Tigers v Twins: Possible HBP

[johnSandlin]

Did anyone see the play involving Inge? What do you think?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by johnSandlin

Did anyone see the play involving Inge? What do you think?

The ball hit is shirt. The PU missed it. Life goes on.

Tigers LF turns a single into a triple - which probably allows the tying run to score later.

He then "redeems" himself by throwing out the potential winning run - but only because the dumb-*** on 3B didn't tag up and wait for the catch.

Then Twins LF throws to the wrong base, setting up a big mess for his pitcher.

Leyland and Gardy were trying real hard to not throw up in their dugouts.

[Welpe]

It was a HBP but as Rich said, it was missed. It may have been a philosophy call, I don't know. It didn't cost Detroit the game though. Tough noogies.

[JRutledge]

Usually at most levels you can hear the ball hitting cloth. In this situation, I bet he could not hear at all. It looks like it was missed, but hard to tell based on all the factors.

Life goes on.

Peace

[HardtailStrat]

Question for the umps though on this-

Marsh said it was inconclusive. If he thought Mauer's glove brushed Inge's shirt would there have been some sort of interference call?

I don't know the rules on that.

Great game though. Lots of miscue's on both sides.

[jicecone]

Unless something is just outragiously obvious by the catcher, interference by the catcher usaually pertains the catcher interferring with the batters swing. If he made contact with the batters body while catching an inside pitch, unless it somehow affected the batters swing than there is nothing.

Also contact is not necessary for there to be interference.