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Originally Posted by jbergey22
He makes a good point though. Whats next? Are they going to start calling a batter out if his back foot isnt in the box when he makes contact? Are they going to enforce the 8 second rule? Are we going back to the letter high strike zones?
That ump picked a horrible time to call the neighborhood play safe. If you want to enforce it do it in April dont bring it out in October.
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He wasn't calling a neighborhood play, though. Aybar wasn't avoiding the runner or hurrying his throw. He just didn't get anywhere near the bag. It's like the play at the plate between Alex Rodriguez and Mike Napoli the night before. Napoli didn't actually tag Rodriguez, but nobody complained too much about him being called out because there was a collision and he held onto the ball. That's the equivalent of the "neighborhood play". A little leeway is given to the defensive player for the sake of his safety. If Napoli or Rodriguez had avoided contact, though, everyone would be screaming (and rightfully so) if Rodriguez had been called out without a tag being applied. In Aybar's case, he wasn't avoiding contact -- just standing there.