On a sober note it looked to me as if the ball was there just before the runner stepped on the bag... [my glass of wine is still untouched, so, yeah, sober] That said, Tecumseh, you coulda been a great umpire. I can see you emphatically waving the runner safe, and then sending off the managerial staff, and the pitcher, as they came frothing out to whine. Now that woulda been glorious. Rott,on the other hand, woulda been begging the pitcher for his autograph.
That's my feeling too, though I'm a dilettante when it comes to baseball. But then, how come the runner was thrown out on this play? It was a matter of at most 2 inches, or 0.1 seconds or something.
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Hmmm... Looks to me like the runner was safe at first. No?
On a sober note it looked to me as if the ball was there just before the runner stepped on the bag... [my glass of wine is still untouched, so, yeah, sober]
That said, Tecumseh, you coulda been a great umpire. I can see you emphatically waving the runner safe, and then sending off the managerial staff, and the pitcher, as they came frothing out to whine. Now that woulda been glorious.
Rott,on the other hand, woulda been begging the pitcher for his autograph.
Close, very close. What's the rule in baseball--who gets the benefit of the doubt in such a situation: the runner or the baseman?
I believe it's the runner
That's my feeling too, though I'm a dilettante when it comes to baseball. But then, how come the runner was thrown out on this play? It was a matter of at most 2 inches, or 0.1 seconds or something.
The ump has the benefit of the doubt.
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