Rocco Baldelli loses mind after replay review, a breakdown 

I cracked up real hard right there 🤣

he is the ric flair of baseball :P

More accurately consistently red all over like Clifford

I don’t usually laugh at anything at all. That got a chuckle

6:03

There was a bit of a hot mic for this. You could definitely make out some of the swearing.

Not to mention the tongue-reading at 6:03

good lip reader but Roccos lips were clear as day

@@brenthooton3412 Blep

@@brenthooton3412 That’s exactly what I was gonna say!

I like the "bloop"

Not a fan

Boooooooooo M L E H

The old man going "he was out" killed me

that was in the dugout, bud

The catcher was slow to tag. If it wasn't for his feet preventing the runner from touching home base, the runner would have made it. Watch 1:14 at x.25 speed.

@@arthurneddysmith obviously, but what’s your point? That’s part of the “incredible footwork” the commenter is talking about… he blocked the plate with his legs, which was legal since he had the ball.

​@@arthurneddysmith he only was there bc that's where the throw took him. Which is permitted by the rule. Like explicitly permitted. You don't need to slow it down. Bc it's allowed.

@@FighteroftheNightmantechnically he could have fielded the ball from his original spot. Because he moved a step over (when he could have caught it) is the reason it was over turned.

@@FighteroftheNightman The throw didn't take him there, though. His need for perfect positioning did. He could have made the catch from his original position, but it would have allowed the runner to score. The movement wasn't to field, it was to prepare for the tag, which the rule does not protect.

Repeatedly repeat the repeat

Lol

Gardy is probably proud of this one.

Jays fan here, he was out

Can't say chickenshit, though. You can't say that. You gotta say horseshit.

Some baseball players need to start saying “pigshit” or “hogshit” to complete the barnyard trilogy.

@@connormcintyre8859 sounds like your one Lmao. he was safe.

Good playing from the Kraken. It sucks that it got wrongly overturned.

He's the worst defensive catcher of all time

@@Benderthegr865 that’s why it’s good to see him do goid

Textbook (legal) block with a little snowcone at 4:12

@Dr. Robs Patient the twins being atop of their standings has nothing to do with Gary being a good defensive catcher, though..

They did. Just didn't see the ole heave ho.

Isn't it an automatic ejection for disagreeing with a New York review?

Oh no, they absolutely threw him out haha. He was 100% right but he also knew he was getting tossed the second he walked out there

He got tossed hard. You can't kick dirt and drop 1000 F-Bombs and stay in the game, he was gone fast.

He got tossed. Automatic in arguing a Replay call

It was such a shock that he was actually watching the game for a change and wasn’t just buried in his spreadsheets and charts.

Rocco is actually, shockingly, only one ejection away from the second most ejections in Twins history. But his ejections are usually fairly tame. This ejection would make Gardy blush.

i laughed so hard when the first thing he did when he came out of the dugout was to throw his hat.. i was like, this is going to be good

Which is probably why the umps didn't toss him. They were just like, yeah man, we get it.

@Tejesh Patel I’m anti managers using them as literally the only tactic for strategy. Baldelli is one of the absolute _worst_ managers in the league for this. He manages his team like it’s one of those shitty mobile “games “ that plays itself for you and all you have to do is just equip better gear than the enemy and you automatically win. He completely neglects that baseball is actually played by humans whose statistics and effectiveness are fluid

You gotta be the best of the best to be a good defensive catcher!

Ikr. I love when Jomboy breaks down these micro-adjustments that I would have never noticed otherwise. Gives me a whole new level of respect for the level these guys play the game at.

they do it so often that it's probably just muscle memory at this point

Good catching is like good boxing, it all starts with the footwork. It’s truly beautiful if you pay close attention.

@@Tuvok_Shakur it is. That's the point.

Yeah, that's a good idea. Although, imo, it sounds like New York just wanted that run scored

@@mikkinoble77 exactly, it's an AL East team. MLB always goes their way.

