Protest Yanks vs Sox

[SanDiegoSteve]

Girardi waited too long to protest, although his reasoning was correct.

[MD Longhorn]

I believe it was protestable (and winnable), but not when he bothered to protest it. It had to be before the next pitch.

[LeeBallanfant]

I believe the rule about advising the Umpire about an injury is so as to be not charged with a coaching visit.
The rule states that a pitcher may be granted more pitches in "an emergency" as deemed by the umpire. Obviously Campos ( a minor league call up) or more likely the crew chief (Larry Vanover) deemed it an emergency.

[rpumpire]

Even if the protest was made in a timely manner (it appears it wasn't), and even if the subsequent ruling was that the injury notification was not timely, it would seem to be a stretch to rule that this had an effect on the outcome of the game.

I would be very surprised if MLB rules in the Yankees favor.

What's more, Beckett missed a previous start and was put on the disabled list today. With nobody claiming Beckett was not hurt, common sense should be allowed to prevail, even if the procedure wasn't followed to the letter.

[DG]

If protested I predict MLB will deny. Procedural timing issue was not correct, but MLB is not going to suggest, that a reliever coming in due to an injury is not allowed proper warmup. It was obvious to all why change was made.

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by rpumpire

I would be very surprised if MLB rules in the Yankees favor.

If it means they'll get to resume the game against the Red Sox and ESPN will cover it in prime time, MLB will uphold the protest and order it to be resumed because, well...it's the Yanks v. Red Sox, and as we know, MLB thinks everyone wants to watch these two teams on TV.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by UMP25

If it means they'll get to resume the game against the Red Sox and ESPN will cover it in prime time, MLB will uphold the protest and order it to be resumed because, well...it's the Yanks v. Red Sox, and as we know, MLB thinks everyone wants to watch these two teams on TV.

I dunno -- MLB doesn't buy the games...