It looked like the catcher swept early on the tag from the initial play in real time. The ump had begun to move but not yet make the safe call as the runner stretched out his leg to tap. It seemed like the ump had decided the tag missed the body and whether or not it grazed his leg was an afterthought. (typed before the quote at 9:30)
2:35 Typically baseball games are 9 innings (or 27 outs per team)*, while doubleheaders are 7 innings per game*, but the MLB record for the longest game is 26 innings on May 1, 1920, in a 1-1 tie between the Brooklyn Robins that had to be ended because of darkness. *Or 8 1/3 innings (6 1/3 for doubleheaders), if the home team escapes the top of the ninth with the lead. Innings are counted as the top of the inning, the middle of the inning (while the teams switch offense and defense), and the bottom of the inning being a third each. The home team bats in the bottom of the inning, so if the home team has the lead after the top of the ninth, the game is ended there. (While bat flips are allowed by the rule [but frowned upon], the rules don't allow for the home team to add to their lead once they've already wrapped up the game.) I say he was out. Check out Secret Base's Rewinder video about Bartolo Colon's second inning home run in a May 7, 2016 game between the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres, uploaded earlier this month (actually their most recent MLB video as I'm writing this), called "Bartolo Colon defying the laws of the universe needs a deep rewind".
Kabir, if someone answered this already...my apologies. A standard baseball game lasts 9 innings, however, if the game is a tie/draw at the end of 9 innings, they keep playing until an inning finishes with one team in the lead. In September 1973, my St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 4-3 in a game that lasted 25 innings (7 hrs. 04 mins.), & I've watched two Cardinals games go to 20 innings (2003 & 2010).
@@kabirconsiders Most fans start leaving after a game goes past 12 innings. The two 20 inning games I watched was done from the comfor of my living room, lol.
Typical game is 2 and a half to 3 hours. The longest 9 inning game I think was 4 and a half hours (about). I had the displeasure of sitting through a 16 inning game once. Maybe it was 15 . . . The details blur now. It was a high scoring game but was agony to sit through.
@@kabirconsiders About 5 hours. It was a pretty quick 9 innings. But they kept getting runs in later innings and the home team always tied it up in the bottom of the inning. And it dragged on & on.
@@kabirconsiders it's historic! 7 game's, Cubs haven't won in 108 year's and I believe 56 year's for the Indian's. The longest championship drought in MLB history on the line. It was epic. Love your videos
The two worst umpires in the MLB are Joe West and Angel Hernandez. They both have such a strong ego about never being wrong, and Hernandez is paranoid that no one respects him because of his race, even though a lot of the players that he disrespects are also Latino. There are a lot of videos about both of them.
Joe West is hilarious though! There is a video of him somewhere where he was the first base umpire and was drilled hard in torso or the leg by a line drive and the ball bounced off him and just stood here and flexed like a body builder!!! It was the most gangster thing I've ever seen! Also his nickname is "Cowboy Joe West" because he's also a country music singer!
To answer your question yes baseball games can go that long and longer if need be. I am pretty sure that a baseball game can go as long as it takes for someone to win
In 2010 Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched a PERFECT GAME. That means he pitched to 27 batters (the minimum for 9 innings) and each batter was out, no one walked, no one was hit by a pitch,, no one got a hit, no one on base because an error. BUT, BUT the umpire called the 27th batter safe at 1st on a simple infield ground ball.....Galarraga did NOT GET HIS PERFECT GAME. The videos clearly show that he was OUT. He still won, but no Perfect Game. There is a small video on UA-cam. There was a similar bad call a view years ago also.
