Indians/Yankees replay

[johnnyg08]

the umpires are instructed by their policy to not comment on calls like that for X amount of time by MLB if you're talking about an ump

[ManInBlue]

You'd think that after the Cubs' incident fans would learn to leave it alone.

[whatever]

The umps blew a simple call, All you have to do is look at the shadow of the fans glove on the wall to know he was in the field of play!!!

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by whatever

The umps blew a simple call, All you have to do is look at the shadow of the fans glove on the wall to know he was in the field of play!!!

When in doubt, just look at the shadow! I'm going to try that in tomorrow's game!

[JRutledge]

I just saw the play today. It looked like a good call to me. The ball was way over his head and would have gone into the stands. Over the fence is the fan’s territory.

Peace

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I just saw the play today. It looked like a good call to me. The ball was way over his head and would have gone into the stands. Over the fence is the fan’s territory.

Peace

As you know, the question concerns spectator interference. Where the ball "would have gone" is irrelevant to determining spectator interference. What matters was (a) did a fan touch a live ball, and (b) was the ball over the field when touched by a fan.

If it was a good call, it was not such for the reasoning you're providing.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mbyron

As you know, the question concerns spectator interference. Where the ball "would have gone" is irrelevant to determining spectator interference.

While where the ball "would have gone" is irrelevant to determining whether there was interference, it's exactly the criteria to use to determine the penalty for the interference.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by mbyron

As you know, the question concerns spectator interference. Where the ball "would have gone" is irrelevant to determining spectator interference. What matters was (a) did a fan touch a live ball, and (b) was the ball over the field when touched by a fan.

If it was a good call, it was not such for the reasoning you're providing.

So if the ball went 10 rows up and the fielder jumps to catch the ball, but a fan reaches over, you do have interference because where the ball went is not relevant?

Just want clarification for how you make these calls without some knowledge of where the ball is going.

Peace