Everett has a strike zone that includes a couple of different zip codes and he now awards a run to a baserunner who does not touch home plate on a play he witnessed from 5 feet away.
Hopefully, we are not interrupting any meditational exercise or anything.
Can the umpires rotate around the diamond every batter like the players do in volleyball? When we get a semi-competent one, they can stop and we will take our chances with that one.
Can we also institute a licensing procedure? And none of those multiple choice tests like at the DMV.
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2 comments:
the play at the plate was the right call. the homeplate umpire did not call anything as the runner didn't touch the plate, nor was he tagged out.
When Teixeira picked up the ball and threw it to second base, he "gave up" on the play at home, thereby making the runner safe by default. The umpire then gave a half hearted safe call, his only choice.
Of course the idiot announcers didn't point this out. Buck I understand, but didn't McCarver play the game? As a catcher? He's an idiot for a lot of things, including not pointing that out.
I guess I would have to look at it again to see when the umpire gave the safe call if that was even captured. While watching the play live, I said to Computer Boy, "Did he even touch the plate?" at which point, the Yankees should have also noticed and tagged Howard. Reagrdless of Tex's throw, isn't Howard's miss of home plate appealable until the next pitch is thrown?
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