Matt Oye yesterday

[HaloFan85]

Did anyone hear the official reason as to why the ump had an issue with his white nail polish?

 

Here's the video:

 

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25791833&c_id=mlb

 

 

[gotbeer]

I thought it was a bandaid/tape.  But more than likely, they didn't like it because it blended in with the ball.  While I probably couldn't tell the difference, a pro ballplayer can probably see a grip of the ball and figure out what the pitch is going to be.  

[HaloFan85]

I thought about that too, but it still doesn't make sense to me because it seems like you'd need some kind of x-ray vision to be able to pick up fingernail location on a baseball during a pitcher's delivery.

[Wallerrrr]

why was his nail even painted?

[Spirit]

why was his nail even painted?

 

Fanfest got a little crazy.  That's all I'm sayin'

[tdawg87]

Torii Hunter is an umpire now?

[AzHaloFan]

Tim McClelland is a clown bro

[Wallerrrr]

Fanfest got a little crazy.  That's all I'm sayin'

lol...i tried to like this but apparently i'm a like whore today, i've used my allotment for the time being.

[Lou]

Did anyone hear the official reason as to why the ump had an issue with his white nail polish?

 

because it's baseball, not soccer

[ukyah]

I thought about that too, but it still doesn't make sense to me because it seems like you'd need some kind of x-ray vision to be able to pick up fingernail location on a baseball during a pitcher's delivery.

 

tony gwynn could i.d. the pitchers grip on the ball before his release, many others can as well. the most interesting that i ever heard was edgar martinez, the great seattle dh, would practice in the cage with a tennis machine that would fire tennis balls at 150 mph. he had the balls marked with color dots and numbers and he would focus on identifying the color and the number as the ball came in. 

 

obviously, he felt the exercise helped his ability to see the seams and the rotation of the baseball.

 

amazing.

[PercySquint]

Can't throw the submarine knuck without the polish. Duh.

[pattimelt]

Matt's got a problem with a split nail.  It splits horizontally instead of vertically, but in the middle of the nail itself.  It's pretty painful, from what I hear.  The trainer "fixed" it with athletic tape and krazy glue, but it was WHITE.. REALLY WHITE.. which is where they had the problem.  They colored it in with a black sharpie, and today, SUPPOSEDLY, Matt was going to get it fixed professionally, so there would be no other problems.