Tampa Bay/NY Jeter HBP?

[Publius]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

For those of you saying you'd call out "Dead ball," please don't. The proper baseball call is "Time."

While you are "correct", and I use "time" out of longstanding habit, we'd all be better served to stop encouraging these form-over-substance distinctions. There is absolutely no difference in the outcome of the two pronouncements, and nobody is confused by either.

Heck, custom and practice notwithstanding, a case can be made for "dead ball" being better. Sometimes the ball becomes dead by rule, and sometimes by a call of "time". If it's by rule, as when the pitch hits the batter, "time" is superfluous; no need to call it when play is already dead.

"Time" causes a dead ball; "dead ball" is giving information.

[grunewar]

Jeter's behavior has been one of the lead stories on every ESPN show today to include interviews with many athletes. There are generally two schools of thought:

1) How could he, cheating is wrong!

2) I'd do almost anything, including cheat, to help my team win!

And I gotta tell ya, more athletes are going for #2.

Kornheiser - "Derek Cheater"

[KJUmp]

FWIW...When asked, Jeter admitted in a post game interview with a radio reporter that it hit the bat first (not that we didn't already know that after seeing the video). I heard a replay of that portion of the interview this morning on a local morning radio sports talk show.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

FWIW...When asked, Jeter admitted in a post game interview with a radio reporter that it hit the bat first (not that we didn't already know that after seeing the video). I heard a replay of that portion of the interview this morning on a local morning radio sports talk show.

Did they play his answer in which he blamed the umpire for giving him first? A real class act.

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Did they play his answer in which he blamed the umpire for giving him first? A real class act.

His answer was..."the umpire told me to go to first, I wasn't going to argue."

[NJump]

Name three, any three, MLB players who wouldn't try this exact same thing. If you can, it is because they are not quick enough to try. Plays like this abound in EVERY sport at every level. When was the last time anyone heard a player say, " It hit my bat first. I'll just stay here." The player is "selling", doesn't mean the official has to buy. Youtube has a college player acting like he needs a trip to ER, but the ump AIN'T buying. Last time I looked, one team tries to beat the other. How they try is why there are officials. And RULES. If you ain't breaking the rules, then you are SIMPLY trying to win. What a concept!!!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by NJump

Plays like this abound in EVERY sport at every level.

The soccer player who takes a dive after minor contact, if any, and stays on the ground, rolling around in pain trying to get a penalty against his opponent.

The basketball defender who takes the charge on the player going down the lane falling into a gruesome heap even though he was barely touched in order to draw the charge.

The football player who catches the ball on the short hop and comes up holding it high for everyone to see proving he caught it even though he knows he didn't.

The hockey player who leaps in the air and slides half-way down the ice on an “obvious” trip.

Is this because it's Derek Cheater? A Yankee? A superstar?

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

His answer was..."the umpire told me to go to first, I wasn't going to argue."

Now play that audio while watching the video of him holding his arm, grimacing in "pain" and having a trainer check him out for a hit to the wrist that didn't happen. Yep, a real class act.

[yawetag]

Watching the replay (link on the OP), it appears the ball MIGHT have hit Jeter's elbow before hitting the bat, then it hits his hip.

I have no problem with Jeter's antics. He's doing what all ball players do in that situation.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Publius

While you are "correct", and I use "time" out of longstanding habit, we'd all be better served to stop encouraging these form-over-substance distinctions. There is absolutely no difference in the outcome of the two pronouncements, and nobody is confused by either.

Heck, custom and practice notwithstanding, a case can be made for "dead ball" being better. Sometimes the ball becomes dead by rule, and sometimes by a call of "time". If it's by rule, as when the pitch hits the batter, "time" is superfluous; no need to call it when play is already dead.

"Time" causes a dead ball; "dead ball" is giving information.

Nonsense. Calling out "dead ball" shows an umpire who isn't trained just as much as an umpire calling out "no, no, no, no" instead of "safe" is showing the same thing.

There is a right way to do things and there are other ways. I wonder what Jim Evans and his instructors would do if you shouted out "dead ball" at school -- oh, I know that. They'd pretend to shoot the baseball.

[jkumpire]

Men,

If you are upset about Jeter, then become a golf official. I have no idea what the man is like in his off the field life, and we will never really know it. The Press warps everything, good or bad with a guy like him. To me he seems like a classy ballplayer who may well be in the HOF one day.

But, he is a ballplayer looking to try and get a win for his team. What's the old saying? "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin' hard enough?" He's trying to win a big game, and he tried to get on first any way he can. He won the lottery that time, he won't the next time. Just don't diss his character, until he has a November date with a golf club tree and fire hydrant and shows it for all to see.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

Men,

Just don't diss his character, until he has a November date with a golf club tree and fire hydrant and shows it for all to see.

Let's see, he put on an outrageous act to convince all that he was hit by a pitch that he knew didn't hit him and then he blamed the umpire for giving him first base.

That reveals enough of his character to warrant dissing. He is a lying, coniving Rat.

[jimpiano]

In other words, no one here can deal with this play if replay was in use.

[jkumpire]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Let's see, he put on an outrageous act to convince all that he was hit by a pitch that he knew didn't hit him and then he blamed the umpire for giving him first base.

That reveals enough of his character to warrant dissing. He is a lying, coniving Rat.

My good man,

You mean nobody has ever tried to pull that stuff on you? I've had HS kids try that act, and it's no skin off my nose when I didn't buy it. I did lose some skin the first time I fell for it, however.

pianoman,

Not sure what you mean by your post.

[Publius]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Nonsense. Calling out "dead ball" shows an umpire who isn't trained just as much as an umpire calling out "no, no, no, no" instead of "safe" is showing the same thing.

There is a right way to do things and there are other ways. I wonder what Jim Evans and his instructors would do if you shouted out "dead ball" at school -- oh, I know that. They'd pretend to shoot the baseball.

Well, sure, but sometimes the "right way" is just an opinion that becomes adopted by sycophants. This is part of the minutiae evaluators use to determine who gets to be a member of "the club". It's in a group with what foul line you stand on between innings, how long the brim of a plate umpire's hat is, what brand of clothing you wear, what hand you use to take off your mask, and whether you use an indicator. To be in "the club" you have to adhere to the minutiae, but they don't add to the quality of your calls.

The distinction between "dead ball" and "time" is more like "three balls, two strikes" and "full count"; umpires are trained to say the former, but on the field the players understand both equally well, and couldn't care less which is used. "No, no, no" isn't even in the same league--it's ambiguous.

Evans could just as easily deem "dead ball" the preferred call--it's more logical, certainly, than calling time when the play is already dead by rule--and if someone called "Time", pretend to look at his watch. Nobody cares except umpires who want to be in the club.