Tigers vs Yankees Blown call at 2B

[kylejt]

Sometimes, you anticipate the tag coming right at the leading edge of the bag, and put your focus right there. To me, it looks like what happened here. When you do that, you have a tendancy to try to get close. When you get too close, you sometimes lose the big picture,(or tag away from the bag).

As for moving, please remember that Suzuki dive at the plate, and how much Fred Astaire work the PU had to do. Movement is not aways bad, to get the right angle. It usually is to get closer.

Lesson: Angle over distance.

[RPatrino]

Movement while watching the play is always bad. Adjusting to get a better angle and then getting set to see the play is always a good thing.

[Rich Ives]

The runner slid right over the glove. Why would you even begin to think there wasn't a tag? Look for a drop. If there isn't one you have a tag.

[APG]

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The runner slid right over the glove. Why would you even begin to think there wasn't a tag? Look for a drop. If there isn't one you have a tag.

I agree and in my opinion, he should have been moving back to "open the field". He was right on top of the play and could not see the glove under the runner. Bad positioning, bad call.

But 1 bad call shouldn't cost the game. If you loose because of a call, you didn't play hard enough!

[johnnyg08]

New York didn't score any runs. The call was wrong, but it didn't matter.

[dash_riprock]

Of course it mattered. It changed the game.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by dash_riprock

Of course it mattered. It changed the game.

You're kidding, right?