Bothched foul tip call yesterdays Wash. Nat'ls game

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by David B

yep that's pretty bad on an easy obvious call. Sometimes even the best get lazy and aren't tuned in to the game.

Who was lazy?

If we believe the announcer, the PU apparently had a catch that resulted in a foul tip and then a dropped exchange. How would you as PU indicate that that's what you saw? On a more routine catch and drop--say the pivot man at the front end of an attempted DP--the proper mechanic is to signal the out at the base, and then signal the voluntary release (pulling the hands apart), followed by another emphatic out signal, correct?

We didn't see all that play out on the video because the camera never stayed on the PU long enough, but that's what the announcer indicated. Seems to me if that's what the PU thought happened, he came up with the right mechanic. I can't think of another way to signal a catch-and-dropped release on a foul tip.

If anyone was lazy, it was U2. He shouldn't be coming up with a foul signal if he sees his partner give the foul tip indication. He should have just kept his arms down.

That all said, I do agree that the PU had very questionable judgment on the play. No way the catcher caught that ball, IMO.