I 100% agree. The catcher did everything he possibly could to make sure he was where he was supposed to be. I mean how late do they want him to move to where the ball is being thrown so that he's blocking the lane as little as possible?

That'll never happen

Nah won't happen cause the ump who made the video review call got no balls & doesn't want to be known that he decided on this call.

Because it’s absurd! Who wouldn’t?

@@sec9788 the Jay’s manager. Hell even us Bluejays fans are with ya, BS call

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ 5:25 is a perfect timestamp lmao

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Kind of an odd spot to say it, but amen brother I'm with ya

someone in NY had a few benjamins on that game. -pete rose (probably)

Unfortunately for him the league needed to fix a different outcome for the bookies

He’s so pissed he called it bullshit instead of horseshit.

@nobodyimpt yeah but Rocco made me piss myself

Hey Mr. Wick, I just wanted to say I have major respect for you and I hope your doing well after the last time I saw you and you were double crossed by the hotel concierge and owner. Can’t wait to see you in #4.

In every sport. Refs also point shave in basketball and rob fighters in boxing. Sad.

Yeah it happens in every sport, but there are moments like this in baseball (and I would contend basketball as well) where the subjectivity of referee weighs WAY too heavily on the outcome. Like, I get the NFL having issues with PI, no-calls, "what is a catch" dilemma, etc. That sport has moments of subjectivity that get in the way, but nothing as discretely obvious as missed strikes/balls, NY over-turning correct calls, or in basketball the ticky tacky fouls that now rule the game... all those are so much more egregious than what the NFL has to complain about. I'll be the first to say NFL refereeing has to improve, but when you look at the other major sports leagues in the US, the NFL is probably the best refereed league. And that is saying something. Meaning the other leagues are practically at the mercy of referees and it rears it head on every single weekend. Football has a handful of monumentally bad calls in the year, but man... it isn't every single weekend where referees decide outcomes. Umpires do it every single week.

@@John-vm2sq While I'm not arguing the point, NFL plays way fewer games in a season than MLB or NBA. Because of that, there's also the perception of less ref interfere there simply because they have fewer opportunities to screw things over

Real robbery is the balls and strikes…

Stop blocking the plate. Simple. A 1b does not block the bag. 2b and 3b do not block the bag on steals. I would coach my runners, if he appears to being prepared to block, clock him. Elbows up, head high. Catchers have LEARN. Do not block the plate. The only reason they do is because they have armor on their lower body. I guarantee you they wouldn’t do it they didn’t have it.

@@fw8465 This isn't about who's got more guts. The point being made is that the catcher's positioning should have been regarded as legal. I don't think he should either risk injury from a player someone like you is coaching, or else move to the side just so your runner can have an open lane to the plate. Furthermore, coaching your players (if you're in the majors) to "clock" the catcher may lead to a determination that 7.13 (Buster Posey rule) was violated. Plus it's just effing dangerous. You're just going to invite retaliation (either by the catcher on the next runner who tries it, or by the pitcher). That sort of BS is why hockey changed the icing call. Even with people trying to play clean without coaches try to instigate mayhem, injuries happen.

​@BLT1967too except he was dropping to block the plate prior to actually having possession of the ball, which is flat out by the books a rule break.

​@@fw8465 yeah just give someone brain damage so they "learn". Stfu

@@Mike.The.Jeweleryep. MLB has clarified this.

I know and it’s just as shocking that it came from Gary Sanchez

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ no

Except the overhead another 1/2 a second back(inconvenient for the sake of making his point) shows a poor decision by Sanchez as he takes a step to the left to block any lane to the plate. Then he steps right to catch the ball. That was MLB's ruling. If Sanchez didn't make that wide legged step to block the lane prior to actually getting the ball(just as Merrifield was beginning his slide), it would have been great. Everything from the catch to tag was perfect. It's a stupid rule either way.

