During the very next at-bat, Athletics batter Brian Dozier hit a 1-0 sinker from Athletics pitcher Dan Otero in the air to right fielder Josh Reddick, who threw to catcher Derek Norris as Twins baserunner R3 Suzuki arrived at home plate. Upon Instant Replay Review as the result of a request by Athletics Manager Bob Melvin and initiation by Crew Chief Miller, Carapazza's ruling that Norris did not tag Suzuki prior to Suzuki's hand touching home plate was affirmed, the call was correct. At the time of the review, the contest was tied, 4-4. The Athletics ultimately won the contest, 7-4, in 11 innings.
This is Greg Gibson (53)'s second Instant Replay Review of 2014.
This is Vic Carapazza (19)'s second Instant Replay Review of 2014.
This is Vic Carapazza (19)'s second Instant Replay Review of 2014.
Greg Gibson is now 1/2 (.500 Affirmation Rate) in Replay Reviews during 2014.
Vic Carapazza is now 2/2 (1.000 Affirmation Rate) in Replay Reviews during 2014.
Crew Chief Bill Miller's crew is now 3/3 (1.000 Affirmation Rate) in Replay Reviews during 2014.
These are the 54th and 55th Instant Replay Reviews of the 2014 MLB Regular Season.
Athletics Manager Bob Melvin is now 0/6 (.000 Success) in Instant Replay Reviews during 2014.
Umpires are now 37/55 (.673 Affirmation Rate) in Instant Replay Reviews during the 2014 MLB season.
7 comments :
Anyone else deriving a perverse pleasure from the consternation of the announcers whose team has not been bitten by this new interpretation? "He's got the ball in his glove, takes 4 steps, that's gotta be a catch." You poor fools... :)
Agreed! The announcers have been caught totally off guard by this new interpretation.
LOL.... Announcers have very rarely ever had a clue about rules like this regardless.
Screw the interpretation. They said that "he took 4 steps..." This is not part of the new interpretation. 4 steps was NEVER an interpretation. These announcers fell into the "baseball myths" section. Whether the interpretation changed or stayed the same, they still would have been wrong. But I agree that everyone has been taken off guard with the new interpretation. Even us on this site were left wondering. I didn't hear anything about a new interpretation during the off season. Curious to me...
By the looks of things Jordan Baker is 3 and a half feet taller then Jerry Meals!
tmac, I almost always agree with you and for the most part on these replays I have, but I actually think Gordon was out on this play. One of the broadcast feeds had a close up replay where it looked like F5's glove tagged Gordon's hand while it was still in the air. It certainly wasn't conclusive either way. I am OK with this call standing.
Just like Pineda couldn't directly admit to having pine tar on his hand, Palermo couldn't directly comment on this call. But apparently we know of at least one proponent for the new interpretation of voluntary release...
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