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perhaps you can edit your fanpost to link to the MLB page
the video is 19 times more clear. Maybe the ump was watching the shaky video instead of the crisp one when he made the call?
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Or just watch it here
19th inning walk off winner for Braves.
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that's a bad angle, he looks safe on that one
but looking from the opposite side, it’s clear that he barely tagged him.
Viva la Cubs Révolution!!!
Both angles show a tag clearly being made.
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Umpire wanted to go home
If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.
...no other explanation possible
If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.
For those of you who couldn't see it because MLB's Magic YouTube Dragon will destroy all traces of this in minutes
Try this video….much nicer quality
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scroll down to the last video
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Post more videos here
make them large too.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
How many more replay conversations will be had after this one?
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Video slo mo shows tag on leg, then on arm
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Lugo quote:
“he made the right call. I didn’t feel the tag”
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Lugo deserves the
Matt Holliday blowback
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
Lugo actually touched home plate, though
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
SAFE!
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DOUBLE SAFE!
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As an umpire
Even if this tag is missed by 1 billioniath of an inch – this is an out.
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
So you call people out who are safe?
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
It's different... clearly if the catcher wanted to he could jam his whole glove in Lugo's face and scream "out!"
He’s got him by four feet. The catcher was doing what kept him and the runner most safe, while clearly still tagging him out. As an umpire, there is no way you look at this play and thing, “maybe the swipe tag was 1/100th of an inch off?!”
I think an out call here
would be the right one…even if you think he missed him by fractions of an inch, clearly the C is trying to avoid contact and injury, no real different to the neighborhood call at 2b…
Worst part?
Now the Cardinals are in first place.
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Not sure if I should eat this month old tuna salad in the fridge?
Jerry Meals says it’s safe.
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quite
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by Fukudometer on Jul 27, 2011 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Somewhere Jim Joyce just smiled a little bit
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and ejected his mother for asking for seconds
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
HP Ump Jerry Meals' quote:
"I saw the tag, but he looked like he oléd him and I called him safe for that. I looked at the replays and it appeared he might have got him on the shin area. I’m guessing he might have got him, but when I was out there when it happened I didn’t see a tag.
"I just saw the glove sweep up. I didn’t see the glove hit his leg."
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19th inning - what 6th hour behind the plate??
Not an easy job
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Translation
“Replay would have made a difference.”
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
by timh815 on Jul 27, 2011 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Somehow I think this is karmic payback for Hurdle
who got his team to the playoffs and badly missed safe call at the plate.
PS how long till Al posts another why MLB must start using replay.
I am going with 9AM CST.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either
by Doggie Stalker on Jul 27, 2011 1:59 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Should have read ON A badly missed safe call
OK it was 3AM when I typed this so that is my excuse this time.
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Me either
by Doggie Stalker on Jul 27, 2011 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
This should be the nail in the coffin for any "Human element" arguments.
If you’re an MLB umpire, you can’t make a call like this. That was an “I’m tired, I want to go home” call by Meals.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jul 27, 2011 6:49 AM CDT reply actions
And I can't wait to see Selig's statement about this.
That ought to be fun.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jul 27, 2011 6:50 AM CDT reply actions
Two words.
REPLAY. NOW.
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by Al Yellon on Jul 27, 2011 7:08 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
That will never work.
It will slow the games down, and take away from the human element of baseball! No one in my office wants that. Or if you add a fifth umpire, we’ll have to pay them and I won’t make as much money.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jul 27, 2011 7:14 AM CDT up reply actions
That might help, but letting umpires throw games with no repercussions is a strategy of failure. This call is dramatic but what he did happens all the time. None of them can be fired unless you catch them taking money. They are more permanent than federal judges.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Just curious,
What other examples exist along the lines of what you bring up here? Because I can’t remember a call that was this bad and cost a team a game. The Giants were the victims of a horrendous call last year, too. Imagine the uproar if they had missed the playoffs because of that.
I don’t know if Pittsburgh has any staying power yet, but calls like this should never have been made. And the fact that Jerry Meals still hasn’t owned up to it? Reprehensible.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jul 27, 2011 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, Meals HAS owned up to it.
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That's what I get for being out of the loop for most of the afternoon.
Mea culpa.
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by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jul 27, 2011 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Article written by me for Baseball Nation on this topic
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1000 BCB points are the prize.
But seriously. We need replay review. What if the Pirates miss the playoffs by one game?
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I was only off by 51 minutes
I deserve something. Perhaps a regular Gulp instead of a Big Gulp?
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either
by Doggie Stalker on Jul 27, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions
True but I did say CST
Thought Al would be too busy with recap to get to it before 9 Chicago time
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by Doggie Stalker on Jul 27, 2011 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
ehhh
I never saw the CST – points to Jessica
by hansman1982 on Jul 27, 2011 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL at Proctor slipping.
But Lugo is definitely full of it when he says he didn’t tag him, you could tell by the reaction that he knew he was out.
never forget...
1.7%
anything is possible...
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 27, 2011 9:35 AM CDT reply actions
Instant replay is definitely the answer.
I was just as outraged as anyone when I first saw the play. But I can see how the ump may have legitimately believed the catcher missed the tag. Of course, he still should’ve called him out — how many times have we seen a similiar out call on a stolen base attempt?
Baseball is pitching, hitting, baserunning and defense.
Oops, didn't mean for that to be a reply.
Proctor’s fall coming out of the box was pretty hilarious, though.
Baseball is pitching, hitting, baserunning and defense.
I liked the part
where the hitter fell down running to first.
thank god for bud selig!
the game might have ended at 3:00 am!!
Blake "The Franchise" DeWitt will lead us to the promised land
by jesus christos on Jul 27, 2011 12:39 PM CDT reply actions
and......I hear this game is under protest
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Meals called himself out, and got a pat on the back from Hurdle before tonights game.
never forget...
1.7%
anything is possible...
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 27, 2011 6:30 PM CDT reply actions
Watch the Pirates lose the division by 1 game
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Maybe it'll take that to get replay instituted.
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considering the 20 years since anyone has talked about them
……maybe.
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"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
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