Remember baseball is not on a clock, games are mostly 2.5 to 3.5 hours much shorter if you take out all the commercials. because ties are not allowed the game must continue about 8% go to extra innings unsully one- or two extra but a few games can go for 15..18 or even more innings. The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time
@@kabirconsiders 8 1/2 innings in the minimum if the visiting team is trailing and cant at least tie the home team the game ends in the middle of the 9th inning, otherwise, the full 9 innings are played and who ever has the most runs wins the game ,if there is a tie the game goes to the 10th and so on.In extra innings, if the home team gets one more run than the visiting team the game ends even if the home team didn't use up its 3 outs. visiting team always bats first. 4 MLB games on tv right now.
I remember a game that went 24 innings. Just don't remember who played I was at one that went 26 between the Astros and the Braves in the playoffs 2005. Astros won and then went on to the Series but lost to the White Sox
May just be my bias as a Detroit sports fan, but Armando Gallaraga's Almost Perfect game is still the worst call in all of baseball imo. Clear as day call that the ump missed.
Not a Detroit sports fan, but it's definitely up there. It sucks, but it's admirable that he was a good sport about it. Don Denkinger in game 6 of the 1985 World Series is another one. That missed call cost the Cardinals series.
i also think that another sign that the tag hit the runner is that the runner didn't try to argue that he missed the tag, he just popped up and seemed to accept it
And Lugo even stepped on home plate again -- as if he wasn't sure that he already had. That doesn't, necessarily, mean that he knew he'd been tagged, just that he expected to be called "out".
You can ignore this comment if you know about the infield fly rule, but I got the impression that you didn't realize why the umpire called the batter out even though the ball fell to the ground - and why there was a controversy. The rule is - "An Infield Fly is a fair fly ball (not a line drive or bunt) that, in the judgment of the umpire, can be caught by an infielder, pitcher, or catcher with ordinary effort and when there are runners on first and second or first, second, and third and less than two outs. When the umpire calls "infield fly” the batter is out, regardless of whether the ball is subsequently caught or dropped. The ball is live, and runners already on base may advance (at their own risk) if the ball is not caught or tag up and advance if it is caught." This prevents a fielder from deliberately letting the ball fall to the ground then pick it up, forcing the base runners to attempt to advance. An easy double or triple play would ensue because all the runners had to stay near their bases. The controversy over the call in the play shown was that it appeared that it was a fly to the outfield. How far beyond the infield dirt can it be considered the outfield?
What is incredible about this video is the time and effort this guy goes through to make it. Only in a sports crazed culture like ours would this seem a worthwhile expenditure so much energy to make such a point. I hope he gets a million views for his efforts. 👍👍👍👍👍
He may have been safe or may have been out...it was close. However, the reason why people reacted the way they did ( and I did too at the time ) was this fact. I have watched probably 100 games a year since I was 5 years old ( I'm 50 now ), and in every single play where the catcher is standing where he is and the runner arrives in relation to when the ball is caught by the catcher, the result is an out. Unless the runner runs into the catcher and he drops the ball. So the moment you see the catcher catch it cleanly, you see how far the runner is from the plate, and the catcher doesnt drop it, your mind automatically calls him out. In fact...and this may be a controversial statement, even if you think he missed the tag, the ball beat the runner by so much, you call him out. Kinda like what they call the phantom play around second base on a double play.....hmm... that might be an idea for a video. I guess what i meant to say is, the play was actually close enough to be debatable, but for most baseball fans, we just think he was out and the call was outrageous....if that makes sense!!
2 Questions ? Has anyone complained of your light over your left shoulder and What are the stickers on your guitar? Their has been many bad calls in all sports till instant replay .
The problem with claiming a call like this is obviously wrong (especially tag plays), is that the umpire has a better view of the play than any camera angle.
Personally I think that he made the tag but at the same time out of all the angles that we see, not a single one is from the Umpires perspective. We have no idea what he saw. Also, even he said he made a mistake but only after watching the replay. At the moment and from his viewpoint he legitimately may not have seen the tag.
@@kabirconsiders In the old days umps calls were absolute no matter how obviously wong the were, today we have video review.But there are so many plays and so many games per season that a few bad calls really don't matter.