@@devonalomar9012 Na. You are dead wrong. Where'd you learn to ump, anyhow? Your mother?

great play? total blockage of the plate is not allowable...learn the rules...sanchez moved to his left before he caught the ball, thus blocking the plate/lane before he had the ball...next topic

They really did, I’m a twins fan so call me biased. I’m glad Jomboy agrees. Plays like that at home are perfectly safe and shouldn’t be illegal. Merrifield basically said after the game that he was essentially trying to get that call by sliding a certain way. Don’t make baseball a sport with everybody acting for the umps, just slide to try and fucking score. I’m as heated as Rocco was just typing this, sorry

@@benjaminfischer6022 the more rules they make like this, the more likely it is for people to sell calls like they do in the nba

I was there, booing New York for that horrendous call.

The throw wasn’t on point. That’s why the controversial play happened. Catcher did everything right, and was forced to move his leg to field the off target throw.

​@@djdoc06can't throw it directly to the plate or else it will cause the catcher to block it. It's left of the home plate, which helps him tag the incoming runner, so ipso facto it's on point. Throw it to the right and he has to swoop wide left losing time and missing a tag.

@@420 if it was “on point”, the catcher wouldn’t have to move his feet that much.

and usually in ~5 mins too

@McDavid A. he makes way more money now doing this than anyone would pay him. and B. YES did hire him to call some games.

you could just follow reddit baseball and see them before "days" pass.

Jomboy is the best thing to happen to baseball since steroids.

Gary Sanchez has to catch the ball without blocking the plate, illegal according to the rules.

@@JohnSmith-tz8gj But it's impossible for him to catch the ball without blocking the plate. Is he supposed to just let the ball fly past him? And even if he is, he only blocked the plate AFTER he caught the ball which is also legal.

@@JohnSmith-tz8gj you must've skipped right over the 2nd part of the rule. He read it out loud for you in this video.

@@sid6041 the only thing I could think of is technically he could've caught the ball without needing to be directly behind it with his full body so that his left leg wasn't in the way (I have not been a baseball fan for very long just haven't seen anyone mention that) so my thoughts is he didn't need to shift as much as he did to catch the ball

@@ColourfulSyrup yeah, the rule says *could not have fielded the ball* without being in the lane, not "could not have fielded the ball as usual" or something. But even as a jays fan, I'm not sure if he could have made that catch with his arm extended while staying out of the lane

Fact 1: By the rule that doesn't matter if he blocked the plate prior to getting the ball altering the runner's slide. Fact 2: He wasn't inside when Merrifield initiated the slide. Fact 3: Yes, he could have attempted to go around. This is a bad rule but ALL sports have players taking advantage of bad rules intentionally. This is the Brady tuck rule. Awful stupid rule but the the right call based on this stupid rule.

And this is why I have never been a fan of this rule.

My question for Merrifield: why slide feet first? You hardly ever go feet first on a close play as your arms have better dexterity than your legs. Goofy choice.

@@Jerbear1022 you want him to slide head and arms first into Gary's knees. genius

You can't move anywhere into the lane where the chalk is basically. The runner isn't expected to do some crazy swing slide to somehow score. The rules are particular and I know, I was a catcher for a looooong time. Not pro or anything obviously, but long enough where I played through all the changes, in respect to blocking the plate. This was really close but honestly Sanchez didn't need to move from the top of the plate to catch that ball, he moved to catch it squarely, which then moved him into the chalk line, thus "blocking the plate." Tough way to lose.

Welcome

Don't learn too much, Jomboy is objectively wrong here. At 3:05 he says the words "there's no blocking" over a screengrab of the catcher blocking the lane. Jomboy seems to think it doesn't count as blocking as long as nobody is touching? But that's not the rule, and that's why actual MLB professionals review calls, and not RU-vidrs.

Better make sure that Jomboy actually knows what he's talking about rule wise before you learn to much from him. Close call sports does a better job of actually knowing the rules and explaining them.

