Davey Martinez prints photo of bad call, a breakdown 

That transition to the picture Davey was holding up was clean

With 200 cameras pointing at these sporting events, how is there not a guy in a booth somewhere that specializes in calling out BS like this. Nothing should be "unreviewable."

Ive heard of bringing receipts, but Davey brought literal photographic proof

Shoutouts to Jomboy Media for trying to keep refs accountable, unlike the MLB

A huge problem for sports in general. Adding rules and replay, yet you have calls that are made but cannot be reviewed.

Davey Martinez looking into the camera like it's WWE and he's cutting a promo.

My suggestion for a fix, besides actually calling it interference every time, is for MLB to borrow from recreational softball: make first base double size, with half in foul territory (they're also separate colors). A runner running to first base has to use the foul half, while the first baseman (or pitcher if he's covering) has to use the fair half. Not only would this enhance safety, cutting down on spiking and collisions, but the runner would then naturally head slightly more to the right, since they'll be moving toward the half of the base in foul territory.

Hella clean transition at 3:40. I love that even after all these years the Jomboy crew is still doing some kind of cool editing or sound bit or quirky video trick on nearly every video. Awesome job guys!

Davey Martinez and obstruction: a battle since 2019

I really love him printing out the screenshot of the play just to make the umpire wear it on tv. It’s petty but great 😂

Davey gives you another gem 3 hours later. The gift that keeps on giving. Never change Davey❤️

One of my favorite managers ever, he gets so mad that I get legitimately concerned for his blood pressure 😂😂😂

I still don't get why certain things can be replayed and others can't. We're gonna see it anyway and know they're wrong and a team gets screwed. Just look at it.

Trust a 60ish year old umpire to watch two quick plays at home and first, and make the play non-reviewable. Makes perfect sense to me

Love that he called it the umps and printed the photo. If more managers do this on bad calls changes will be made.

we need more people standing up against these all mighty umpires who think they can do no wrong

I think if replay is here to stay they almost have to use it for interference calls like this Not as a challenge from the dugout, but as standard protocol to make sure everyone is where they’re supposed to be whenever this situation comes up. Leaving it as a judgement call just leads to inconsistency

It's hard not to love Davey Martinez

It's completely ridiculous that this can't be reviewed. I understand some things need to be unreviewable because it affects other things later on in the play but that's not the case for an inning-ending out not being called.

Was waiting for this one

Even as an Astros fan, I agree. One possible solution or model to consider is what is used in rugby. You have another official watching all of the cameras in a booth (sort of like the review team currently used in MLB) who can simply communicate with the on-field umpires and notify them when an incorrect call is made. This negates the need for either team to appeal the call.

Love the editing at the end. Good job!

Masterful editing as always

"I had him going down the line." Ok. This umpire should be random drug tested.

This whole rule doesn’t make sense to me. If you draw a straight line from the right handed batters box to first, a good portion of the line is in the grass. It’s natural to run this line

Incredible breakdown. Thanks.

The “I’m over this play” is one of my new favorite baseballisms, along with “I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith.”

That's why i love the cricket third umpire and review system.

I wonder if this first-base problem could just be solved by extending the base plate to cover the running path as well, it's not like there aren't already a lot of special rules for the first base anyway lol

Ooooo, Jomboy, the transition to the photo at the end. I see yuh!

As a Nats fan, this is the 4th or 5th time this call has gone AGAINST us. And finally we thought we’d get a benefit, but no.. because why would it. This play ended the game, a gift to the Astros. Davey is pissed because the Nats aren’t a great team this year, and in this game the Nats had a great late comeback.. all for it to go down the drain because the umps missed the call

do the breakdown of the padres giants blocking the runner's lane from yesterday please

When you mentioned that the Nats have been burned on this rule before, my mind went straight to Trea Turner in the 2019 WS. Props to you for showing that!

We need more moments like this

Amen brother!

I don't watch baseball. I don't even like baseball. I love watching your videos. You're breakdowns are killing me 🤣😂🤣, and I am learning about the game without even trying. Subscribed!

I love that Dave Martinez printed it out and ranted about it. I would have done the same thing.

One of my favorite rants in forever. We teleported back to the 2000s and I don’t blame him it’s ridiculous they can’t review it

That transition was dope!