That call with the Pirates and Braves derailed the Pirates season. They had 20+ years of straight losing seasons and had put something good together that year. They were fighting for a playoff spot and after that call they fell apart.
Kabir - You've got to see the famous "Pine Tar" incident between the Yankees and the Royals ( early 80's I think it was) ua-cam.com/video/gbEHAsZxRYo/v-deo.html - and the explanation of the scenario en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident
Yes, the flex on the glove is only able to do that with contact, catchers gloves have almost no give because it needs to be stable for thousands of 95 mph fastballs and not move basically... as bad as that call looks, from the umps angle, i can see what he thought he seen or didn't see... another topic, baseball is like playing chess and all other sports are playing checkers... such a mind game and strategic battle, it's so great trying to figure out what your opponent is going to do next... fyi, great first games of the Stanley Cup playoffs, hope you caught 1 or 2
Yeah I’ve got a bit of sympathy for the ump in this one. Poor guy was probably falling asleep on the job 😂, Which was the better game? I’ll try to find a replay
Oh that gives me an idea the worst calls in Motorsports I said Motorsports is in a hole and I think you know where I'm going with this On a side note I think everybody was just glad that game was over at the end even with the little bit of even with the bad call everybody was like we finally go home secretly like we can finally go get some sleep 😅😂😂😂😂😂
In my announcing, I use a phrase, "Umpires are like your mother. They are always right. Even when they are wrong, they are right. And both of them answer your protest with the same retort, 'Because I said so!' " People may think, or even see that the call might be in error (I have had many of them in my 50 years of announcing), but it doesn't matter because it is what was call. I have caught incorrect calls, they are human, and I just use the phrase above.
Imagine this game took place in California and replay was around. It would have been 0430 in New York where the replay officials are and they literally have kept bad calls just to go home.
Can you please react to anything Shohei Ohtani, he's not even on my favorite team but he's a freak. He has one of the best ERAs in MLB as a pitcher and leads the league in homers as of this comment. I really love your videos keep it up man. Love seeing/hearing an outsiders perspective on the game I love.
No! At the end of the video - that was not a beautiful homerun! It was a foul ball!! It was caught on the foul side of the line. That's why the call was controversial.
Fan of the sad Pirates organization. This play totally derailed the season. The Pirates weren't the same after. It even started a joke amongst fans involving "Jerry Meals says it's safe". Should I cut the brake lines on my car and go for a drive? Jerry Meals says it's safe.
I don't believe in how one game gone wrong can wreck a season much, but this might be the one to be just that. The Pirates were 53-47 going to this game. Wow that's not the overly best record, the Pirates had not made the playoffs since 1992, and most everything has been going right this season. By the time the 2011 season was over, they finished 72-90.
You might find this one interesting - longest game in baseball (at that time). This was minor league ball, but several of the players did make it to the majors a few years later. variety.com/2021/film/news/charles-grodin-dead-midnight-run-1234975854/
This was an egregiously bad call but the ump just wanted to go home after 6 and a half hours. EDIT: Wow, it's not as egregious as I thought. If replay review as in place at the time, there's not enough evidence to overturn the call. I think the bad call to ruin Galarraga's perfect game was worse because of what was at stake. He retired 26 in a row, the last out was a ground ball to first, clearly the runner was out but the ump blew the call. Jomboy has a good breakdown: ua-cam.com/video/AX7yVYjUg6M/v-deo.html
That movie was actually filmed in Santa Cruz! From my teen years to now the Beach Boardwalk is the place to get in the car and head down there for the day on a Sat or Sun when the weather is beautiful! There is also a Univerity of California campus in San Diego so it's also a college town. Downtown definitely has a hippie Berkeley vibe!
