oh, also --

[fox]

I have a yuletide assignment!  Actually, I have two.  But I am following directions and disregarding the first one.  And in the world of the real assignment, I have two -- two! -- good options.  Yay.

I'm a little hacked off with this third-base coach for not waving Kenny Lofton home, but what can you do?  Bygones.

Comments

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

And he really was safe at second.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, that too (in the previous at-bat, if I'm not mistaken? ... or was it the next one? who remembers). But, you know, they have to make visual judgments awfully fast, those umpires. I don't envy them. Somewhere in some post-season game I can remember that we saw a similar situation where a dude was trying to steal second and didn't quite make it back to first before the tag, but he was called safe -- what can you do. (Besides introduce replay and camera review, which of course is a terrible idea. The Yankees-Red Sox game from September 14 would still be going on.)

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

I agree--in general, those umps do a great job. And sometimes I can't even tell safe/out in the replay after the tenth time, let alone in that one split second. Baseball would be ruined by introducing replay and call challenges (other than the manager coming onto the field and yelling until he's ejected). The Yankees-Red Sox game from last YEAR would still be going on.