Marty Foster's call at 3rd base today

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Marty Foster called Derek Jeter out at 3rd base on a steal attempt. F5 had the ball waiting at the base for him. F5 did not apply a tag. Jeter cried like the little biatch he is, and blasted the umpire in the media. Gammons, the professional TOOL, and John Kruk, ex-rat, agreed with Jeter. Winfield told it like it is, that if the ball is waiting there, you're out whether tagged or not.

Question: How does everyone call this play in your games?

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. Now, if it's really close, and you make a pretty slide and avoid a swipe tag, that's different. You have made an athletic move, and beaten the fielder, and are therefore safe. What are your thoughts on this?

What's so hard about calling as it should be rather than what is "expected"?

The only thing that changes on the field is which team complains.

Off the field the replay guys will praise you for getting it right instead of replaying the "wrong" call over and over and over and over and over and telling everyone how you blew it.


Seems like a tie for on the field and a win for off the field. How can you go wrong?