This Bothers Me, and we Won! (Hands part of bat again.)

More Cowbell · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 05:38pm

Again, you guys are nails on this stuff...almost makes me want to become an ump. Just to clarify, the TD didn't really say a complete sentence, he sort of gave a quick gesture/statement from above the stands, "Ball hit the hand (slight pause) (that's) part of the bat...foul ball."

I get a lot of help from the football guys on the other side of the forum. Are any of you crazy enough to do both? I respect the heck out of you guys, even when you ring up my boy! (Come on...that was way outside blue! :-) I try to keep that to myself!

johnnyg08 · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 07:11pm

i do both...crazy award accepted.

Brett · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 17, 2009, 03:49pm

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Originally Posted by johnnyg08

i do both...crazy award accepted.

Me too. I also throw in wrestling for good measure.

tarheelcoach · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 17, 2009, 08:48pm

This happened in the Mets/Orioles game last night. The ball was originally ruled a foul ball, and as the training staff attended to Melvin Mora's hand (ball hit it) the umpires conferred and changed it to a strike three. Mora argued and could be seen pointing to the bat, like it hit both the bat and his hand. But I could not imagine a scenario where it would hit the bat FIRST then his hand. It would have had to be the other way around, and so the changed call was correct. I also can't imagine a simultaneous hit of hand/bat, since the hand is on the bat, not even with it.

Am I right? If the ball hits the hand AND the bat, it has to hit the hand first, right?

johnnyg08 · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 17, 2009, 09:04pm

strike three. judgement.

SanDiegoSteve · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 17, 2009, 10:23pm

C'MON BLUE....THE HANDS ARE PART OF THE BAT!!!

More Cowbell · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 17, 2009, 10:45pm

That's a great pic SDS--I wish I had the director's email....he'd be getting it pronto!

mbyron · #8 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 09:14pm

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Originally Posted by More Cowbell

I get a lot of help from the football guys on the other side of the forum. Are any of you crazy enough to do both?

I do 4 sports. What does that make me?

SanDiegoSteve · #9 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 09:17pm

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Originally Posted by mbyron

I do 4 sports. What does that make me?

One of two things:

A) A glutton for punishment

B) A full-blown masochist

Ump153 · #10 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 11:19pm

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Originally Posted by mbyron

I do 4 sports. What does that make me?

Jack of all trades, master of none?

Nigel Tufnel · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 16, 2009, 11:50pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbyron

I do 4 sports. What does that make me?

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