Brock Seeman

@ilivedb1tch 😬 oops... i work as a civilian for the navy with a lot of other veterans, but im not like most veterans. As you can imagine I listen about the insane cult allllll the time... I like me job so I just keep it zipped but sometimes I wanna say "hey are you fuckin stupid as fuck??"

me oversharing to my coworker at happy hour yesterday 😭

@g8rPhil @falseflagfeehan @dennistlin This is why I include the air above it

@brockseeman @falseflagfeehan @dennistlin You’re choosing to include the air above the line as “territory.” I think most people would only include the ground itself as “territory.” I think the spirit of the rule is only talking about the ground itself. Either way, maybe MLB should clean up the writing of the rule.

When contacted about last night's controversial fair/foul call, an MLB spokesperson pointed to the definition of a fair ball in the league's umpire manual: "When in contact with the ground, a ball must be in contact with fair territory ... to be fair." nytimes.com/athletic/72366…

@falseflagfeehan @dennistlin I understand that, but the equator of the ball is still touching the space of fair territory when the player touched it

@brockseeman @dennistlin What play did you see? The ball clearly had ground between it and the line. Foul ball, sir.

@TMer25 @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Im just pointing out why the umpire called it how he did, and I agree with him thats all

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Correct, and he was wrong lol

@TMer25 @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Thats not what the umpire saw from 3 feet away though, hence his call

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin It was only in foul territory when picked up

@TMer25 @lluvrofsports @dennistlin 🤔

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Not remotely

@wmoselle @dennistlin Im not saying it was touching the chalk on the ground, im saying it was touching the territory as defined by the perpendicular upward space of the edge of the foul line as defined in "fair tettitory" which is where the player touched it

This is just objectively wrong. Not meant to be personal. But the ball was clearly not touching the foul line (which should be called the fair ball line I think). Part of it MAY have been protruding over but part of the ball was actually touching the white chalk line on the ground. Is your insistence that it was a troll?

@coastalcardcoll @lluvrofsports @dennistlin When bounding only applies past 1st and 3rd

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin If you read closely, in the A FAIR BALL paragraph: on or over fair territory WHEN BOUNDING. Last night’s play was not bounding. It’s contact with the ground.

@KnowMySongWell @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Then what does that mean?

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin You are missing the point. The rule (or the official interpretation of the rule) *changed* to only take into account the part of the ball that touches the ground, not a side of the ball off the ground. (I don’t think it was fair under the old rule, but no more invisible lines.

@coastalcardcoll @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Why are there two different sets of definitions of terms then? Official rules vs umpire guidebook??

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Because the ball is on the ground, not bounding. It’s okay to be wrong.

@coastalcardcoll @lluvrofsports @dennistlin How does it not apply to this play?

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Brock, it’s over. Everything you’re saying does not apply to the play being referred to. MLB has clarified and admitted error. Case closed.

@anshelsag @lluvrofsports @dennistlin Yes it was. I just told you the definition of fair territory. If you take a thread from the edge of the foul line and go straight upward with it, like the definition says, then that thread will hit the ball. Meaning its touching fair territory, maybe not the ground but territory

@brockseeman @lluvrofsports @dennistlin You said touching, it wasn't touching fair territory. You are an idiot.

@lluvrofsports @dennistlin Yes it was, the definition of fair territory is the space between the foul lines and a perpendicular line upwards. Equator of the ball was touching fair territory via that perpendicular upward line

@brockseeman @dennistlin it wasn’t lol

@BenVerlander But the ball is touching fair territory when the player touched it. Fair territory is the space from the foul line and the perpendicular line upward from it, explaining the "break the plane" comparison

FAIR or FOUL ball? The MLB rulebook answers…

@asalovey96 @DanielK80502174 @Ecnerwal23 It was touched by a player while touching fair territory. Fair territory is the space within a perpendicular upward line from the edge of the foul line.

@DanielK80502174 @brockseeman @Ecnerwal23 You sure?

Just saw the absolute worst fair/foul call in the history of the game Not hyperbole Padres got jobbed I’m not sure why the umpire called it a fair ball And it is not reviewable Horrible

@jeffschlossberg @Ecnerwal23 He was in the only angle that mattered, straight in line with the foul line. Seeing that it was touching fair territory, a fair ball

@brockseeman @Ecnerwal23 The ball was at a dead stop. He could have walked around to cover all angles. He didn’t and he blew the call

@jimmyfallon Which is also International Tuba Day, just so you know

Cinco de Mayo is approaching… Can Kate Hudson take the heat?! 🔥🌶️ #Xochitl

@andyyyymicccc @dead_baseball @Ecnerwal23 My screen shot is from the definition of terms dude

@brockseeman @dead_baseball @Ecnerwal23 On YOUR screenshot. Mine is just the BAREBONES DEFINITION of a fair ball. Look in the fucking rule book omg

@andyyyymicccc @dead_baseball @Ecnerwal23 It literally says a fair fly

@brockseeman @dead_baseball @Ecnerwal23 Actually it’s just the definition of a fair ball, nothing to do with fly balls or ground balls. Read the full rules