Jom never ceases to crack me up. Let's goooooo!

The fact that the rule encourages just plunking the runner in the back before he reaches is wild to me 😂

love Davey for this. Nats need to finally catch a break on this dumb rule eventually. thankfully that call in Game 6 of the 2019 WS didn't ultimately cost us, as Tony Two Bags came up next and homered to at least take some of the sting out of that blown call. the rest is history 🏆

Like your videos. Great content. Always interesting.

Even if you think the ball would not have reached first before the runner, the runner forced the catcher to have to throw late due to trying to avoid him.

I just don’t see how this isn’t replayable at the END of the game, this call is the difference between a win and a loss. It is a beneficial factor of making a call that MATTERS in the game. And I truely believe if a play like this happens, you should be allowed to replay this and by ruling, make the RIGHT CALL.

A bobble by the umps but yet another home run by Jomboy. That transition was niiiiice 🤌🏼

Editing never gets the credit they deserve, that transition was perfect.

3:41 Unreal transition

When people finally start to learn that the "new" rules are not there to "get the call right", but to make sure that the "right call is made" to get the OUTCOME THE LEAGUE WANTS, this will all make more sense.

It's not crazy to say the interference call on Turner was LESS interference than this play was.

I like this energy

Always a good sign when umps just lie about where they were looking. God forbid they just huddle up and see what the rest of the crew saw to actually get it right, but hey this is Manfred's baseball and anything to increase offense even if it makes the league into a total farce.

Davey’s rage is 10000% justified. How is it the umps can call this against the Nats a million times but never once call it in their favor? this was absolutely interference according to the rule. this guy was more on the grass than Turner was in 2019.

Love to see it.

This is a call that should be reviewed without a doubt. Nuts.

To me, the issue is always about consistency. Whatever your call, ensure that you make the SAME call in the same situation. Whether anyone disagrees with the rule or not is irrelevant. The rule exists. It's called a certain way. It has to be called that way EVERY time or the legitimacy of the officials gets called into question, which means the legitimacy of the league itself is called into question.

I played Little League as a kid, and as early as 7 my coach said to run on or to the right side of the foul line. Seems like they should just stick with that. Convert to the right side of the foul line by halfway to the base or risk being called out for interference. But Vegas and the mafia would hate to have less impact on million dollar betting schemes.

That transition was so slick

This was BRUTAL!

Legit question. What constitutes "establishing" yourself on the line? By the time he reached and by the time the ball hit him, he looked on the base path to me.

How can the call not be reviewed? It's friggin bs. I don't like either team, but for the good of baseball this rule needs to have the opportunity to be reviewed

THAT WAS BRUTAL!!!

That transition was peak cinema

I think they should tweak the rule since its unnatural for a right handed hitter to run over to the "runner lane" especially on a hit where he's trying to hustle down the line. Yes he was on the grass but by the time the catcher threw the ball he was already on the dirt and on the foul line. So rule should be "runner can't deliberately run in front of a thrown ball or change direction to be in the path of a thrown ball"

The worst part about the Turner call was that he was past them with his foot on the bag when the ball hit him

Good on Martinez for calling out the MLB umps in public. More of this please. Teams need to do more about calling out bad umps in hopes that the calls will be correct in the future.

That was some impressive movie style transitioning into the picture.

If the ump thinks that was down the line, then I want a line of what the umpire had.

I'd love to know how many games have been decided purely due to an official wanting to save face

Davey: That was brutal! Reporter: Would you say that was an obstruction...of justice? Davey: Get the ---- out.

Runner is OUT! I caught for 12 years. Was told hit runner in center of back with ball!

Damn he can not win on those plays

It is brutal. Why can’t the 1st base ump solve this. He’s staring right at the play.

That transition really was extremely clean

Holy cow, the cleanest transition of all time 🥵

I'd like to see something instituted like they have in the NFL, where after the 2-minute warning, all reviews are initiated by the booth. So if it's 9th inning or later, any close/potentially controversial play/call can be reviewed by the booth and relayed to the ump on the field - *any* play. Guaranteed that one gets overturned and they go to extra innings....where the Nats would probably lose anyway, but at least it wasn't an ump screw job.

