Infield Fly was the right call.

deanvogs said:
I don't have a dog in the fight...I'm assuming u r a Cards fan too? Like I have said a number of times, the call didn't affect the game.
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I am a baseball fan first. Actually a sports fan. I am a Cards fan and in 85 when Denkinger blew the call at first base I was not happy, but the Cards still had a chance to win and didn't. That was their fault, not the umps. End of story.

Right or wrong, the 3 errors and bad baserunning by the Braves cost them more then anything else.
 
brhawks18 said:
I am a baseball fan first. Actually a sports fan. I am a Cards fan and in 85 when Denkinger blew the call at first base I was not happy, but the Cards still had a chance to win and didn't. That was their fault, not the umps. End of story.

Right or wrong, the 3 errors and bad baserunning by the Braves cost them more then anything else.
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I had no doubt that you were a Cards fan, as well as 11en1.
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
I do love being right.
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The ump made a terrible call, and most everyone agrees with me on this:

Just listen to Schilling, he said exactly what Dan Patrick did, and Mitch Williams. Ron Darling, and most players think it was a terrible call that should have never been made. Basically anyone who has ever played the game thinks the call was BS......The ball was in the air 6 seconds Karl Ravach said, and the ump made the call at the 5.4 second mark.

People that think it was a good call include Cardinal fans, umps, and their union.....Just like the people that agree with the Seahawks/Packers call.....Seahawks fans, the NFL, and refs.....Plus I love that MLB put up that even they don't understand the infield fly rule....LOL....​

"You cannot call that an infield fly. It's too deep. He wasn't camped," TBS analyst Ron Darling said immediately after learning the call.​
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Former Braves outfielder Dale Murphy, who won two MVP awards in the 1980s, weighed in on Twitter.He wasn't alone."Oh my," Murphy wrote. "Not believing this. Calls an infield fly when the ball is almost on the ground?""One game elimination and a call like that is made? Inexcusable," Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy said."Wow. Infield fly on a 200 footer," added Arizona pitcher Daniel Hudson.​
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Jimmy Rollins

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You can't make that call that late in the play! But throwing things on the field is even worse

Ryan Howard

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Tough call for the braves. Can't believe that happened.

Shane Victorino

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@ShaneVictorino
#Seriously...what's gonna be the decision on this call whoa!#InfieldFlyRule




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Looks like it was the right call, then. Cuz I can read the rule book.

Cards finally scoring some runs, up 5-1.
 
rule needs to be rewritten. this isn't why the rule was created. Plus the SS was giving some effort to get back. you don't make that call.
 
pmchawk said:
rule needs to be rewritten. this isn't why the rule was created. Plus the SS was giving some effort to get back. you don't make that call.
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11en1 is just doing some trolling. Only Card fans, and umps think it was the right call. I'm not sure why it bothers them, considering they still win the game, even if the umps make the correct call there.
 
deanvogs said:
11en1 is just doing some trolling. Only Card fans, and umps think it was the right call. I'm not sure why it bothers them, considering they still win the game, even if the umps make the correct call there.
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It certainly doesn't bother me that the correct call was made.
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
It certainly doesn't bother me that the correct call was made.
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The fact that the umpire called the infield fly late actually benefited the Braves. If he had called it right away, the runners wouldn't have advanced to 2nd and 3rd. Definitely don't agree with people saying it was an absolutely horrible call. By the rule book, that was the correct call. Taking into account the situation, I do not believe it was the right call. But the rule book leaves it open to the umpire's interpretation, and it was certainly close enough to warrant a decision by him. The play certainly did not require extra-ordinary effort.
 
It was definitely the right call. Jimmy Rollins' and Ryan Howard's tweets aren't evidence against that fact. LOL at that.
 
DwayneTwill said:
It was definitely the right call. Jimmy Rollins' and Ryan Howard's tweets aren't evidence against that fact. LOL at that.
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Are the results of the play evidence? All runners were safe on the dropped fly ball to left field. If that is a dropped infield fly, the cards turn a double play. I'm not sure why cards fan is so upset that the are the recipient of a blown call, as they are owed one from the 85 World Series.....
 
deanvogs said:
Are the results of the play evidence? All runners were safe on the dropped fly ball to left field. If that is a dropped infield fly, the cards turn a double play. I'm not sure why cards fan is so upset that the are the recipient of a blown call, as they are owed one from the 85 World Series.....
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It actually is and for that exact reason. The SS had time to get under it and then run away from it thinking Holliday was going to catch it. When he wasn't close, an Koz sprinting away, the runners are going to be safe obviously.

If he had tried to act like he was going to catch it the play would have been very different. But I'm not even sure you've watched the whole play to know that.
 
The only thing that matters is that the protest was over-ruled by an unbiased former manager of the team that the call benefitted. Regardless of whether or not the call was right or wrong, the fact is that the Commish should have made the ruling rather than Torre doing so to make a bad situation possibly worse. IMO Torre did the right thing by not over-turning a judgement call, however I don't think Torre should have been allowed to make that decision in the first place based on the scenario in play.
 
kicker22 said:
The only thing that matters is that the protest was over-ruled by an unbiased former manager of the team that the call benefitted. Regardless of whether or not the call was right or wrong, the fact is that the Commish should have made the ruling rather than Torre doing so to make a bad situation possibly worse. IMO Torre did the right thing by not over-turning a judgement call, however I don't think Torre should have been allowed to make that decision in the first place based on the scenario in play.
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No big deal kicker... but just an FYI, Torre also managed the Braves at one time.
 
twinlaker said:
No big deal kicker... but just an FYI, Torre also managed the Braves at one time.
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Well played twinlaker...I honestly had no idea that he managed in Atlanta. It just struck me as suprising that it was his call to make. Then again as a Cubs fan I know very little about post-season baseball and will admit that usually once the Cubbies are out of contention baseball is just a memory. I've said it before, to me all baseball does is help me get through the gap between basketball and football seasons.
 
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