@@moeburn No he’s right here. Gary is attempting to catch the ball, and wherever it is thrown he is trying to catch it. That is the rule. He is not considered blocking the plate when attempting to receive the ball, in which is shown even here.

@@Andy21441 spot on

Busy with what?

@@GibbonsTake Running his media company. You do realize Jomboy Media is much more than just these reactions, right?

@@GibbonsTake running a podcast, handling business deals, his wife/gf, his literal child

Let Jake run the business into the ground and have JB focus on breakdowns - if I had a vote I would vote yes.

@@kidcotter4294 Famn he has a wife and a GF? Dude is living the dream.

Oh I knew someone was gonna lose it, I was just wondering who, turns out it was Rocco. I knew Jomboy was gonna break this down

Same here I was at the game also and I remember all the booing immediately after the call 😂

did you use the code for 20% off?

what a time to be alive

The world may be crumbling around us but at least we have Jomboy

if a rule is this complicated then it needs to go.

That's well said. If they really are going to create this flip floppy rule for what is and isn't "blocking the plate" then yes I agree there should be some markings or lines that show where the catcher can't be before the throw gets in range and caught. Tough to see that overturned, it looked text book to me, on the basis of what the rule currently is for catchers

Agree 100%. It is the same conflict you have in football with targeting and this is coming from a former catcher. Been run over a couple of time before. You either need to tell the catcher that at no point can he EVER cross the foul line on the 3rd base side of the plate under any circumstances ever until he has the ball and tell the runner that he can never cross the foul line in fair ground or make contact with the catcher until the catcher has the ball; OR you need to allow collisions. This is a dumb subjective coin flip rule. Similar to targeting in football. It is fucking arbitrary and a no win situation for the defense. Same with the catcher here. There is no win for him. Either let the ball hit the backstop or catch it and get called for blocking the plate. At least with that first option everyone would know how critical an accurate throw is and there would be no decision to be made. And that is what you have to do with referees and umpires now days. Don't give them a decision because they will fuck it up if there is any wiggle room. Even with replay they have made these rules so fucking arbitrary and complicated that they can't even make the right call after 5 minutes of reviewing it in slow motion.

legally

I had the same thought, but I'm a Jays fan. I'm also confused as to what New York saw to overturn that call. Ump had it right.

@@bullzeyejutzi thanks for realizing that it was indeed a bad call

I knew he was going to go crazy when it was overturned

@@bullzeyejutzi yeah it’s good to know that even Jays fans think it was a bad call

@@meganmeixell2327 hard to argue against facts. I'm not arguing the end result though. We'll take every win we can get.

Hyde was actually ejected for coming out of the dugout, even though he wanted to clarify if the runner could be considered out because he never touched home on the play

@@brooksfarmer5795 Yeah that was dumb, but Hyde was warned not to come out of the dugout, and did it anyway. Ump had no choice at that point. But really, who wants to see a cool, calm and collected conversation between and ump and a manager?

And the throw beat him by 7 feet to boot. Didn't affect the result but what a ridiculous overturn.

same crew doing the review. thank god they are not on this week

@@5lanediver And it was NOT Angel. They checked.

left fielder stalled his throw at least 1 second. he did not catch that ball ready to throw. was the reason for a close play

@@alanm2842 it... it wasn't even close though he rocketed it to the numbers. Oh but never mind me keep shoveling in them potato chips while judging players from the couch

Once the ball beat the runner it was clear that it should have been an out without question.

@@alanm2842 You’re right. He is supposed to catch that over his throwing side shoulder. Then to make it worse he double clutched it before getting rid of it. Throw was on target but honestly he didn’t make a good play on it.

@@fivebooks8498 and alan m are both right. The throw itself was fine...once he eventually got round to deciding that perhaps, "yeah, I guess should be throwing the ball sometime soon" I was taught to catch the ball on my throwing side with the throwing hand up near the glove to get rid of ASAP, but I never see MLB outfielders do this.

