Hallion Hustle - A Teachable Moment as Umpire Tom Finds an Angle to Call Schwindel Safe in Chicago 

He knows how to keep his ass out of the jackpot.

One of the rare cases where diving into 1st is the right play by the runner.

Hallion does an awesome job

No matter which way the call went those replays could not be used to overturn it.

When I saw Hallion announced as the WS crew chief, I remembered this video. TMAC IS PULLING THE STRINGS!

If he stays in concrete, then his ass ends up in the jackpot and he has to flip a coin.

Tom Hallion is the admiral of umpires. No umpire works harder than he does or is as patient with coaches and players.

I LOVE these teachable moments. I watch them over and over and over. And you know what... paid off last night. Got amazing praise from my partner on my positioning. Had some crazy play where there was a throw home and the batter-runner trying to stretch the single into a "double" after the play at the plate. (2 man system) I followed the play similar to a steal, ended up near the cutout, opened up, my instincts literally took over and I rotated to behind the runner and ended up making the call from the "outside" of a direct line between 1st and 2nd. I was about 6 feet away from the play. Dude did a "Javy Baez" slide and I called him safe. No clue how he didnt get tagged... but he didnt. I always look forward to seeing these teachable moments and I love them. Keep them coming.

2:16 and 3:27, I got a tag. Tom is still top notch.

Tom is a FANTASTIC umpire and I hope that he's ok with me using his punchout?

Nice job by Ump.

Love the fact this crew still wears the light blue shirts. A tribute to Jerry Crawford. Phil and Tom worked with Jerry for many years. Phil’s punch out is Jerry’s

My favorite ump

Every angle I see seems to show a tag, and the final replay (at 3:25) cements it in my mind. The webbing of the glove appears to be against the hip for several frames.

He certainly deserves that CC spot in the WS by now.

Yeah, this one is completely inconclusive to me one way or the other. The 1st base Umpire would have the best eyes for this play so if anything this is a lesson for the Replay Umpires to say Inconclusive, Call Stands.

You gotta give us our shot!

Not Gamel, but Moran.

Rookie HS umpire here, the ball was hit to deep short stop/3B territory. I’ve been trying to adjust my angle to take 6-8 steps in an arc toward 3B on those calls at first and following the ball to the mit. Do you think if this umpire would have taken an angle like that rather than be tight on the foul line, it would have been easier to be in the key hole for this wacker or no? Thanks!

Call could have gone either way. No matter what he called, replay would not have overturned it. Cheers to Hallion for his hustle and making a definitive call. By the way, Ian Moran was the 1st baseman, not Ben Gamel.

Like a boss.

The runner gets up and rounds first. Couldn't the defense tag him, and would that still be considered a tag play, negating the run score?

In the 2-Umpire system, I don't know how you could correctly call this one.

Since this is not a force play, and it looks like the runner scored before the tag/no tag happened, isn't the game over anyways, even if the tag did happen?

Remember, glove laces don't count. 😉

1:57 Listen to this next 15secs. Emphasis is good, but I dare say you have a bit too much of a good thing. Very few viewers are trying to hear you over a hurricane. Good vid & breakdown, & good on ya Tom.

Never heard of this guy until this video, that’s how it probably should be lol

Moran on the tag, not Gamel :)

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Great hustle and effort for sure. Unfortunately still believe called wrong. At 3:28 clearly see with previous and following frames he was out. Suprised review didn’t overturn it.

Except it was a bad call because the runner was clearly tagged

Tommy's ass isnt gonna be in the jackpot

just to be clear, we're defining "hustle" in this case as taking 7 steps at a brisk walking pace. Nice call, but not hustle as compared to other officiating disciplines.

All that yelling at the umpire doesn't do any good. Most of the time the manager gets thrown out of the game. There is also the possibility of keeling over.

Runner was out at 1st base! Terrible call by Tom hallion

He was out.

Umm.... Yay, he did his job. He did what he's supposed to do

Sorry dude he fucked up two days in a row,I'm a Cubs fan and he was out at first base.

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