MLB Umpire, UNSOLICITED, Overturns Another Umpire's Call

[mbyron]

Can't find the film.

[BretMan]

Scroll to the end. It's the next to last video.

[UES]

It's at the end of the "Play List" (second from last highlight) when you scroll through

[Manny A]

Obviously goes against the previous time-honored practice that one umpire won't overturn another umpire's call. Perhaps this is the "new and improved" way of doing things that will be reflected in the 2013 version of the MLBUM.

[MD Longhorn]

That's awful. Not to mention that frame by frame the overturn appears to be wrong.

[APG]

Embed is your friend:

[ozzy6900]

This is what you all get with your "board meeting" and "let's get the play right" junk that has been going on these last 5 or so years. Now, from out of the "blue", the correction call is made and it will not be the last time you see it!

Get your own calls right the first time and this crap wouldn't happen!

[REFANDUMP]

Once again, an umpire ventures too far onto the diamond to get a bad angle on a play at first. 2 to 3 steps is plenty, and keeps these types of mistakes from happening. I have no idea why the plate umpire made this overrule without first having the 1st base umpire come to him if he had a question. This sets a bad prescedent in my opinion.

[BSUmp16]

Well, let's start off with the fact that they got the call right - the foot was off the bag. Second, the HP umpire's job on that play is to go up first base line and watch to see that the foot is not pulled from the bag, so that was correct too.

Where they went wrong (in my opinion) is that instead of waiting for U1 to ask for help (which he should do if the question involves a pulled foot) and then allowing U1 to reverse his own call based on the new information, the HP ump immediately jumps in and "overrules" U1.

That just leads to more requests by HC to overrule other calls and gets the HP ump involved in every play. Next thing you know, you'll have Joe Maddon asking the HP ump to overrule a close call at 2B. Not good.

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Obviously goes against the previous time-honored practice that one umpire won't overturn another umpire's call. Perhaps this is the "new and improved" way of doing things that will be reflected in the 2013 version of the MLBUM.

Well, it's not in the 2012 version, I can assure you!

[Manny A]

Where was Scott Barry when you needed him here??

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I guess Marvin Hudson gets more leeway as a veteran umpire than Jordan Baker did.

[maven]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Where was Scott Barry when you needed him here??

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I guess Marvin Hudson gets more leeway as a veteran umpire than Jordan Baker did.

Wow. Completely straightlined, he was guessing. Not Tim Welke bad, but bad.