Yea, the Pads got jobbed on that fateful call at the plate. McCLelland signaled safe before Barrett can put the tag on, so much for that. Bear in mind, the revised plate blocking rules weren't implemented until 2014, so Barrett could have literally sat on home plate with the ball coming and it would have been completely legal then. But even as Padres fan being real, who knows if Hoffman gets out of that inning holding the tie. He had nothing going for him that outing. If Holliday was called out, there would have been 2 away, Helton at 1st and Brad Hawpe at the plate with maybe less momentum. I guess it's all left up to the imagination.
Holiday did one of the smartest things in baseball history. He didn't try to tag home plate after the ball dribbled away. Psychologically, Tim Mclelland called him safe as he wanted to get out of Coors alive.
He made the decision off of the fact that he stepped on his hand blocking him from his goal. He was right there and was denied home plate and in baseball, that's an illegal move. It's against the rules and it was rewarded because he actually had a shot.
@@Polarcap1This game was before that was a rule. The rule was created in 2011 to protect catchers from getting barreled into by base runners after Buster Posey broke his leg on a Sac Fly collision. Before that, catchers were allowed to block the plate by any means necessary (unless it was obvious and could be called interference).
