IGT 9/21/2013 Mets @ Phillies Gee v. Cloyd

[Zvon]

dinosaur jesus wrote: Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Replays remove all ambiguity. d'Arnaud tagged the guy. I saw this play. How on earth could the ump even imagine the guy was safe? Ooo, I did miss some kabooms didn't I. And the one from Murph, a big one. I think now that the games over I can watch it with Gary and crew. I'm sick of those Phillies guys. If a Philly hits a homer they scream like girls and when a Met hits one, they don't even raise their voice. I mean, it's happening, announce it with a lil bit of importance. lil bit? And the end of the low sentence describing the ball that leaves the park is laced with so much disgust. I can't stomach those guys any more. They used to be good. Yeah, Kalas was fine. But he had to share the booth with Wheeler, who's always been awful. It's a mystery how he's been there so long, because nobody in Philadelphia can stand the guy.

Kalas had a problem with him too. I don't recall the details right now.

[Zvon]

That play at the plate. The Phils had a different camera view, but to be fair they did broadcast SNYs feed for one of the replays. Gary and crew voiced proper dismay. The Phils guys were beaming. Ha. But, as I said, how could the ump have even calculated that he could have been safe (say, if he was blocked out). How could umps be soooo bad? Is this intentional?

[Edgy MD]

It's not intentional. It seems to me a matter of positioning.

It seems to me that you don't know what the right position is until the guy slides. He might slide inside the catcher and he might slide outside. If it can become the standard for the first base ump to follow the play home, the home plate ump can position himself for the outside slide, and if the guy slides inside and he's screened, point to first base ump to ask for help.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: It's not intentional. It seems to me a matter of positioning. It seems to me that you don't know what the right position is until the guy slides. He might slide inside the catcher and he might slide outside. If it can become the standard for the first base ump to follow the play home, the home plate ump can position himself for the outside slide, and if the guy slides inside and he's screened, point to first base ump to ask for help.

That's brilliant. Have the first base ump get involved in those. How come they don't think of this stuff?

[Edgy MD]

Sometimes they do, It's just not always a matter of course.