Marty Foster's call at 3rd base today

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Why didn't Marty just say "Derek, to me it looked like he tagged you so go sit down!". That would have ended the whole thing. Wrong call? Maybe, but there is no IR on safe/out calls - yet!

Yep. Marty's only mistake was a bad choice of words.

[jicecone]

Out all the way, period.

I agree Ozzy, "Ball was there and in my opinion, the tag was made."

Jeter may have fooled him at the last minute by pulling his hand back but I would have still called him out also. In fact, he probably would of had to throw out the Toronto skipper if he didn't call him out.

[voiceoflg]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Yep. Marty's only mistake was a bad choice of words.

Did Foster say that? Every account I can find goes like this:

"He didn't tag me," Jeter told Foster.

"He didn't have to," Foster said, according to Jeter. "The ball beat you."

I think there is a possibility Jeter made up the conversation to deflect. Is there an account from Foster himself?

[aceholleran]

I think I would have called "safe" due to F5 Rolen not leaving his glove down there.

I do NOT buy into the announcers'/fans' viewpoint that "Jeter never argues, so he must have been right."

ace in CT

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I make the "expected call when the ball beats the runner by a significant amount, and the tag is waiting at the bag. You can make all the pretty slides you want, but you're are out.

Steve I agree HOWEVER, the MLB umpires KNOW that just about every call in which a manager / player complains will be replayed a Zillion times in SUPER SLO MO.

They hardly give the "neighborhood" anymore because of Slo Mo replays.

IMO, Jeter has been around a long time and should KNOW what the deal is. If he was a rookie (meaning before he became Derek Jeter) he would have most likely kept his mouth shut.

Another poster IMO, said it best. Up until yesterday Jeter had the trust etc. of his fellow opponents so no need to give Jeter a hard tag etc on a ROUTINE play. How quickly Jeter forgets what happend to him in Toronto. Put him on the DL for an extended period of time.

What has Jeter now done by his comments?

It's time for "BIG BALL" meaning we will start to see some HARD TAGS on routine type plays.

Whatever happend to the tradition of baseball. I guess that went out the window with the lowering of the pitching mound and the advent of the DH among others.

Pete Booth