There's zero angle where you can see the ball and the pole, at least on the Sox telecast.

 

Same on the Royals cast.

 

No good view whatsoever

that ball was so fair

that ball was so fair

 

KCs telecast had an angle where you can see where the ball lands, & it definitely looked fair.

 

Just didn't have an angle high enough to see it up top.

 

Tough.

that ball was so fair

OK Hawk. You couldn't tell with any camera angle, whatever they called was holding.

Can the fan who whiffed on the catch be indisputable evidence?

How hard would it be to get two cameras, strap them onto the foul poles, and point them straight up?

OK Hawk. You couldn't tell with any camera angle, whatever they called was holding.

 

He said he's upset that they blew it initially.

Do they do this off the TV feeds or do they have their own cameras at the park for these calls?

 

They usually take the home telecasts camera angles.

Da fuq man , it was fair . how can it land to the left of that fan in those seats and be foul? Robin should ve got tossed. showed his team he gives a damn.

OK Hawk. You couldn't tell with any camera angle, whatever they called was holding.

Tell me how with the wind blowing from LF to RF that a ball lands where it did. They didn't have an angle to refute it because the ball was so high, so they had to go with the original call.

How hard would it be to get two cameras, strap them onto the foul poles, and point them straight up?

Or have cameras perfectly positioned for the calls down both lines. They don't have to be tied into the TV broadcast. You would think since this is the part they do use replay, they would have things positioned perfectly.

Such a huge call.

 

This is 2013, need better camera angles than that haha.

Such a huge call.

 

This is 2013, need better camera angles than that haha.

Especially since replay is so limited.

Tell me how with the wind blowing from LF to RF that a ball lands where it did. They didn't have an angle to refute it because the ball was so high, so they had to go with the original call.

The ball basically landed almost even with the pole, give or take a few feet. The angle Hawk is b****ing about is not directly on the line, that angle makes it look much better than it does.

 

Wish they had a camera look. Umpire is looking at a ball against a pole, the only way it's foul is if it was foul at some point. He's not going to miss that much of it. What point it crossed is the issue, impossible to tell depth at that point.

 

Another reason, just like with football, they should raise the poles a s*** ton so you never have the "over the pole" issue.

Edited May 6, 201312 yr by IlliniKrush

Like Hawk said it hit fair and bounced back onto the field fair so how can it be foul ?

How Sale got through 7 is beyond me.

 

What a gutsy outing & big time start for him....Royals came in hitting lefties at a .301 clip.

 

Doing his best to help us avoid the sweep.

what a great start by Sale

CSIAA

Like Hawk said it hit fair and bounced back onto the field fair so how can it be foul ?

I'm not watching, but unless the wind is 70 mph, I don't see how you can hit the ball down the line foul and have it land behind the pole fair. I think it might be physically impossible.

Non Sox fans say it was fair as well.

 

http://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/...p;sub=101617426

I'm not watching, but unless the wind is 70 mph, I don't see how you can hit the ball down the line foul and have it land behind the pole fair. I think it might be physically impossible.

 

Yeah, Robin should have carried a physics textbook out with him to argue. That would have swayed the umpires over.

Good AB Wise

 

.....DeAza really thinks he is a power hitter huh?

 

 

Edited May 6, 201312 yr by Noonskadoodle

De aza........

Wow that man has some lighting quick feet.

 

 

Yeah, Robin should have carried a physics textbook out with him to argue. That would have swayed the umpires over.

Obviously you are being a smartass, but balls down the line have some spin on them, they almost always have at least a little hook or slice to them, and those hooks and slices are going to be going into foul territory, not fair. All you can argue is to have them look at a replay. Once they do that, there is nothing you can do.