booted the call

[Jim Porter]

Originally posted by Thane Yennie
Seattle and CHW Game three, Drag bunt and the batter is definitely out of the box and stepping on the plate. No call Olerud scores from third game over. Hey the guys at the Pro level ARE human. Watched a HS football game last night about froze my can. I much prefer baseball, we get to play when the weather is a little warmer.

It was actually Ricky Henderson who scored from third. He replaced Olerud at second.

We all know how difficult it is to see a foot out of the box. But during a bunt? That's exactly when I'd expect an umpire to be watching for those feet.

Let's not be too hard on Tim, though. He might've been blocked out by the catcher. The foot was behind the plate making it very tough to see. It's not like the foot was out of the front of the box - that's one an umpire should never miss.