But it hit foul first!
 

#Berkman double on foul ball #WorldSeries - YouTube

A non-umpire friend of mine just doesn't get why this is fair. Love some of the comments, too.

A couple of friends had this argument on Facebook last night - one of them asking, "Where's Mike - he'll know".

Must have been the night that all McCarver school of umpiring disciples were watching.

I finally got through to one knucklehead (brother-in-law) by asking "if a pop up first landed in foul territory but ended up in fair territory before it was touched, whattaya got?"

McCarver Strikes Again.
 

I think it was in the same Berkman at bat with a 2-1 count and the pitch came in for a called strike 2. F2 dropped the pitch and McCarver said that the pitch can't be called a strike because F2 dropped the pitch, :eek:.

MTD, Sr.

I was shaking my head at that one.

Rita

Do you pay attention to a lot of internet umpires that say the same thing- not cleanly caught = ball.

I always ask them how a D3K could happen then if the batter doesn't swing. That usually (not always) shuts them up.

I can't believe that I'm defending Timmy, but...

Didn't he actually say something like, "If the catcher drops that pitch (a borderline outside pitch), the umpire usually won't call it a strike"?

Yes he did. Stilll....

So...... McCarver was right for a change, umpires usually don't call borderline pitches strikes that a catcher boxes. What is wrong with that statement?

Nothing. Tim is an expert on this one.