Runner Interference - Phils - Rockies ?

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by SethPDX

Sometimes Rule 10 isn't fair. The scorer must have judged there would have been an out if the throw was better.

I got nothing on the play. Good no-call.

There must be an error on someone to explain why Fowler's on second after a common fielder's choice. Rollins just whiffed on it with only a slight reach. That's an error.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

There must be an error on someone to explain why Fowler's on second after a common fielder's choice. Rollins just whiffed on it with only a slight reach. That's an error.

I forgot Rollins was F6, not F4. Looking back, the throw was not that bad, so E6 makes sense.

[Kevin Finnerty]

When it was happening, I was also interested in seeing that Fowler didn't mess up the throw and he didn't. Two outstanding no-calls (with great mechanics!!). What a play!

With all of the glaring blown calls in these four series (Kulpa's astounding out call at third in Game 1 Rockies/Phils; Bucknor's two glaring blown calls at first in Anaheim; the absurd Cuzzi blowing of the easiest call in umpiring), the superb handling of that play was a refreshing sight.

Oh, and I am not saying that I am better than any of the extremely highly paid and vastly more experienced umpires I just criticized, I am simply illustrating the cold, hard reality that they were blown calls---glaringly so.

And again, that's simply my opinion.