And they seemed just a little regretful for ejecting him. You’re right, but we have to.

He had to. They were the representatives of those that overturned the call. He screams at them, the fans boo them. So then they get pissed off and scream at the ones who fucked up the call and made them look bad.

@@Sindraug25 I sure hope that shit rolls uphill lol

Everything except that step to the left, when Merrifield was starting his slide, prior to his step back to the right to catch the ball.

Never blocked, was squared up to the catch stepped back in front of plate and lifted his leg to put it down before player got there, once more theres not irrefutable evidence to overturn

@@samueljohnston3931 I mean he literally closes the lane before he receives the ball tho

@@Jack-yu4vq in order to receive the ball. You think he would be stepping to the left had the throw not been to his left? Read the rule again. He is allowed to close the lane in order to field the throw.

@@chrispotter3190 I’ve read the rule, and he blocks the runner last second. Should he be safe? Absolutely not, but he gets blocked

Not particularly close to the same play because the catcher set up outside the RHB batter's box and then moved back towards the plate to field the throw. Gary moved one foot into foul territory to field the throw, which is allowed in the rule book.

@@Benisuber1 Yeah it was the dropping the knee that got him safe. Gary dropped the knee before he had the ball. Really surprised Jomboy didn't notice that.

@@moeburn because he didn't drop the knee until he had the ball. Or at *least* it was too close to overturn. There are multiple angles that show him with possession of the ball and the knee above the plate. In fact he talks about that... he even calls it "textbook"

@@moeburn facts i was just saying that. its like everyone is blind

@@matthewbless3335 3:05 right there in this very video you can see him dropping his knee into the runner's lane before catching the ball. Knee doesn't have to be touching the ground, just has to look like you're trying to block the runner.

You can see that he changed his direction at the last second, because he knew he was dead to rights.

Smart player! Go jays

@@richardlug6139 He would have just beat the tag without running into Sanchez.

@@richardlug6139 The catcher is ALLOWED to move to the ball to catch it read the rules the UMPIRES on the field had it right.

@@63076topher I was talking about the runner changing direction at the last second it looked to me he went from trying to hook slide to the back of the plate to sliding directly into Sanchez

He’s made multiple videos talking about how bad Gary is like the “worst tag attempt you’ll ever see” and another where he talks about all the passed balls Gary gave up.

He’s the worst defensive catcher in baseball, and it’s not close. Shitty framer, awful blocker, all around bad catcher. However, that was textbook and should have stayed as an OUT call. And that’s coming from a Jays fan. I mean, I’ll take it, I like that the Jays won, but the ball was in the catchers possession long before runner got to the plate. He made a good tag. He’s out. Bottom line.

He hasn’t been that bad of a catcher this year, I’ve seen him block a good amount of pitch’s this year as a twins fan

@Kelltron Undeserved this time.

@@jacobbrake5283 Yep, I admittedly didn’t watch his as much when he was on the Yankees and really only saw him on Jomboy, but as a twins fan his defense has been pretty solid this season. Little wanting on offense but we were spoiled by Mauer for so long.

"We ruled in your favour, please stop yelling at us."

I think he realized halfway through that he was yelling at the wrong people. Like clearly the umps couldn't do anything about it. Probably why he didn't get tossed too.

@@SeraphsWitness He must have gotten tossed. You can't argue a replay review. It's basically an immediate ejection if you come out arguing a replay review (basically because the umps on the field have no say in it anymore)

@@catman-du8927 I don't think he did though. Or they didn't show it anyway.

@@SeraphsWitness News articles say he was ejected in the game. I bet it happens as he's coming out of the dugout and just not shown on the camera

preciate ya!

Lol. yankees manager gets tossed for arguing strikes all the time

I guess next time the base runner shouldn't attempt to slide and just body check the catcher??