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It looked like the catcher swept early on the tag from the initial play in real time. The ump had begun to move but not yet make the safe call as the runner stretched out his leg to tap. It seemed like the ump had decided the tag missed the body and whether or not it grazed his leg was an afterthought. (typed before the quote at 9:30)
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2:35 Typically baseball games are 9 innings (or 27 outs per team)*, while doubleheaders are 7 innings per game*, but the MLB record for the longest game is 26 innings on May 1, 1920, in a 1-1 tie between the Brooklyn Robins that had to be ended because of darkness.
*Or 8 1/3 innings (6 1/3 for doubleheaders), if the home team escapes the top of the ninth with the lead. Innings are counted as the top of the inning, the middle of the inning (while the teams switch offense and defense), and the bottom of the inning being a third each. The home team bats in the bottom of the inning, so if the home team has the lead after the top of the ninth, the game is ended there. (While bat flips are allowed by the rule [but frowned upon], the rules don't allow for the home team to add to their lead once they've already wrapped up the game.)
I say he was out.
Check out Secret Base's Rewinder video about Bartolo Colon's second inning home run in a May 7, 2016 game between the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres, uploaded earlier this month (actually their most recent MLB video as I'm writing this), called "Bartolo Colon defying the laws of the universe needs a deep rewind".
He was probably out, really difficult to be sure either way after 6 hours!
Kabir, if someone answered this already...my apologies. A standard baseball game lasts 9 innings, however, if the game is a tie/draw at the end of 9 innings, they keep playing until an inning finishes with one team in the lead. In September 1973, my St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 4-3 in a game that lasted 25 innings (7 hrs. 04 mins.), & I've watched two Cardinals games go to 20 innings (2003 & 2010).
7 hours!! Do fans typically stay for the entire game or would most go home?
@@kabirconsiders Most fans start leaving after a game goes past 12 innings. The two 20 inning games I watched was done from the comfor of my living room, lol.
A typical baseball game is 9 innings. If the game is tied after 9, then they play extra innings until a winner can be declared.
Typical game is 2 and a half to 3 hours. The longest 9 inning game I think was 4 and a half hours (about). I had the displeasure of sitting through a 16 inning game once. Maybe it was 15 . . . The details blur now. It was a high scoring game but was agony to sit through.
16 innings!! How long did that one last?
@@kabirconsiders About 5 hours. It was a pretty quick 9 innings. But they kept getting runs in later innings and the home team always tied it up in the bottom of the inning. And it dragged on & on.
React to the 2016 Cubs vs Indian's World Series.
I’ll put it on my list!
@@kabirconsiders it's historic! 7 game's, Cubs haven't won in 108 year's and I believe 56 year's for the Indian's. The longest championship drought in MLB history on the line. It was epic. Love your videos
The two worst umpires in the MLB are Joe West and Angel Hernandez. They both have such a strong ego about never being wrong, and Hernandez is paranoid that no one respects him because of his race, even though a lot of the players that he disrespects are also Latino. There are a lot of videos about both of them.
Why doesn’t the MLB just for them if they’re clearly incompetent?
@@kabirconsiders i have no idea, its kinda dumb
@@kabirconsiders The umpires have a union, as do the players. It's nearly impossible to fire players or umpires, although they can be suspended.
Joe West is hilarious though! There is a video of him somewhere where he was the first base umpire and was drilled hard in torso or the leg by a line drive and the ball bounced off him and just stood here and flexed like a body builder!!! It was the most gangster thing I've ever seen! Also his nickname is "Cowboy Joe West" because he's also a country music singer!
@@ronluk76 he is entertaining, but there are just too many examples of him being downright disrespectful or stubborn towards players and managers.
To answer your question yes baseball games can go that long and longer if need be. I am pretty sure that a baseball game can go as long as it takes for someone to win
Yeah that more was definitely tired and wanted to go home 😂
In 2010 Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga pitched a PERFECT GAME. That means he pitched to 27 batters (the minimum for 9 innings) and each batter was out, no one walked, no one was hit by a pitch,, no one got a hit, no one on base because an error. BUT, BUT the umpire called the 27th batter safe at 1st on a simple infield ground ball.....Galarraga did NOT GET HIS PERFECT GAME. The videos clearly show that he was OUT. He still won, but no Perfect Game. There is a small video on UA-cam. There was a similar bad call a view years ago also.
