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With the young umpire's absence while A.J. Johnson donned the plate umpire equipment creating a two-person crew of 3B Umpire McClelland and 1B Umpire Jim Joyce, the senior crew chief opted to move behind the pitcher in order to call pitches, an acceptable albeit rarely seen umpiring mechanic. Lack of immediately accessible plate gear also may have played a role.
Buckminster, who was struck on the left wrist, was seen exiting the field while grasping his mask with the right, not left hand. After the game, it was revealed that the errant pitch indeed fractured Buckminster's left hand.
Video: McClelland calls the game from the middle of the infield while Johnson dresses for the plate
12 comments :
He only moved behind the pitcher while another crew member geared up.
I love it... its great for a Spring Training game. I am not so sure how "acceptable" this is though. Who had fair/foul on the third base line?
There wasn't another crew member to gear up as this was a three man crew so joyce was the only other umpire out there
There wasn't another crew member to gear up as this was a three man crew so the only other umpire out there was Joyce
Not true -- Anthony Johnson worked the plate.
I'll be intrigued to see if Johnson gets a look. He brought upon the demise of Jack Evans, probably to the appeal of MiLB.
so if they had another umpire there why was this only a three man crew
Is Anthony Johnson related to Adrian Johnson? I would guess they are brothers. They both wear the same mask, both set up behind the plate the same way and both call strikes the same way. Anthony is a little thinner but it is amazing how similar they look behind the plate.
I think Johnson was always part of the crew but while he was getting the gear on McClelland wanted to keep the game going so he just started the game again as Johnson was putting his gear on.
Correct. This was a four-to-two-to-three switch. The plate was called from the mound likely because of the Spring Training setting and a desire to keep the game moving.
Love this, even better you can hear Jim Joyce ribbing McClelland after the first pitch and McClelland playing along with it. Good to see that they can still enjoy the game like that!!
Thank you for the clerification I was confused
Russ, I don't believe so. Not certain on that, though. They do. Normal strike mechanics very similar, too.
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