Rare intentionally dropped ball call

[JJ]

Pretty cut and dried for me. The plate ump is pointing to it as soon as he judges the ball intentionally dropped, and the base ump (who picked up on that), was pointing to the batter as well as the one being out.
The beauty of this officiating is, even though the play was unusual, neither of the umpires got "excited"...they just very routinely did their jobs. Fun stuff!

JJ

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by JJ

Pretty cut and dried for me. The plate ump is pointing to it as soon as he judges the ball intentionally dropped, and the base ump (who picked up on that), was pointing to the batter as well as the one being out.
The beauty of this officiating is, even though the play was unusual, neither of the umpires got "excited"...they just very routinely did their jobs. Fun stuff!

JJ

I agree.

But the point remains - without the umpire's ruling, the Dodgers still screwed it up.

Let's say that the umpire did not rule it as an intentionally dropped ball. The way the play was executed, the BR would have still been (forced) out and R1 would have still been safe (on the bag).

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

[Paul L]

Or, on the other hand, if F3 had let the ball drop without touching it, then picked it up and threw to F4 covering first, who tags R1 on first base before touching the bag before BR gets there: DP.

So both Dodger fielders screwed it up. As did the Phillie batter, popping up a high fastball on a bunt. Geesh, I think I'll get down there for the next game. If they don't let me ump, at least they should let me play.

[DG]

Originally Posted by Paul L

So both Dodger fielders screwed it up. As did the Phillie batter, popping up a high fastball on a bunt. Geesh, I think I'll get down there for the next game. If they don't let me ump, at least they should let me play.

Pedro Martinez hasn't played much lately, and batted less than the average NL pitcher. He pitches a 2 hitter for 7 innings, and you bash him because he don't get a bunt down to your satisfaction. If you could pitch a 2 hitter for 7 innings in a NLCS game I expect they would let you play, regardless of whether you could bunt or not. Geesh....