Ok Folks, those of you CLAIMING the ball did not bounce need to do the following WITH INTEGRITY, and tell me what you see.
Go to MLB.com, and do the following.
1)Click Here: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ps/y2005/video.jsp?view=ana_cws
2) Click on the 350k feed of the play in question.
3) after the ad, right click on the play and choose zoom, full screen.
4) watch play, and when you get to 34 seconds in, actually 35, use your mouse, hover over the seek key and keep clicking and replaying seconds 34-35. When you get it right you will see the ball BOUNCING up about 1/4 inch into the glove. Best if clcked on second 35 about 10 times, you will see the movement.
5) Notice this is separate from the mitt movement of the catcher.
6) Concentrate on second 35 of this clip, and you will see the bounce.
Maybe someone with capture can zoom the 2 frames showing a line on both superimposed with resulting ball being above after it hits the ground.
folks, I am convinced 100% that this ball hit the ground and bounced up into his glove.
Is it subtle, yes, but it is there. If this had been reversed, and he was called out, there would be more evidence that this ball hit the ground than not.
All you have to do is follow my advice above, and let's see who has the integrity here, and who does not.
We're Freepers, let's get this one right, shall we?
Regards,
Joe
***NOTE
Also look at 20 seconds in, and you will see the Home PLate Umpire tell the Angels player what I think is:
"I didn't call him out"
He has to verbally call him out, and he did not. In the presser, the players admitted he did not verbally hear him called out.
Sonar..I did it...I took the challenge....it doesn't bounce. It's the tip of his glove and goes into webbing.
Most definitely doesn't bounce on the dirt. I would say it "bounces" once it's in the leather and thus the change of direction, but the leather is on the ground and the ball hits the leather.
Again, why would a major league catcher who has done this for years not just toss it to first or tag him out if he thought it was even close.
Bad call, very unfortunate.
PS.....don't even think about questioning my integrity.
Exactly as I initially said - they ran the close-up replay while the announcers continued on saying what a missed call it was, and I almost screamed at the TV: "Run it again! It clearly bounced!!"