SS barely in the same zip code as 2B in Tigers-Red Sox game.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Rich

Oh, I always knew the runner was safe. I just don't think it's the end of the world that the call was missed.

I can't *wait* for replay so people realize that getting the call 100% right isn't necessarily the desired outcome every time.

Rich:

???? We are supposed to get the call correct every time (at least try to get the call correct every time). And as I stated in my OP, MLB players are the best players in the world. Why should they be held to a lower expectation of performing the game that we would expect of a H.S. player? This call changed how the rest of the inning was played. Instead of runners on a 1B and 2B with zero outs, there was only a runner on 1B with one out.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rich:

???? We are supposed to get the call correct every time (at least try to get the call correct every time). And as I stated in my OP, MLB players are the best players in the world. Why should they be held to a lower expectation of performing the game that we would expect of a H.S. player? This call changed how the rest of the inning was played. Instead of runners on a 1B and 2B with zero outs, there was only a runner on 1B with one out.

MTD, Sr.

I'm really not talking about this play in particular. There was a collision in the plate in extra innings earlier in the postseason which was treated as a routine out on the field. Possible, however, that the catcher, in bracing for the collision, never actually tagged the runner. I'll sit back with a bowl of popcorn the first time a play like THAT is challenged and overturned.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Rich

I'm really not talking about this play in particular. There was a collision in the plate in extra innings earlier in the postseason which was treated as a routine out on the field. Possible, however, that the catcher, in bracing for the collision, never actually tagged the runner. I'll sit back with a bowl of popcorn the first time a play like THAT is challenged and overturned.

This is the play Rich is referring to:

Video: Must C Cannon: Beltran's amazing throw saves game | MLB.com



The best look starts at the 2:00 mark.

[cmckenna]

Check out this related article about this exact play and how replay might fix it :-) They also suggest implementing the FPSR in MLB

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[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by APG

This is the play Rich is referring to:

Video: Must C Cannon: Beltran's amazing throw saves game | MLB.com



The best look starts at the 2:00 mark.

Safe!

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rich:

???? We are supposed to get the call correct every time (at least try to get the call correct every time).

The call that's correct for the game isn't always the call that's technically correct by the rule. Or, at least it hasn't been.