"Great hustle by Richie Garcia"

[Edgy MD]

Thirty years ago today.
 

For what it's worth, it was only Game One, and the Orioles ended up losing the series, 4-1.

[MFS62]

Part of the legacy of the greatness of Derek Jeter.

( I just threw up in my mouth)

Later

[Gwreck]

This is why we have replay now.

[Edgy MD]

It's just amazing to hear Bob Costas praising Garcia even as it was becoming clear that he utterly bolluxed up the whole thing.

Also terrific, for some reason, to see a pitcher running all the way out to the warning track to plead his case.  Unlike regular-season/regular umps, post-season outfield umps can't just walk away from furious players and managers.  They're stuck out there with their backs to the wall.

[Frayed Knot]

It's hard to say exactly where Garcia was at the critical moment. Those extra LF/RF umps tend to set up surprisingly close to 1B/3B so, even in YSII where the wall is only like 50' in back of 1st, the chances of him getting to the spot he needed to be for the best view of that particular call were pretty slim, great hustle or not. When we first see him he is near the wall and is pointing emphatically towards the stands as a way of saying that the ball cleared the wall on its own. No replay review in those days obviously and a tough call for any of the other six umps to claim that they had a better view, so it stood.

As I mentioned in another thread, with the help of replay and hindsight Garcia eventually owned up to blowing the call although also adding that he still wouldn't have ruled it a catch but would have awarded Jeter a double based on doubt as to whether Tarasco would have caught the ball.

[Edgy MD]

If I'm in the replay booth, that's an out — unlike the special tribute replay of that happened in Tampa/St. Pete the other day.  That was too far up a higher wall and coming in at a sharp angle and was unlikely to be caught.  The Jeter ball was dropping downward toward Tarasco's glove.