Dave Bechek

@TheUmpShow101 @RBDuzzit @BBGreatMoments It’s actually the opposite of what you said

@RBDuzzit @BBGreatMoments The runner has an obligation to beat the ball. Ties are not beating. Ties go to the defensive team.

A walk-off overturned because the runner was called out 😳🤯

@CaptMeticuli @jimiuorio @BBGreatMoments #24 started at third -you can see the runner on 2nd was #12 No explanation obvious why he was out at the plate - the catcher dropped the ball as well

@jimiuorio @BBGreatMoments We don't see it, but it appears that maybe the runner was called out for not stepping on third base as he rounded for home.

@featsbeyond50 @BBGreatMoments Nah. #24 scored. - or was somehow called out. He started on 3rd #12 was on second

@BBGreatMoments So, baserunner missed 3rd?

@LeahRain77 And she said there was no sex pedophiliac sex ring - nor trafficking

Since her daddy has reappeared in the news …

@jonidanna @JomboyMedia The men we have are worse

@JomboyMedia Umps really doing everything they can to move the game to always-ABS

Braves catcher Jonah Heim was denied a challenge after he went to play the ball because the umpire determined he took too long

@SharylAttkisson I don’t even think he hit the horse. Went down by the side

Are some jockeys violating the consecutive strike rule at the finish?

@SnobbyScheffler Way too long of a backswing, and de-cell upon contact

I think I got the yips just by viewing this

@Fred_Williams4 @BartomeoMatthew @JoePompliano Uh. Yes. Lookup marginal fed tax rate with $1 mil income. It’s 37%. Add state and local and you’re easily between 40-50% depending on where you live

@BartomeoMatthew @JoePompliano No.

Someone please explain marginal tax rates to Kelsey Plum. If she earned one more dollar, she would be taxed 13 cents…not $13,000. And even if that were true, she is ignoring jock taxes, endorsement income, etc.

@JoePompliano Marginal tax rate at $1 mil income is 37%. So she’d be tax 37 cents (fed) plus state & local

@TownBallTuesday @mark_a_bartlett @ScoringChanges @BenVerlander @dennistlin Yeah. Stick with that story if it makes taking the L easier for you

@mark_a_bartlett @ScoringChanges @BenVerlander @dennistlin It hasn't been ever until now.

OK, follow along, because I have answers. Bottom line. This is NOW a foul ball. I talked with the same person @BenVerlander did and the same person @dennistlin talked with, and here is how I can best explain this, and I’ll put this so it makes sense to the scoring followers. What is in the rulebook is unclear, because it can absolutely be interpreted the way that I, and many, many folks have interpreted it, that the ball touching the ground is a foul ball is in the section about a fair fly ball, so it applies to balls that are hit on a fly past the bases. I wasn’t wrong about that. However, many times folks here have heard me say that the Official Scorer’s Manual goes into greater detail on something (error, or earned/unearned run, etc.). As was explained to me, the Umpire’s Manual goes into greater detail on this exact play, new detail for this year, that stresses that this is a foul ball. Now, if it’s moving and touched, that can be interpreted different from what I understand, but as of this year, the ball in the @padres game should have been ruled foul (life would have been easier if France doesn’t touch it). I was given kudos for knowing the Mets/Pirates play from 2021 and the Yankees/Royals play from 2023, and those plays were both ruled fair at the time, but if those plays happened in 2026, they would be foul. Likewise, Monday’s play in 2021 or 2023 is fair. It is known that this needs cleared up better in the OBR for 2027 to avoid this. It also was explained that the rule needed tweaked and put into the Umpire’s Manual in greater detail due to replay advances, basically because of the issues that parallax can cause. So yes, it should have been ruled foul from what I have been told, but everything I said made sense because before this was put into the 2026 Umpire’s Manual, it was fair. Everyone that was wrong was wrong because of past precedent and actual info that wasn’t clear. The rule is written where it can be interpreted either way, and I’m satisfied with that. I feel WAY better hearing it for myself out of my meeting with those folks. The best part of this is NOW WE KNOW. Now let’s get some changes and educate!

