Comments on: The end of last night’s Royals/Cardinals game was pretty wild

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:08:39 +0000

Yeah…he definately tagged him high. Great block of the plate…but it still looks like he was safe (due to the high tag). Obviously, I am biased and it was certainly close. As someone else posted…frame by frame you can see he was safe (again as a result of the high tag).
Regardless…wonderful throw by Moustakas though (as you mention).
Just another example to throw into the replay discussion.

By: normswifevera

normswifevera — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:20:10 +0000

That’s not nearly as great as the moment when 40,000 people start eruping in unison, thinking they’re about to tie the game, only to for all of them to get a swift kick to the bawls at exactly the same moment.

Be honest, unless it happens to you, it’s hilarious.

By: timstl

timstl — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:58:13 +0000

Agreed. I know it’s a bad angle, but it sure doesn’t look like he’s tagging him yet to me.

But either way, it’s not a bad call. That’s about as close as it can get. Even after watching the replay several times I couldn’t tell you definitively one way or the other.

By: dawgpoundmember

dawgpoundmember — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:39:20 +0000

Well gostlcards, the Rockies might want to re-think that game plan

By: gostlcards5

gostlcards5 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:41:19 +0000

PL is right, the glove doesn’t hit him at that point. Quintero actually hits him in the chest with the tag.

By: gostlcards5

gostlcards5 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:39:42 +0000

No, the catcher can’t back up 3rd…because his job is to cover the plate if the runner comes around.

The only time a catcher backs up a base is on ground balls with either no one on, or just a runner on 1st. Then, the catcher’s job is to back up 1st base.

By: gostlcards5

gostlcards5 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:36:54 +0000

If you advance it frame by frame, you can see that he’s safe. Greene’s foot pushes Quintero’s and reaches the left edge of the plate just before the glove hits him in the chest.

Oddest part is, Quintero caught the ball down close to Greene’s foot and then brought it up into his chest. If he’d kept the glove down and swept it over to the foot/leg, there would’ve been no doubt that Greene was out.

Either way, great play on the throw home. The other two throws….not so much!

By: paperlions

paperlions — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:34:14 +0000

In that picture, Quintero isn’t touching Greene with anything.

By: mlp3180

mlp3180 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:47:27 +0000

Forget the video – the AP pic you have with this posting looks like Quintero has the tag before Greene’s foot is on the plate. That was a heckuva block.

By: xmatt0926x

xmatt0926x — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:19:01 +0000

I love that moment when after going nuts about the out at the plate for 3 minutes the announcers have that slightly awkward moment after watching the slo-mo replay when they go silent because they realize that the opposing player was actually safe, but they refuse to say it.

By: marshmallowsnake

marshmallowsnake — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:57:22 +0000

He was safe. Watch the glove and when it tags him switch to his foot. He has a lot of the plate. So unless he tagged him bringing the glove over, which is shielded on that angle, then he is safe.

By: qacm

qacm — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:52:29 +0000

I'm sure it must have happened many times, but I can't recall ever seeing a play where a runner slides into three different bases on the same play. Definitely a wild finish!

By: dawgpoundmember

dawgpoundmember — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:49:17 +0000

just from reading it is pretty bizarre, i would think a catcher might back up 3rd when the ball is thrown that way, but i guess that would be the left fielders job in that case

By: cur68

cur68 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:46:57 +0000

Just watched it. I think, think Greene’s safe…but even on replay, that’s too close to overrule the ump. Wow. Mike Moustakas has some hose, eh?