You make the call: Forceout at the Plate during CIN @ PIT

[Richard]

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/63817564/v33840745/cinpit-umpires-review-a-forceout-at-home-in-the-3rd

Initial call was out on the force.

Edited June 19, 2014 by Richard

[Hollyw00d]

I saw it.

 

The umps made the right call the first time.  The "command center" screwed it up the second time.  No way is he blocking the plate there.  he was actually trying to get out of the way

[the14thjoey]

Rules rules rules. He was blocking the plate. His foot was on the front part of the plate going onto the dirt. The rule says the runner should be safe. You know what I do when a rule gets in the way of an appropriate decision? I ignore the rule. He was out if not for a rule that didn't serve its purpose. 

[Guest]

Rules rules rules. He was blocking the plate. His foot was on the front part of the plate going onto the dirt. The rule says the runner should be safe. You know what I do when a rule gets in the way of an appropriate decision? I ignore the rule. He was out if not for a rule that didn't serve its purpose. 

This new plate blocking rule needs to go the way of that idiotic transfer play rule.

[Michifan]

Hopefully reason will force adjustments.

[kbb]

If that had happened during an Angels game I might have taken a few months away from baseball. What a joke that rule is and replay has become. It's almost like the umps are screwing up reviews on purpose. ::crazyconspiracyhaton::

Edited June 19, 2014 by kbb

[gotbeer]

Considering it was a force play.  Stupid overturn.  

[Hollyw00d]

Seriously. What is he supposed to do there? Have his feet nowhere near the base until he catches the ball, and then electric slide his way to the plate, all the while not getting in the way of the runner? Its ridiculous

[mancini79]

Regardless if it were a force out, the plate was not blocked. The side of the plate the runner was tagging was completely open. The fact it was a force out makes the call even more ridiculous. I feel like an idiot for advocating IR. MLB has made a mockery of it. Oh, and it does slow down the game.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

There is no other way to get a force out at home than to have one foot on the plate. IMO the runner was clearly out. Martin was not blocking the plate, even dove out of the way after making sure he had possession of the ball with a foot on the plate. You might as well take away force outs at home if you're going to overturn a play like this.

Edited June 19, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Troll Daddy]

What a freakin joke!

[ukyah]

If that had happened during an Angels game I might have taken a few months away from baseball. What a joke that rule is and replay has become. It's almost like the umps are screwing up reviews on purpose. ::crazyconspiracyhaton::

 

 

don't confuse two different issues. replay has been working fine, with very few hiccups. the new rule of plate blocking is just a bad rule. they are two different things entirely.

[mtangelsfan]

There is absolutely nothing that makes sense in that overturn. 

 

Wow.