Marty Foster's call at 3rd base today

[SanDiegoSteve]

Yeah, but only I asked a relevant question, so my thread stays.

[Ump153]

The whiny little sh!t was out. Most players would have trotted back to the dugout.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Ump153

The whiny little sh!t was out.

Only because it was mis-called.

[njdevs00cup]

Honestly, as a Red Sox fan, I cannot say a bad word about Derek Jeter. He is a class act.

On a different note, maybe Gammons and Kruk should replay the collision catch in the Tigers/Royals game. Check out the second base umpire in a full sprint to get a good view of the catch. The fact that he was even in the picture shows great hustle. Of course later on in the highlight package Kruk replays and slow-mo's a missed call at second base and proceeds to pick the umpire apart.

[Ump153]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Only because it was mis-called.

No, it was the right call.

[zm1283]

I call that the same way that it was called in that game today. I've always been told by veterans that if the ball beats the runner by that much, and the runner slides straight into the base, he's out. Like someone else said, if the throw is a little off-line and there's a swipe tag and the runner slides to the inside or outside of the base, it's different.

[Dave Reed]

Forget about Hirshbeck's assessment of Jeter. Read this quote:

"You have to make sure that you have a tag," Hirschbeck said. "It used to be if the ball beat you, you were out. It isn't that way anymore. It's not a reason to call someone out. You have to have a clean tag."

Times change, and the notion of the "expected call" has already passed its expiration date, at least at the higher levels.

[Ump153]

Originally Posted by Dave Reed

Times change, and the notion of the "expected call" has already passed its expiration date, at least at the higher levels.

At least in the press.