With one out and the bases loaded in the top of the 1st inning of Saturday's Nationals-Cardinals contest, Washington's Michael Morse hit a first pitch sinker from Kyle Lohse to deep right field and toward the top of the wall. Though Morse believed his hit to be a home run, the ball was initially ruled live and in play by 1B Umpire Chris Guccione, resulting in Morse being tagged out attempting to retreat to first base. After instant replay review, 2B Umpire and crew chief Jeff Nelson reversed the call on the field, awarding Morse a grand slam. Because Morse had been ruled out at first base, he was asked to return to home plate to recreate his home run trot, ensuring he (and all preceding baserunners) legally touched all bases enroute to an early 4-0 lead. The Nationals ultimately won the contest, 6-4, in 10 innings.
Video: Grand Slam, Take 2; Single overturned and Morse forced to retouch 'em all
Video: Morse discusses the replay-aided grand slam home run and his rerun of the bases
Wrap: Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 9/29/12
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Hilarious!
Jim Wolf just imitated Tim Tschida during an intentional walk. I remember him doing that last year also. It is a really funny and completely accurate portrayal of Tschida.
Wouldn't have had to do that if the umpires would have just got the call right in the first place. Pathetic.
Dude, shut up
Ditto Anon 12:43...,friggin' plumber
Oh yeah, the umps should get every single call right. After all, I guarantee that the message board posters here have never messed up at their jobs.
Did morse re-running the bases affect any team? It was a blown call!!! It was overturned from a single to a homer therefore they made him re-run the bases because of the confusion with the base runners. How is it pathetic?
what exactly was the reasoning behind this? as opposed to letting them finish from where they are like normal?
I know that Morse at least got to 1st because he was hung up between 1st and 2nd because there was a runner on 2nd. I can only think that either R1, R2, or R3 did not touch his next base before the play was killed. That would necessitate Morse and everyone else having to reset when the single was reversed to a homerun.
yea, but they even had R3 come back out to third to "replay" the hit. They dont normally do that after he already scored, right?
Not sure if R3 did touch the plate on that play. If so, then yeah, I would think only R2, R1, and BR would be reset. Personally, from a sportsmanship perspective, I didn't like the fact that Morse pantomimed his original swing after the call was reversed (unless the umpires told him to do so which I doubt). The fans are upset already about 4 runs on the board against the Cardinals and pantomiming the swing just seems like rubbing salt in the proverbial wound.
The stadiums are built in such a way that makes it difficult/impossible to make these calls with 100% cerainty.. therefore replay is awesome for a case like this one. I'm sure MLB will issue a case ruling for this during the off season to detetrmine whether you should recreate the home run or have Morse rerun the bases from the last in which he legally touched (which would make more sense)
but LOL funny none the less!!
Marvin Hudson just tossed Farrell!
The wait is over! Hallelujah!
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