Cal Ripken raised a point on the post game. He didn't go as far as say he should be safe, but he asked what about when there's a collision at teh plate. If the catcher falls back after the collision and drops the ball, the runner would be called safe. No one had an answer as to why teh calls would be differnet. The anchor guy said maybe it's because the runner dislodged the ball as he tried to get to teh base.
I don't see a controversy. The runner was called out five or six feet down teh basepath. As for Campbell, so what? So what if we'd be outraged. We're going to base calls on whether or not they upset the fans?? Aybar blew it (and I think Scoscia frankly overmanaged.) THe ump was fine. Scoscia only cried for 10-20 seconds. For a manager who gripes about every ball and strike it came across as a clearly just-for-show argument. On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Beaudoin, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > There is no controversy for anyone but disgruntled Angels fans. When in > doubt, ask a non-partisan baseball fan. Even Yankee fans would agree > with the call. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Ouellette > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:36 AM > To: Red Sox Citizens > Subject: Dave Campbell is a tool > > > He's on the radio going on and on about how the runner should have been > safe after the missed squeeze bunt because Varitek dropped the ball > after the tag. How Boston would be in an uproar if a similar call had > been made against the Sox. > > He had the ball. He tagged the runner. He stumbled a couple of steps, > fell, hit the ground and the ball popped out. Where is the controversy? > > Steve O > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
