handed. From where he was he could not see the catch.

2 steps fair would have been much better spot to call, and 2 steps foul would have been even better. But how was he suppposed to know the throw was going to the bare hand side?