WTF Just Happened at 3rd NY vs LAA

[Kevin Finnerty]

If Tim McClelland had asked Layne for help, I'm sure he would have gotten the call right. But he wasn't interested in getting it right. Lazy positioning; not interested in getting the call right. Bad combination.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

If Tim McClelland had asked Layne for help, I'm sure he would have gotten the call right. But he wasn't interested in getting it right. Lazy positioning; not interested in getting the call right. Bad combination.

We can put a hair of the blame on the manager, for not asking Tim to get help. I'm pretty sure he would have if asked.

There are times, when you're blocked out, that you just make the call. This may have been the case. That's why I find the tag-up/out call far worse. He didn't see it, but still called him out for leaving early. There's no excuse on that one.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by kylejt

We can put a hair of the blame on the manager, for not asking Tim to get help. I'm pretty sure he would have if asked.

There are times, when you're blocked out, that you just make the call. This may have been the case. That's why I find the tag-up/out call far worse. He didn't see it, but still called him out for leaving early. There's no excuse on that one.

The jury's still out on what McClelland and Scioscia said. I can't imagine Mike not asking him to get help; I can imagine McClelland refusing to ask for help.

[RPatrino]

I'm with Kyle, I thought the blown call on the tag up was much more of a gross miss than the play at third. Now, that's not an excuse for the bad call, but the Cano/Posada cluster had a lot more moving parts then the 3rd base FUBAR.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

I'm with Kyle, I thought the blown call on the tag up was much more of a gross miss than the play at third. Now, that's not an excuse for the bad call, but the Cano/Posada cluster had a lot more moving parts then the 3rd base FUBAR.

I do not know if I agree with that. That was at least the pick off play was a closer play and a quick play. The play at third would have been made correctly if he just moved a little one way or the other. He assumed players were where they were instead of seeing them. I am not a fan of the pick off play call, but at least we have all had very close plays like that and the main way we know he missed that call was by the replay. You hardly needed a replay to judge what was wrong with the play at third base.

Peace

[tibear]

With regards to the appeal at third that was blown. Why isn't it the responsibility of PU to line up the runner and the fielder when the ball is hit to left field? Wouldn't this make more sense then having U3 have to retreat through possibilty the third baseman, R3 AND the 3rd base coach to get the proper angle??