NYY v BO

Gulf Coast Blue · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 09, 2012, 04:53am

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Originally Posted by Manny A

I'm no Yankees fan, but I don't have a violation here. Ichiro was already in the grass well off the line between third and home when Wieters started to turn with the ball (stop the video at 21 seconds to see). He did twist a little further away to avoid the tag, but it wasn't an additional three feet from his path prior to the tag.

It just looked like a violation because of how far behind home plate Ichiro ended up when he passed it. But he was already to the right of the foul line a good distance as he approached.

Ok......I have watched the video about 20 more times and will have to change my original answer. At the moment of the original tag attempt......it DOES NOT appear that Ichiro violated any baserunning rules. I also have to give the HP umpire credit for having the exact correct positioning for this play.

Joel

EsqUmp · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 09, 2012, 06:25am

Not even close. At the time of the tag, he took one step away with his left foot and almost all of his momentum was forward. Hard to come up with 3 feet there.

7in60 · #3 (**permalink**) Sun Oct 14, 2012, 06:40pm

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Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

Ok......I have watched the video about 20 more times and will have to change my original answer. At the moment of the original tag attempt......it DOES NOT appear that Ichiro violated any baserunning rules. I also have to give the HP umpire credit for having the exact correct positioning for this play.

Joel

Thanks for this as the linked video is gone.

I agree, fantastic call by the umpire, and one that deserves to be highlighted in light of all the recent publicity bad calls have been getting.

argodad · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:36pm

I would have liked it if Wieters had just flopped down on the plate and made the live ball appeal.

Rich · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:09pm

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Originally Posted by argodad

I would have liked it if Wieters had just flopped down on the plate and made the live ball appeal.

Except that's not the MLB rule. That runner needs to be tagged until action is relaxed.

MD Longhorn · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:01am

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Originally Posted by Rich

Except that's not the MLB rule. That runner needs to be tagged until action is relaxed.

Right, but if he's flopped down on the plate, Ichiro has a bit more trouble getting back to it.