Jimmy - I know you don't like this rule but it is there for a reason. If this rule didn't exist then a really good strategy would be for players to bunt the ball towards third base and then run WAY WAY inside on the infield to try and get in the way of the throw to first. In fact before this rule was added back in the late 1800's that is exactly what players did. So this rule was added to prevent batters from doing that and give the defense a fair chance at retiring the batter.

sick transition man

as a casual baseball fan but an avid jomboy enthusiast the trea turner analogy was a great one

This is tough one because if it hits the batter when he’s clearly on the grass then you can call interference and have him out. But it hit his helmet when his foot is hitting the bag so it’s hard to argue he’s interfering with the throw if it’s on the line that he’s supposed to be running on. A better throw in that scenario and he might have been out but meyers is also pretty fast.

If they even step foot on the grass they should be called out for being out of the baseline. It doesn't fix all the problems with the rule but it gets you half way there.

Such an easy solution to all of this: use the double base. It helps player safety, prevents umpires from having to make judgement calls (which they seem to get worse at every year), and its not a change that will effect how the game is played. There isn't a single negative by doing this.

I can't wait to see the one from today.

I mean...If i made as many mistakes at my job as refs/umps are making these days then I'd have been fired long ago.

Bad umpires are the reason I don’t attend major league games

Boutta have another Davey breakdown with what happened today 😂

I remember the first time I learned about this rule. I was playing on a U16(I think?) team, and it was in the last inning of the game. I had started at catcher, and the coach let the backup catcher play the last 2 innings or so, so I was the 1st base coach at the time. It was a close game, and a play just like this happened(we were at bat obviously), and the umpire called the hitter/runner out when the ball, thrown from the catcher, hit him in the back. My coach _flipped_ out, and eventually got kicked out if the game. The funny thing was, just a few days later, there was a similar play in a Red Sox game(I believe in the playoffs? I don't know) where the umpire also called the runner/hitter out, and my dad and the other parents had a good laugh about that at the next game(on behalf of my coach.)

Amazing transition!!

When I was in little league and also played baseball in high school, we would have “double bases” at first base with an orange bag for the runner to prevent these types of things from happening. The MLB should do the same.

There's one major difference between the WS play and this play. In this play the HP umpire first had to watch home plate to see the force out at home and signal that the runner from third was out. Then once that play was done the HP ump could turn his head to see if there was interference at first. The problem is that because he first had to watch the force out at home he wasn't able to watch the batter running to first to see if he was in the runner's lane or not. On a Runner's Lane Interference play like this it is the HP umpire's responsibility to watch where the batter runs. The 1B umpire is watching for the play at first and the other 2 umpires are watching to make sure runners touch the other bases. So the problem on this play is that the HP umpire just has too many things to look at at the same time. He can't watch the force at home and also watch the runner running to 1B. I think the solution here is to allow replay review to review whether or not the runner was in the lane properly.

He's definitely my favorite manager. Speaks whats on every fans mind. And I root for the Yankees lol

Brutal! Brutal.

The runner ended up on the white strip before the ball made contact with him. Shouldn't that mean there is no way he can call interference for that?

But if the runner had stayed on the chalk line the whole time, the flight of the ball still ends up aiming directly at the back of the runner's head when he reaches the base. So the runner gets hit because of where the catcher threw the ball

BRUTAL

The worst part is the Nationals will finish with 101 instead of 100 losses

I think the biggest issue is no accountability to umpires that get the call wrong. Theres an argument to make something like this reviewable sure, but even as is MLB should be able to review this and see that the call directly affected the outcome of the game and it was incorrect per the rules. The umpires should be punished in some way (i.e. suspension or fine or both) in order to make them think twice before getting something wrong and letting it go again.

Hey jomboy, can you do a breakdown on the red Sox vs twins game the other night where Denver's tricked Rocco twins head coach into using a challenge after he was hit by a pitch? Was some pretty good trickery and all i could think of was how i could see this on your channel this week lol

Someone help me out here...in the 2019 World Series, Davey was ejected over the interference rule, but the umps reviewed that call. Is this only reviewable in the playoffs? Because this time the ump says it can't be reviewed.

The fact that they screwed him on this rule yet again necessitates a conspiracy..