@@howdareyou41 AKA "the good old days" of baseball. ⚾️🏥

I feel your pain and have been since '91.... This is just evidence of baseball's coastal bias. Once upon a time, I feel like Jomboy would have called this obvious bullshit, but costal bias is real.

I don't think Sanchez dropping his knee in front of Merryweather before even having the ball was done in effort to help him catch the ball.

He wasn't fielding the throw when Merrifield was halfway to home, and yet he was blocking the plate. You just need a better understand of what "attempt to field the throw" means.

@@moeburn it was

@@puckerings no

@@theogreenaway7401 We can see in the video that Sanchez takes two steps to the left to try to field the ball heading to his left. That's legal. The illegal part is AFTER that, at 3:05, when Sanchez sticks his knee out in front of the runner to try to be like "WHOOP you can't run HERE haha!" - and the rules say you can't do that until AFTER you have caught the ball. Sanchez thought he could sneak a dirty move in, slomo umps caught it. Jomboy is wrong on this one.

Appreciate your support. When a division race is as tight as ours is… its unacceptable to begin with but man. This is so bad.

you can't stand in front of the plate without the ball

​@@blakethornsbrough1528 You're focusing on the wrong rule lol. Look up obstruction. Its more simple of a call than people are making it. The fielder without the ball cannot impede the runners action to get to the base. Sanchez without question stands in front of the base without the ball, then catches the ball, and correctly blocks the plate. The obstruction occurs before he has the ball in his glove (which makes the rule Jim put on screen irrelevant to this conversation)

"and the umpire determines that the catcher could not have fielded the ball without blocking the pathway of the runner..." Sanchez could've taken a step to the right and still easily fielded that ball. It's on him to avoid blocking the plate until he has the ball. If he stood where he was until he caught the throw, then moved left, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Unless of course Sanchez is unable to catch a ball on his glove side.

@@gerwen1 Correct

There was. He positioned himself square across the baseline. That was a clear example of blocking, and not the baserunner going, "Oh shit, I'm out so I'm going to try to truck the catcher to get a ruling against him on replay."

@@katherineberger6329 Was coming in to say this. The other catcher was squared up blocking around the time the throw was being made, not while the ball was in the air.

There are some massive differences with the Os incident. The Os catcher was square to the runner the entire time. He was very clearly giving no lane. Gary is very clearly receiving the ball, isn't squaring until he has the ball (whereas the Os catcher was squared the entire time) and was also very clearly giving an outside lane (that the Os catcher wasn't.) The difference is that there was indisputable evidence on that play. Here... not so much.

They know what the rule says, lol.

its in the rule book. once the runner starts sliding before the catcher has the ball, the catcher must give the runner a lane regardless if he is trying to catch the ball or not.

@@toxicmoldmedia Wrong. The rule says the direct opposite.

@@toxicmoldmedia I don't understand how the video literally reads the rule for you and you say exactly the opposite of what it says

Thank you for that comment, I too have been tuning back into baseball because of this channel

I disagree. This channel is fun to watch but doesn’t make me want to watch a 3 hour game that’s gonna be decided by a set of 67 year old eyeballs.

@@hahablahblahblah6774 i mean that's on you. I respect your opinion. ✌️

Sadly it’s the booth idiots that make baseball completely unwatchable. I watch videos like this, and it reinforces that it is unwatchable.

The lie-detector determined... That was a lie.

Lol

Me too haha. Not sure who’s broadcast you were listening to but Dan Gladden’s reaction to it.. I knew this had to be coming.

I thought I was the only one that still listened to games on the radio!

@@MarcosElMalo2 Nah. I was at the cottage and listened to that game. Of course, I did not see the play so had to rely on the Jays announcers describing the action. I think they were surprised at the overturn. Seeing the play here, Rocco had good reason to be upset. The Blue Jays go away with one.

