LLWS Video on last play?

[bsaucer]

I was watching a LLWS game on TV, and they were showing a list of the rules for video review on the screen. It included a rule that the last play of the game is always reviewed. Does that apply if a game ends on a called pitch?

[Rich Ives]

Pitch isn't a "play" so it isn't a game-ending "play" so it wouldn't get reviewed.

[BretMan]

Does it apply on, say, a one-hopper to F3 who steps on first before the batter can get two steps out of the box?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Does it apply on, say, a one-hopper to F3 who steps on first before the batter can get two steps out of the box?

Yes.

So what?

Maybe he missed the base.

[johnnyg08]

Yeah, I agree with some on here. Why even have six umpires working? With all of the reviews and the cameras...they could easily work this as two man. I know, it gets for umpires into the stadium to work and I guess if that's the only reason, that's good enough for me.

[zm1283]

And the circus continues....

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

So what?

It seems like a ridiculous redundancy, that's what.

Wouldn't this be sweet...the championship game ends on the play I posted above. Celebratory pandemonium breaks loose. Some kids are screaming, some kids are crying, some are piling up in the infield, the fans are going wild and the television announcers are spouting their usual analytical drivel...

Wait! get 'em back out on the field! The game's not over! The officials we've chosen to call our most important game aren't able to get the most basic routine call right!

And if you say that is an unlikely scenario...then you're saying that reviewing the final play of the game, no matter how routine or obvious, is redundant.

[SanDiegoSteve]

By the looks of that simple safe/out call at first that was blown (and should have been challenged), these umpires can use all the help from replay they can get.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by BretMan

It seems like a ridiculous redundancy, that's what.

Wouldn't this be sweet...the championship game ends on the play I posted above. Celebratory pandemonium breaks loose. Some kids are screaming, some kids are crying, some are piling up in the infield, the fans are going wild and the television announcers are spouting their usual analytical drivel...

Wait! get 'em back out on the field! The game's not over! The officials we've chosen to call our most important game aren't able to get the most basic routine call right!

And if you say that is an unlikely scenario...then you're saying that reviewing the final play of the game, no matter how routine or obvious, is redundant.

The calling them back after the last play already happened in this series.

Do you really want the game to end on a disputed call?

[STL_UMP]

Reviewing the final play doesn't necessarily mean stopping the post game celebrations. They just do a quick check and if it's OK then things CONTINUE to proceed as normal. Only if there is an issue would the celebrations / crying need to be stopped.

[THoy]

How many people on this thread have worked a game where replay review was involved?