If I was Armando I would have been tempted to take the MLB to court over that
Remember baseball is not on a clock, games are mostly 2.5 to 3.5 hours much shorter if you take out all the commercials. because ties are not allowed the game must continue about 8% go to extra innings unsully one- or two extra but a few games can go for 15..18 or even more innings.
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time
I see, I thought there was a set in stone time duration
@@kabirconsiders 8 1/2 innings in the minimum if the visiting team is trailing and cant at least tie the home team the game ends in the middle of the 9th inning, otherwise, the full 9 innings are played and who ever has the most runs wins the game ,if there is a tie the game goes to the 10th and so on.In extra innings, if the home team gets one more run than the visiting team the game ends even if the home team didn't use up its 3 outs. visiting team always bats first.
4 MLB games on tv right now.
This is one of the plays that made MLB to have instant replay after the 2014 season.
Wow, so it really left its Mark on the game
And it’s still a shit show and doesn’t work at all.
@@rtyable well thats because umps still stick to the wrong call on the field most of the time when the replay ends.
I remember a game that went 24 innings. Just don't remember who played I was at one that went 26 between the Astros and the Braves in the playoffs 2005. Astros won and then went on to the Series but lost to the White Sox
A typical game is about 2 hours and change on the short side and 3 hours and change on the long side
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May just be my bias as a Detroit sports fan, but Armando Gallaraga's Almost Perfect game is still the worst call in all of baseball imo. Clear as day call that the ump missed.
Not a Detroit sports fan, but it's definitely up there. It sucks, but it's admirable that he was a good sport about it.
Don Denkinger in game 6 of the 1985 World Series is another one. That missed call cost the Cardinals series.
foolish is baseball is best baseball channel out there along with jomboy media. more reactions from these guys would be awesome :D
Yeah foolish is great at keeping the viewer interested. More on the way bro ☺️
Before even seeing what the play was I was having Tiger fan PTSD flashbacks
😂😂
i also think that another sign that the tag hit the runner is that the runner didn't try to argue that he missed the tag, he just popped up and seemed to accept it
That’s a very good point, I didn’t consider that
I also thought that.
And Lugo even stepped on home plate again -- as if he wasn't sure that he already had.
That doesn't, necessarily, mean that he knew he'd been tagged, just that he expected to be called "out".
I’m watching this as the braves and pirates are playing
That’s quite the coincidence 🤯
@@kabirconsiders definitely
You can ignore this comment if you know about the infield fly rule, but I got the impression that you didn't realize why the umpire called the batter out even though the ball fell to the ground - and why there was a controversy. The rule is - "An Infield Fly is a fair fly ball (not a line drive or bunt) that, in the judgment of the umpire, can be caught by an infielder, pitcher, or catcher with ordinary effort and when there are runners on first and second or first, second, and third and less than two outs. When the umpire calls "infield fly” the batter is out, regardless of whether the ball is subsequently caught or dropped. The ball is live, and runners already on base may advance (at their own risk) if the ball is not caught or tag up and advance if it is caught." This prevents a fielder from deliberately letting the ball fall to the ground then pick it up, forcing the base runners to attempt to advance. An easy double or triple play would ensue because all the runners had to stay near their bases. The controversy over the call in the play shown was that it appeared that it was a fly to the outfield. How far beyond the infield dirt can it be considered the outfield?
Instant replay in sports makes everyone an expert after the fact, but not that many people really want to be the one making the call in the moment...
Very true. A lot of captain hindsight’s everywhere nowadays
What is incredible about this video is the time and effort this guy goes through to make it. Only in a sports crazed culture like ours would this seem a worthwhile expenditure so much energy to make such a point. I hope he gets a million views for his efforts. 👍👍👍👍👍
For sure, the production values are excellent
the tag is really the issue. Its tough to tell whether to glove touches the runner or not.