Which is rare. Rocco is cool as a cucumber

The step to the left is what they saw as the problem. By the stupid rule, the overturn was the correct call. That is why dissenters show the side view in their explanations and when showing the overhead, cut straight to Sanchez getting the ball and not pointing out his step to the left(blocking any line) before getting the ball. It's a stupid rule. It's Brady's tuck rule.

@@devonalomar9012 Sanchez is allowed to move wherever he wants in order to catch the ball, which is exactly what he did. The ball was thrown a little to his left so he stepped to his left. By rule he can do that. Absolutely pathetic call

It was the right call the runner was safe since the plate was clearly blicked

@@mattolson7037 If he "Needed" to step left to catch the ball, why did he then Actually step back right to catch it? 🤣

@@mic01 You need to watch it again and listen to the explanation of the new rule. The rule says if the throw makes the catcher move in front of the plate it’s ok. Once the catcher catches the ball it is legal to purposely block the plate. Runner was out.

we all assume in these plays the umps wont call it avoidable contact but its really up to their mood baseball rules arent great and need work, but the umps can justify any call they want here

OK BLUE JAYS

It's some guy in New York thinking, 'Minnesota?! No. They can't win this way. If it was the Yanks, hell yeah.'

LOL must not of watched any yanks jays game this year

once the runner starts sliding before the catcher has the ball, the catcher must give the runner a lane regardless if he is trying to catch the ball or not.

It really is the stupid buster posey rule that they implemented to blame. One guy gets injured and they scrap an entire part of the game out. It was a better game when catchers were allowed to block the plate freely and willingly whenever, but if they did, they were fair game to get leveled by a runner for doing so. Just a worse game to watch. Next thing you know they will just eject any pitcher for hitting a batter because one guy gets a fastball to the head and gets seriously injured.

I mean it's not your fault, or the Jays fault. It's the dogs in NY

That’s why catchers who hit .180 can still play 10-15 years in mlb

.180 is not great yeah?

But the comments section is full of Jomboy sycophants who just parrot whatever their savior says.

Unfortunately that happens less and less since jomboy seems to forget what made him popular and where most of his views come from

Exactly! I'm a Dodgers fan and that play was bull! The same play has been made a hundred times this season and they've never overturned it, like Rocco said

you mean NY. The umps call was overturned.

I thought so too, but then he shimmied right again and lifted his leg. There still appeared to be a pathway to the base IMO. And as soon as the ball contacted the glove he dropped that leg down. Totally a textbook play.

I agree. He could have easily caught the ball and applied a tag if he had stayed in his original position. He blocked the plate. Seems so obvious. I’m surprised so many people thought he should have been out. If the catcher is allowed to do that than the runner should be allowed to run him over.

@@MrPantera123456 he blocked the plate once he already had the ball… even after a 6 minute breakdown you still don’t understand the rule?

@@MrPantera123456 He didn't block the plate until the ball was in his glove.

@@305CardCollector he was setup leaving a lane. Could have easily caught the ball without moving. Decided to block the plate before he caught the ball. Jomboy isn’t always right moron. Blocking the plate doesn’t just mean a lane for the runner to slide. He should have a lane to score standing up. Sanchez clearly was blocking and preventing him from scoring standing up prior to the ball being caught. If you think this should have been allowed than the runner should have the right to run him over.

That’s super interesting!

maybe the replay officials saw that Sanchez did not have the ball yet and was blocking the path to the plate when Merrifield started to slide and that's why they called him safe ... IDK... dumb rule anyway as the rule was made to prevent home plate collisions, not instigate them - without the Parker Posey Rule, Merrifield would have to choose to either bowl over the catcher but in this case more likely slide around the catcher because Sanchez is a lot bigger than him and wearing armor.

@@billymuellerTikTok Except he went in front of the plate to clearly catch the ball, which is specifically allowed in the rule. It's like they read half of the rule and called it a day.

he should be proud of himself then. I'm not mad a him for gaming the system, the umpires are the ones who suck

@@buddhabatman It's only allowed if he has no other alternative