Umpire forgets count - and phone's a friend

[MD Longhorn]

Do we know where that phone was connected to?

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Do we know where that phone was connected to?

Heh, Heh..... do we really care?

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Do we know where that phone was connected to?

It looked like his first call was from a dugout phone which should have standard wiring such as to the bullpen and press box/official scorer. Then it looked like he went to the tabernacle where the holy rite of instant replay is performed where the high priest in the master control booth in NYC can be summoned. There is a good chance that this was the first time IR was used to get a correct count. Imagine if he called a crew conference and they still couldn't come up with a consensus?

http://m.wired.com/science/discoveri.../2006/06/71139
Wrigley Field went wireless in 2006 for bullpen phones. There may come a day when they stick a Bluetooth in the hockey helmet for expanded replay.

[UmpTTS43]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

It looked like his first call was from a dugout phone which should have standard wiring such as to the bullpen and press box/official scorer. Then it looked like he went to the tabernacle where the holy rite of instant replay is performed where the high priest in the master control booth in NYC can be summoned. There is a good chance that this was the first time IR was used to get a correct count. Imagine if he called a crew conference and they still couldn't come up with a consensus?

Wrigley Field Dugouts Go Wireless
Wrigley Field went wireless in 2006 for bullpen phones. There may come a day when they stick a Bluetooth in the hockey helmet for expanded replay.

Where is it said that he used instant replay? He got the info from the official scorer then went and got his indicator.

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by UmpTTS43

Where is it said that he used instant replay? He got the info from the official scorer then went and got his indicator.

None of the reports said exactly where he called. That's why I surmised we could figure it out according to standard dugout phone wiring. I also had no idea when he went down the tunnel that it was to retrieve his indicator. It seemed more likely that he went to see a replay of Dunn's at bat. Like I said, the reports were sketchy on specifics. Thanks for providing the clarification!

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

It looked like his first call was from a dugout phone which should have standard wiring such as to the bullpen and press box/official scorer. Then it looked like he went to the tabernacle where the holy rite of instant replay is performed where the high priest in the master control booth in NYC can be summoned. There is a good chance that this was the first time IR was used to get a correct count. Imagine if he called a crew conference and they still couldn't come up with a consensus?

Wrigley Field Dugouts Go Wireless
Wrigley Field went wireless in 2006 for bullpen phones. There may come a day when they stick a Bluetooth in the hockey helmet for expanded replay.

The first sentence was semi-correct. The rest is incorrect or out-of-date.