Pirates/Braves ending

[David B]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Aw, c'mon. I'm sure Jerry was tired and just wanted to go to bed.

On the other hand:
Umpire Jerry Meals: Braves-Pirates call 'might have' been wrong | MLB.com: News

LOL, good game management by the PU ... somebody had to end it.

Thanks
David

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I am a nominal Pirates fan and I watched the replay on SportsCenter, and it is my humble opinion that the Braves' player slid under the attempted tag of the Pirates' catcher. When F2 swung his left hand to make the tag, he missed tagging the Braves' runner's leg.

MTD, Sr.

[JRutledge]

I am not convinced the catcher tagged the runner. Yes the throw beat him, but I see no direct evidence he tagged him as the glove hand never alters or moves has he sweeps through. It is possible he tagged him, but the replay does not show me 100%. One of the reasons I am not a fan of replay, because this is not a solid angle if you want to be sure. But in a game at my level this is likely going to be an out unless I clearly saw something that clearly showed a missed tag. No one said what we do is easy.

Peace

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am not convinced the catcher tagged the runner. Yes the throw beat him, but I see no direct evidence he tagged him as the glove hand never alters or moves has he sweeps through. It is possible he tagged him, but the replay does not show me 100%. One of the reasons I am not a fan of replay, because this is not a solid angle if you want to be sure. But in a game at my level this is likely going to be an out unless I clearly saw something that clearly showed a missed tag. No one said what we do is easy.

Peace

Jeff:

I agree with you. After I made my first post, I checked MLB.com and about 2/3rd of the way through the video there is a good replay angle and F2's sweep went over the runner's leg.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

There is one replay from the Pirates telecast (I was watching this live -- only because I'm a Phillies fan and wanted to see the Braves lose and because I was sneaking in a post-midnight workout) where it is 100% clear that the tag brushes the front leg of R3. It's Meals's job to see that OR it's his job to make the expected call there and not guess a miss.

After 600+ pitches and 6:39 and two ejections and 19 innings, I'm sure he was tired and fatigue could've played into the call. All the more reason to call the out on this play. And since the batter-runner face-planted 15 feet out of the box, it would've been an inning-ending double play.

[MD Longhorn]

I'd love to see such a replay - there is one replay where it appears there MAY have been a tag, but ball/glove/leg are all blocked by the catcher's right leg from the camera's POV. Other than that, I see no tag and no circumstantial evidence of a tag (other, perhaps, than the runner's reaction).

[Rich]

Pittsburgh Pirates: Did Jerry Meals Make the Worst Call in Recent Memory? | Bleacher Report

The embedded YouTube video -- go to 4:45 of the video, watch in fullscreen. Here's the look of the glove getting the leg. Let me try this. Immediately go to Full Screen:

‪Worst call in MLB history Pirates vs. Braves 2011‬‏ - YouTube

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Pittsburgh Pirates: Did Jerry Meals Make the Worst Call in Recent Memory? | Bleacher Report

The embedded YouTube video -- go to 4:45 of the video, watch in fullscreen. Here's the look of the glove getting the leg. Let me try this. Immediately go to Full Screen:

‪Worst call in MLB history Pirates vs. Braves 2011‬‏ - YouTube

You can't tell at ALL from that angle....

[JRutledge]

The video you show Rich is a little distorted and does not completely confirm what I am looking for, but then again that is why I said I see why the umpire called the play the way he did. I would rather see that angle in HD to see if there was a touch. That was never the angle I saw in the highlight package that was not on ESPN. The centerfield angle looked like a miss when you look for any type of contact.

Peace