OT Braves Cards infield fly call

yankeesman

I haven't seen a thread on this but my boys and I were at the Ted last night for the game. 12 men left on base and three errors will lose you alot of ball games. With that said, that infield fly call has to be one of THE MOST horrific calls I've ever seen at any level of baseball. The infield fly rule is in place to prevent an infielder from intentionally dropping the ball in order to turn a double play. NO WAY was that the case on that ball and no way was "ordinary effort" being applied in an infielder travelling out to what should have been the left fielder's ball anyway. As bad as the call was, I really wish the umpiring crew and Joe Torre would have just admitted after the game, "Yep. We blew it. Sorry." It would have been a much easier pill to swallow. It's hard to watch professional umpires cover for each other on such a blatant blown call.

Also, in watching the replay, the ball had almost hit the ground when the umpire made the call. Just brutal all the way around.

Again, the Braves stunk up the joint last night and didn't help themselves at all but just interested to hear other baseball fans' opinions on the call.

mlbfan2

<< <i>I haven't seen a thread on this >>



The thread is in the sports forum.

yankeesman

Just saw that after I typed this. Thanks.