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If they reverse an umpire’s call after the game, then baseball as we know it is dead.
If they don’t reverse the call, clearly that is racism.
This is a No-brainer.
But then again, Bud Selig is a No-brainer, too.
Will this finally make him realize that baseball needs replay for safe/out, fair/foul calls?
Tony’s wrong...you can’t overturn calls post-game....suppose the first batter of a game is called out when he was clearly safe...turns out, the pitcher throws a no-hitter..do we go back and review that first call and turn it around and take away a no-hitter??...magritte
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I’d be OK with overturning it but they need to start using the instant replay but only for the fair/home run calls and limited onbase calls.
Damon should have been called out at 1st earlier in the game but wasn’t.
At one time, blown calls were considered part of the game, for better or for worse.
But since the ump has admitted his error and Selig has the power to overturn it, he should do so. One guy gets a hit negated, the next batter gets an out negated and the pitcher gets a perfect game, which he actually earned. No affect on the ultimate outcome of the game. I think this is an easy call.
Reversed calls after the game is over?
Hey, how far back are they willing to go?
As a Cardinals fan, there is a certain abysmally wrong call at first base in the 1985 World Series, which cost the Redbirds a World Series title.
I thought the pitcher bobbled the ball, but I guess I’m the only one who thinks that. Even the umpire acknowledged that he made a bad call, but I have to disagree. Am I the only one who thinks the runner was safe because of a bobbled ball?
I don’t think the umpires union will like the call being overturned.
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This incident is reminding me of a game I heard about that involved Babe Ruth when he was still a pitcher for the Red Sox. He’d been out partying the night before and had a fearful hangover. When the umpire called a walk on the first batter, Ruth took the opportunity to argue the call and got himself thrown out of the game. The relief pitcher (I think it was Addie Joss) throws out the runner trying to steal second and then put down the next 26 batters. For years, this game was counted as a perfect game. About 10 years ago, MLB got around to cleaning up the record book and decided that this was not a perfect game.
As far as this current game goes, I wouldn’t be too upset if the umpire was overruled.
Are they going to look at every pitch to see if the home base ump made a bad strike call that got a batter out early, thus allowing a possible perfect game? Was the strike zone to big? Were there any other questionable calls? etc...
Baseball umps should follow the example of good basketball officials and consult with the other umps. Just as in basketball, the closest ref does not always have the best view.
One problem with allowing reversal after the game is that it doesn’t work in both directions. In this case, the game would be over, so it would be no big deal. Let’s say, however, that runner was safe and was called out? Now the game continues the next day, or the next week if the league acts slowly. However, now you have different pitchers who are rested and ready. The game’s outcome could be quite different than it would have been had the right call been made in the first place and play continued. For balls and strikes, we could just use technology and do away with umps. For outs and fouls, sensors in the foul lines and poles and players’ gloves could do the job. Then we could just hire umpires to look for balks and the like. The game would be 99.9% perfectly called, and it would stink.
I’m miffed at the botched call, but to overturn the call would set a horrible precedent.
The call needs to be overturned. This is a no-brainer.
What kind of scum bag would bother a guys family over...a game?
Bud Selig is the Devil. It does not matter what he does on this issue - he’s screwed up baseball.
It's a special case because the blown call, which wasn't too close to call or a udgment call, would have ended the game. All plays afterward are nullified. The game ended with the next batter (didn't it?). So there are no other ramifications here.
It doesn't change the outcome of the game at all.
This would hardly be Pine Tar II (the original being a disgrace).