Mike DiMuro: You should resign.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by celebur

Unless there's something missing from the video, just how did Wise cheat? I didn't see him do anything to try to "sell" the supposed catch--he made a good run, got his glove on the ball, fell into the stands, and as he was being helped up, the umpire already ruled it a catch.

In a perfect world, Wise would have admitted the no-catch to the umpire, but keeping his mouth shut isn't really cheating. He didn't break any rules. He didn't even try to deceive the umpire. He simply kept his mouth shut when he knew the umpire made the wrong call. The blame here lies entirely on DiMuro, and he admitted his mistake (like he had any other option).

He certainly did try to sell the catch as he holds his glove as if it has the ball. The fair, sporting thing would have been to show the umpire the empty glove. He cheated.

Although we don't see this often in baseball, it's endemic in soccer. At least there we also complain about the divers as well as the referees who fall for the dive.

That Wise cheated in no way let's DiMuro off the hook for not having made the correct call.