The worst call ever.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

Last night at the end of the Pirates game. Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_o4LHIQ ... ture=share

[edit] Edited to add "Night" [/edit]

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

That's the 2nd bad call at the plate that cost them a game this month. A few weeks back, they were beating the 'stros with 2 out and a runner was called safe at home when it wasn't even close. The inning continued and the stros scored a few more runs to take the lead for good.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

Maybe it is time they bring video replays to baseball? After last night, I am thinking for sure. That is just unbelievable.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

Just no words to describe that. Someone wanted to go home and go to bed. I hope that's the same ump that got cracked in the nads the other night.

Asundor · Post by **Asundor** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

well being im a braves fan, im glad they one, but that was a bad call and then some.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

ESPN is all over this terrible call. This might be the impetus to bring on instant replay.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

ray charles coulda called that play better.

KeithReynolds · Post by **KeithReynolds** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

I saw it lastnight. I was pretty sure the guy was tagged. Watched it again today on tv. Replayed, slowed & zoomed. He was NOT tagged. Use your eyes.

He swiped his glove in between the guys legs and arms. He tagged air. There was NO resistance or indication his glove touched the guy. Watch it. Slow. At first I thought the guys pants moving was an indication of tagging..but it wasnt. The pants moved because he was sliding.

<---use those and watch

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

I just watched it, Keith. You're wrong. Lugo got tagged twice, once on the right leg and once on the right arm. Worst call since Jim Joyce cost Armando Gallarraga a perfect game last season.

Why the fuck won't dumbass Bud Selig allow instant replay? He's a douche.

Possessed · Post by **Possessed** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

I watched it every way I could and it was a bad call. Close but still bad.
The ump was terrible all night. Absolutely the worst stike zone I've seen.
He made bad calls for both teams.
He is also known for bad calls and being terrible at calling strikes.
Nate McClouth had a valid argument too. Both strikeouts were called with the ball well off the plate an low.
I would have been pissed too.

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

Baseball is years outdated. The problem is, they hire umpires, human beings, when most of them couldn't tell the difference between a strike and a streak. Some of the calls they make are pin-point, and some are easy to see, but there are so very many calls. With that in mind, it's too "wide open" leaving a human aspect in the game like that. There should be something to impliment an actual strike zone, and keep it. A machine, or robot of some sort, would be a good call for this. Football's uprights and paint barriers, hockey's nets, etc. make other sports a no-brainer to tell if the ball or puck made it. Baseball has its home run walls, but the human aspect negotiates FAAAR too much of the rest of the game. Umpires dictate where the ball actually lands, and in a game where a ball will land nearly everywhere, it's too much risk to just depend on their eyes to define what happens in such a sport

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

I'm not a baseball fan, but I assume they don't want to have video replay because they don't want to slow down the slowest game known to man even more.

Also they play like 50000000 games a year, so the human error probably factors out.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

The umpire (Jerry Meals) watched a replay and said that he was wrong. The Pirates have filed a formal complaint to the MLB about it.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/68083 ... nning-loss

Espn was saying about bringing instant replay in and making it a five umpire field. Both points I agree with.

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

Looks like a tag to me

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

onegunguitar wrote:

Looks like a tag to me

A picture says 1,000 words.

PStl · Post by **PStl** » Wednesday Jul 27, 2011

I think they will expand replay in MLB, but you'll have to have the umpires agree to ask for a replay. You can't wait in baseball, or throw a flag like in football. That's why you'll never see a robot strike-zone, the players need to immediately know the call.
Sure umpires are human, and they blow calls, but the blown calls stand out because they do get most of them right.
The biggest issue is the magnatude of the situation. Normally, an umpire will never call a runner safe on a tag play where the ball beats the runner by that much! Listen to the call, as Wehner immediately questions that very point. The Atlanta announcers also well ready to call him out.
Tip for the kids: watch the runner continue the play, never hearing the out call, smartly comes back to step on home! Also, not a bad try with the pop-up slide, but in a bigger game he should be running on the inside of the line, making the throw harder, then taking out the catcher!
PS: as a STL fan, I'm happy to see the Buccos in the playoff chase!
I think it goes down to the last week.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 28, 2011

They are saying about starting instant replay next season. I hope they make good use out of it.