@Xstories44B @RobProvince They say if you go to the building today it still faintly smells like chocolate
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Anonymous Umpire
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Anonymous Umpire
@BlueOnTheDish
15 year umpiring veteran. Educating fans on the rules of baseball and telling you what really goes on behind the dish
Katılım Nisan 2025
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@RobProvince The famous scene where Andy escapes through the sewage pipe was filmed using a mixture of chocolate syrup, sawdust, and water to create the “sewage.”
Despite how disgusting it looked, actor Tim Robbins actually had to crawl through it multiple times during filming. 😭
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@OakLawnTek Correct. In this case, the umpires decided that, without the obstruction, he would have scored so they awarded him home. I could see an argument either way here but it’s a judgement call. To be fair, he didn’t have to come to a complete stop because of the obstruction.
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@BlueOnTheDish Outs Can Still Stand: If the runner attempts to stretch that extra distance and gets thrown out on a subsequent, separate play, the out will stand. The obstruction only protects them up to the base they would have reasonably attained.
Just trying to understand
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Still confused on how you get two bases after the so called interference! 🤔
“Dead ball at the time of infraction and runners returned to the last base legally acquired.”
#WhiteSox
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@pynnonen_ I saw one last night where a guy missed a ball that was 2.8 INCHES outside. That’s crazy and ABS is great for that but this .0001 inch miss is wild
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@BlueOnTheDish For sure. The measurement itself has to have some kind of margin of error, which I’m not sure how they account for.
Overall I think it’s good for the egregious misses with guys on base but these cases feel like splitting hairs
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Brewers being the first team to lose a confirmed ABS challenge is just too on brand
Hunter Baumgardt@hunterbonair
William Contreras challenged a pitch that was called a ball and on the TV feed, it showed the call should be overturned to a strike. The home plate umpire turned his microphone on and said it was still a ball and the Brewers lost the challenge. Simply put, that can’t happen.
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@SpencerTBrown I’m shocked by the complete lack of knowledge and complete crybaby nature of White Sox fans.
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I guess the white Sox fans might actually be stupid, some of the replies are alarming
Sox On 35th@SoxOn35th
Will Venable has been tossed after back-to-back questionable calls by the umps in Seattle
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@KevinWheeler94 That’s an easy one. Gone. In a lot of leagues at that age that means the manager is gone too
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This is easy.
Automatic ejection. No questions asked and if anyone argues they can go sit in the parking lot.
Catchers are not fair game. Slide. If there is obstruction then it's up to the umpire to call it correctly.
Scoring a run is not worth a kid getting hurt.
Seth McClung@Seth_3773
Wow! Ok I watched this over and over. This is crazy… how do you think this should be handled? What would you do if this was your kid catcher and runner?
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@JonFromMaspeth @Upper_Beck I believe it’s an ejection if you argue that but I’m not 100% certain on that.
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@Upper_Beck Why didn’t the manager go out there and fight it? How can the umpire have power over the ABS?
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@LatrianFlayer @AlexHossfeld LOL. He’s several steps down the line. Jesus White Sox fans are crybaby idiots.
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@BlueOnTheDish @AlexHossfeld Not even accurate? Buddy the guy is still in the frame with the base. The only one on something is you. There’s no way you’re not trolling here.
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If anyone ever asks you to define Type B obstruction, just show them this video. Textbook. Easy call for the crew.
Seattle Mariners@Mariners
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@AlexHossfeld @LatrianFlayer One thing we’ve learned today is that White Sox fans can’t count and don’t know the rules of baseball
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@BlueOnTheDish @LatrianFlayer The runner was slowed down more by his ridiculous route and throwing his arms out more than anything Sam did.
And Colson only had to lob a throw into get the runner by 12 steps...
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@LatrianFlayer @AlexHossfeld Are you high? Seriously? That’s boot even close to accurate. He’s several steps down the line.
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@BlueOnTheDish @AlexHossfeld The relay man has the ball here and is fully turned around to throw while the runner just turned the third base bag. Why are you lying?
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@AlexHossfeld Are you high? That’s a real question. No, he didn’t have the ball while the runner was rounding 3rd. It’s not even close to that.
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@BlueOnTheDish The relay man didn't have the ball when he was rounding 3rd? He soft tossed it because he had so much time
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@djstringcheese Keep in mind, that’s only for Type B. For Type A the runner is guaranteed the next base after the last one they legally touched.
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@BlueOnTheDish Makes sense, thank you for the explanation!
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@austinmpugmire @mattdugas24 @RyanDivish Yeah, that’s not the rule. The onus is 100% on the fielder to get out of the way.
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@mattdugas24 @RyanDivish Shouldnt have been either tbh. Pereda clearly sought him out 🤣
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The run scores on the interference. Pereda actually ran into Antonacci on the play. He's had a full game of issues.
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@djstringcheese What if the 5 had fielded that ball and was standing there waiting for the runner? If the runner keeps going anyway, you’re not protecting him. He is free game and if he’s out, he’s out. You don’t see it often because guys usually don’t press it like that but it does happen
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@djstringcheese Because he’s only protected to the base he would have gotten without the obstruction. If he chooses to go beyond that he’s free game. Think about it this way- (1)
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@AlexHossfeld No, he really wasn’t. It was close enough that it wasn’t outrageous to award him home. He was out by maybe 3 steps.
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@BlueOnTheDish That's how out he was. The relay man had the ball before he rounded 3rd
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@AlexHossfeld The distance between the bases is 90ft. Yet you think he was out by 80? Ummmm. Ok.
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@BlueOnTheDish I didn't say it wasn't obstruction because the unnatural motion. The fielder can literally run wherever he wants and it's the fielders job to get it out the way.
And the runner was out by 80 ft. Laughable to say that cost him 80 ft...
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@djstringcheese Certainly debatable. But putting him on 3rd in that scenario isn’t an option. He kept going so he’s either awarded home or he’s out. In Type B there is no guaranteed base award. The runner is simply protected to the base he would have achieved without the obstruction
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@BlueOnTheDish I simply don't understand not just putting him at 3rd. I understand it's a judgement call but I think you'd have to be blind to think Pareda was making it home there.
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@WriterJesse @SamHuseby Show me the ball in this picture. Because if there is no ball, there is no basepath.
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it’s striking to me how many baseball fans don’t understand the idea of the “base path”
Justin@SoxSideJustin
Sam Antonacci was called for interference when he wasn’t even close to being in the base path. You can’t make this up.
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