Very hard to tell, the picture is so pixelated
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He may have been safe or may have been out...it was close. However, the reason why people reacted the way they did ( and I did too at the time ) was this fact. I have watched probably 100 games a year since I was 5 years old ( I'm 50 now ), and in every single play where the catcher is standing where he is and the runner arrives in relation to when the ball is caught by the catcher, the result is an out. Unless the runner runs into the catcher and he drops the ball. So the moment you see the catcher catch it cleanly, you see how far the runner is from the plate, and the catcher doesnt drop it, your mind automatically calls him out. In fact...and this may be a controversial statement, even if you think he missed the tag, the ball beat the runner by so much, you call him out. Kinda like what they call the phantom play around second base on a double play.....hmm... that might be an idea for a video. I guess what i meant to say is, the play was actually close enough to be debatable, but for most baseball fans, we just think he was out and the call was outrageous....if that makes sense!!
I totally get your point. Incredibly difficult making the right ball in the heat of the moment after all that time had passed
Don Deckinger in the 1985 World Series?
I’ll check it out
The real worst call happened in the 1985 World Series. It changed who the eventual winner was.
2 Questions ? Has anyone complained of your light over your left shoulder and What are the stickers on your guitar? Their has been many bad calls in all sports till instant replay .
I’m still figuring out the lighting situation 😅 i had like 100 stickers of cool stuff I’m into made and wasted an hour sticking them on individually
@@kabirconsiders What kind of stickers maybe us fans can send a letter
The problem with claiming a call like this is obviously wrong (especially tag plays), is that the umpire has a better view of the play than any camera angle.
You're right man, that umpire just wanted to end that marathon and go home lol there's no way he missed that
100%, the dude had enough 😂
Personally I think that he made the tag but at the same time out of all the angles that we see, not a single one is from the Umpires perspective. We have no idea what he saw. Also, even he said he made a mistake but only after watching the replay. At the moment and from his viewpoint he legitimately may not have seen the tag.
Exactly, is easy for other people to use photos to make a decision but the ump was working on real time and almost 7 hours deep
Umpires are always right except when they are wrong.
😂 well put. Won’t be long until they’re replaced by robots
@@kabirconsiders In the old days umps calls were absolute no matter how obviously wong the were, today we have video review.But there are so many plays and so many games per season that a few bad calls really don't matter.
That call with the Pirates and Braves derailed the Pirates season. They had 20+ years of straight losing seasons and had put something good together that year. They were fighting for a playoff spot and after that call they fell apart.
Kabir - You've got to see the famous "Pine Tar" incident between the Yankees and the Royals ( early 80's I think it was)
ua-cam.com/video/gbEHAsZxRYo/v-deo.html - and the explanation of the scenario
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident
explanation video - from all sports history
ua-cam.com/video/EpUmokwJhBw/v-deo.html
it was a REALLY interesting set of circumstances
Thanks for the links mate, I’ll check it out!
Yes, the flex on the glove is only able to do that with contact, catchers gloves have almost no give because it needs to be stable for thousands of 95 mph fastballs and not move basically... as bad as that call looks, from the umps angle, i can see what he thought he seen or didn't see... another topic, baseball is like playing chess and all other sports are playing checkers... such a mind game and strategic battle, it's so great trying to figure out what your opponent is going to do next... fyi, great first games of the Stanley Cup playoffs, hope you caught 1 or 2
Yeah I’ve got a bit of sympathy for the ump in this one. Poor guy was probably falling asleep on the job 😂, Which was the better game? I’ll try to find a replay
Oh that gives me an idea the worst calls in Motorsports I said Motorsports is in a hole and I think you know where I'm going with this
On a side note I think everybody was just glad that game was over at the end even with the little bit of even with the bad call everybody was like we finally go home secretly like we can finally go get some sleep 😅😂😂😂😂😂
That’s a solid suggestion mate, I’ll put it on my list!
