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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by RANDY IN INDY View Post
    Those shin guards are all the catcher needs now to be emboldened to block the plate. No fear of being mowed down, and no fear of the spikes. They will continue to block the plate in this manner until the rule is called as it is written. I don't blame them. I would too.
    Makes me think of all the times Craig Biggio and Barry Bonds got HBPs on the front elbow. Despite the fact a lot of the pitches were thrown over the plate (just high).


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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Tucker View Post
    Here's the rule. Basically, they've taken away the baserunner's ability to blast the catcher. The catcher can still block the plate. Seems that the runner can still slide in hard feet-first (like breaking up a double play), but that seems foolhardy seeing the catcher has on shin guards, helmet, mask, etc. But you never know, someone might do it.

    I think that if they want to eliminate the collisions completely, they need to tweak the rule to say the catcher has to give a lane open to the plate. That would make it fair.

    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...r_mlb&c_id=mlb
    The more I think about it, the more I'm of a mind that if its not ok for a runner to barrel into a player at any other base, it should not be ok for him to do it at home. And defenders are allowed to block the base with the ball at all other bases and it works out just fine.
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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by traderumor View Post
    The more I think about it, the more I'm of a mind that if its not ok for a runner to barrel into a player at any other base, it should not be ok for him to do it at home. And defenders are allowed to block the base with the ball at all other bases and it works out just fine.
    Your allowed to barrel into a fielder blocking a base. There is no rule against it.
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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by George Anderson View Post
    Your allowed to barrel into a fielder blocking a base. There is no rule against it.
    Except no one does, so apparently its news to everyone. I see a few roll blocks at second, but probably about a ratio of 1:10,000 for home plate runner barrelling over the catcher blocking home plate.
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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

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    Called fair, challenged, wasted time, not overturned. What are they looking at?
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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Again, what are they looking at? Yunel Escobar struck out on a 4-2 pitch after they'd already reviewed it specifically to figure out the count.

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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966 View Post
    Makes me think of all the times Craig Biggio and Barry Bonds got HBPs on the front elbow. Despite the fact a lot of the pitches were thrown over the plate (just high).
    I don't think Biggio wore a guard like Bonds did. I didn't like that he put it out there but I respected him for not wearing a guard.
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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    I don't think Biggio wore a guard like Bonds did. I didn't like that he put it out there but I respected him for not wearing a guard.
    Interesting, Chip, b/c there are images with it and without it. I am guessing he did it later in his career. The pic below looks like it did not help lol.

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    Re: Are umpires ignoring instant replay?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    I don't think Biggio wore a guard like Bonds did. I didn't like that he put it out there but I respected him for not wearing a guard.
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