@julie_at_law @ScoringChanges @BenVerlander @dennistlin Exactly. I called it a foul ball the minute I saw it Pretty clear - not touching anything in Fair territory- ball on the ground - stopped or touched by player - b4 passing 1st/3rd Yes. I’ll dance with my W

@ScoringChanges @BenVerlander @dennistlin A whole lot of words, making sure to include some good boy points for yourself, yet “I was wrong” is nowhere to be found 😂

@crich55372 @dead_baseball You conveniently didn’t highlight the whole sentence - the last part(s) reference balls past 1st/3rd base

@dbechek1 @dead_baseball And yet this green part CLEARLY says it’s fair ball. There’s a contradiction in the rules.

In summary... Based on rulings on the field in the last 5 years, balls on the field that are over the foul line but not touching are fair. The 2019 umpire's manual has contradictory wording to this. The 2026 rulebook added this wording but in the fly ball section... (cont)

@dead_baseball It’s a foul ball Ball at rest - or touched - on ground - and no part of ball is in fair territory (b4 passing 1st/3rd base). Clearly foul

@dbechek1 I don't even know which interpretation you're saying it is.

@erik_halterman @MoscowBeyondo Give up the “hanging over”. Ball on ground. No part of the ball is touching fair territory. It is touched (or comes to rest) - foul ball

@MoscowBeyondo Yes, thank you for the screenshot which shows the ball is hanging over the line. I've seen it already though.

I feel like I'm going crazy seeing everyone's reactions to this play. The ball is very clearly hanging over the line, and the ump is staring right at it and has a perfect view. How are people claiming that's a foul ball? Maybe they just don't know the rule?

@TheAntiTrumper @shegone03 And you’re wrong Not a surprise - looking at your profile you should be getting used to it

@shegone03 As an umpire I can totally support calling this a fair ball as part of the baseball is over fair territory when the ball is touched.

Not clearly foul btw! #shegone

@DestinLabs @ScoringChanges It’s so frustrating when so many people can’t take an L and admit they are/were wrong Foul ball

@ScoringChanges It is frustration how many think that it was foul, and baseball accounts saying it was obviously foul, when it actually was obvious it was fair. But, it is good for baseball to have a lot of people engaged, and possibly a lot of newer fans?

OK, I’m working a game tonight, so I just met with our umpires and asked them about the play (two have been MLB call-ups). All three, and our ABS tech, said the same thing. If any part of the ball was over the line, it’s a fair ball because it was inside the base. They said had it been a fly ball beyond the base and the first time it bounced, the physical ball was foul, but part of the ball hovered over the line, that would be foul, but assuming the umpire saw a part of the ball over the line, it was in fact a fair ball. Three umpires, two that are MLB call-ups, and a former umpire that is the ABS tech. They were all insistent that it was a fair ball, and they avoid social media (as they should). I just now showed the actual play to the ABS tech and he said that if part of the ball is over the line it’s fair. I do trust the umpires on this.

@dead_baseball It is clear Unfortunately, you don’t want to grasp it Take the L and move on

MLB officials have told reporters that the ball should've been ruled foul in line with the umpire's manual. Umpires have not called it this way the last 5 years. Umpires questioned today said the ruling should be fair. Clear as mud.

@shipwreckedcrew It’s nice to see someone acknowledge they were incorrect. It’s really no big deal, especially in this case Thank you

MLB has clarified the rule to say this was an error by the umpire -- when the ball is in contact with the playing surface, some part of the ball must be in contact with fair territory, i.e., the chalk line. It is not enough that a portion of the ball not in contact with the the playing surface is above fair territory.

@ScoringChanges They’re all wrong then Before passing first/third, if the ball isn’t touch g fair territory when played or stopped, it’s foul

@Nyanasaur @dj_dootytwankle @joooooooe98 So you’re taking your L well I see. 🤣🤣

@dj_dootytwankle @joooooooe98 Ben Verlander claims that MLB told him there was a mistake. MLB hasn't come out and said anything (they have and will), and the nepo brother hasn't cited any sources

This is what happens when people: a) Don't understand the rules b) Don't understand parallax c) The lack of a conclusive angle