I love baseball, but there is no way I'd stay for 19 innings!
In my announcing, I use a phrase, "Umpires are like your mother. They are always right. Even when they are wrong, they are right. And both of them answer your protest with the same retort, 'Because I said so!' " People may think, or even see that the call might be in error (I have had many of them in my 50 years of announcing), but it doesn't matter because it is what was call. I have caught incorrect calls, they are human, and I just use the phrase above.
That’s a pretty good phrase about mother’s, the amount of times I have to hold my tongue..
Imagine this game took place in California and replay was around. It would have been 0430 in New York where the replay officials are and they literally have kept bad calls just to go home.
Can you please react to anything Shohei Ohtani, he's not even on my favorite team but he's a freak. He has one of the best ERAs in MLB as a pitcher and leads the league in homers as of this comment. I really love your videos keep it up man. Love seeing/hearing an outsiders perspective on the game I love.
Thanks for the kind words mate 😊, I'll put Ohtani on my list!
Looking at the sweep at speed, I agree with the call. Longest game ever was over 32 innings and the game was halted and continued later in the season.
I'm betting someone explained below, but in case not, if the game is tied at the end of 9, we go extra innings until someone scores.
you should react to a full nascar daytona/talladega race.
That’s not a bad idea, it would have to be an epic one though as I wouldn’t want to bore anyone!
Imagine if the runner was very close to home plate. Then you'd be dealing with whether a mitt touched and when a foot touched. Oy vey!
A very difficult situation indeed!
No! At the end of the video - that was not a beautiful homerun! It was a foul ball!! It was caught on the foul side of the line. That's why the call was controversial.
Fan of the sad Pirates organization. This play totally derailed the season. The Pirates weren't the same after. It even started a joke amongst fans involving "Jerry Meals says it's safe". Should I cut the brake lines on my car and go for a drive? Jerry Meals says it's safe.
Galaragga call still hurts!!
Armando Gallaraga's Almost Perfect game is way worse than this. This is bad but still erasing someones chance of the history books.
I need to check that out
Ump just wanted to go home. HAAAA, you just said the exact same thing. Right after I commented.
Hey mate, please react to the unwritten rules of baseball!
I’ll put it on my list!
I don't believe in how one game gone wrong can wreck a season much, but this might be the one to be just that. The Pirates were 53-47 going to this game. Wow that's not the overly best record, the Pirates had not made the playoffs since 1992, and most everything has been going right this season. By the time the 2011 season was over, they finished 72-90.
You might find this one interesting - longest game in baseball (at that time). This was minor league ball, but several of the players did make it to the majors a few years later. variety.com/2021/film/news/charles-grodin-dead-midnight-run-1234975854/
This was an egregiously bad call but the ump just wanted to go home after 6 and a half hours. EDIT: Wow, it's not as egregious as I thought. If replay review as in place at the time, there's not enough evidence to overturn the call. I think the bad call to ruin Galarraga's perfect game was worse because of what was at stake. He retired 26 in a row, the last out was a ground ball to first, clearly the runner was out but the ump blew the call. Jomboy has a good breakdown: ua-cam.com/video/AX7yVYjUg6M/v-deo.html
Agreed, I think fatigue pays a huge part in this call. Thanks for the link mate I’ll put it on my list!
Have u seen Us yet?
Yeah I saw it on Saturday. It was pretty good, a few jumpy moments!
That movie was actually filmed in Santa Cruz! From my teen years to now the Beach Boardwalk is the place to get in the car and head down there for the day on a Sat or Sun when the weather is beautiful! There is also a Univerity of California campus in San Diego so it's also a college town. Downtown definitely has a hippie Berkeley vibe!
Also rent Lone Survior when you get a chance.