Phillies protest IR ruling

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by umpjong

What part dont you understand? The PU questioned whether the ball would have been a home run less the fan interference. Thus the replay. Just like the directive states. Even without replay the umpires could have got together and the information from the PU could have changed the call without the replay. Sounds like it might have been ruled a home run with the information provided by PU but with the replay the umpires were able to get it right. Will the directive be re worded? Probably, but give West credit for this one, we all know he needs one once in a while.

Heres a quote from a Philly paper,

You're not helping yourself with newspaper quotes. The rule is specific: IR may be used only for determining HR/no HR. No amount of study by anyone changes that.