Manager throws first base in protest, a breakdown

trey turner's at the plate he's got some speed to his game the nationals are up two runs in the seventh inning against the cubs turner's trying to get on push another one across maybe save the bullpen maybe keep it going maybe blow it out he's got one and one count fouls that one right back this dude catches said hey where those kids at anyone's those kids no okay i guess i'll just keep the ball for myself next pitch high fastball turner chases doesn't make contact drop third strike runs down the line to beat the throw now you can see the umpire got himself in position the home plate umpire he's in position checking out the base path and turner runs as straight as you can but they call them out for interference a lot of people watch these breakdowns that don't watch baseball regularly this is a judgment call so it's no hard yes or no it's does the ump think he interfered and the problem is the way that umps have been calling it they just reward bad throws so that's a bad throw right a good throw since the first baseman set up over here a good throw would come over here or if the first baseman wanted to set up on the inside which would have been weird then the throw comes over here but because it's a bad throw and it hits turner they'll call him out for interference even though he ran as straight as you can possibly run down the line to the back now you might be asking well there's a runner's lane over here shouldn't he run in there well the base is on this side and that's what you're going to see his manager get really upset about it's not the first time he's been called out for interference for running in a straight line you go oh okay and just accepts it and walks off and says that is so ridiculous i'm not even gonna argue but david martinez's manager he says i'll argue he's what are you doing this is how he ran straight to the back what do you want him to do umpire throws him out he says well if you want him to run on that side then take the goddamn base and put it there if that's where you want him to run really good kick now look at the look at the joy he brought these fans look at this lady hey look look honey look honey yes yes yes this little kid oh my god and then mom covers her face like oh this dude just straight pumped up hell yeah first base toss i always wanted to see one martinez is pissed now he said in his post game that the ump told tim i have to make that call yeah all i heard was i had to make that call and i just said no you don't yeah the second part of the rule is a judgment call i think you know my psychoanalyst is that the people that gravitate towards being umpires are rule followers they're literalists if the rulebook says you know it's a judgment call you don't have to make it but you can make it i don't think that adds up to their personality i think they don't know what that means i think they just say no i mean i have to make that call ball hit him and he was running outside the lane it's like what are we doing fix the rule put the bag like davey's saying on that side if that's where you want him to run because he just ran in a straight line so i'm with davey i don't get it it's just very easy for the umpire to not make that call if he doesn't make that call there's not a single person that's going to say whoa why didn't he call interference because the human being with a brain knows it's not and this guy's like pumped up yes i will put the base back in its spot this is my job this is what i practice for i'm finally going to show all the people my knee routine bam bam bam you're gone i'm gone base is back i have done my job that dude's probably so winded i mean i would be i would be probably just sapping the turner in the world series so he's just on the railing probably thinking yeah this sucks hey when this happens i run in a straight line they make a bad throw i get punished for it this breakdown is brought to you by the chris rose rotation if you're a nationals fan they just had max scherzer on for a full interview awesome to hear you gotta check it out it's on the jm baseball youtube channel or any podcast you want there's a rotating cast of mlb players on the show scherzer was the guest this week give it a listen

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Id: IVSx4puLfkU

Length: 4min 10sec (250 seconds)

Published: Fri May 21 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/BZ_Clemens]

Absolutely love the first base toss and kick. 10/10 here

[u/ilovearthistory]

again. trea turner just perfect hair at all times

[u/JohnTheSecondComing]

The point that Jomboy made, they made a bad throw is where I think the judgement should come from. The 1st basement sets up in foul territory. That is what establishes the line for Turner to go to the inside of the bag. Else he would straight up plow that first basemen 😏

[u/harpomoltisanti]

I thought Davey was just throwing the base for the sake of it, I didn't know he was aiming it to say "well if you want him to run on this path put the base over HERE!"

Jomboy always picks up on these cool little things I'd never notice even after watching the replay a bunch of times

[u/Guymcpersonman]

The rule is bad. Needs to be changed for this specific play.

[u/hymen_destroyer]

If I had a nickel for every time Trae Turner got called out for interference when he was just running on the established basepath, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.

100% with Davey on this one. WTF ump

[u/Schraiber]

Wow this one is absolutely bullshit. Where was he supposed to run? Should he have looked back to see where the catcher was throwing from and then side stepped to give the throw space? He literally just ran straight to the base, a totally reasonable and normal thing to do, especially on a dropped third strike where you just wanna go as fast as possible since it's probably gonna be close...

[u/ogminlo]

Everyone arguing how dumb the rule is, is missing that it was completely misapplied here. The rule:

Rule 5.09(a)(11)

In running the last half of the distance from home base to first base, while the ball is being fielded to first base, he runs outside (to the right of) the three-foot line, or inside (to the left of) the foul line, and in the umpire’s judgment in so doing interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base, in which case the ball is dead; except that he may run outside (to the right of) the three-foot line or inside (to the left of) the foul line to avoid a fielder attempting to field a batted ball;

Rule 5.09(a)(11) Comment: The lines marking the three-foot lane are a part of that lane and a batter-runner is required to have both feet within the three-foot lane or on the lines marking the lane. The batter-runner is permitted to exit the three-foot lane by means of a step, stride, reach or slide in the immediate vicinity of first base for the sole purpose of touching first base.

Turner had both feet on the chalk for at least his last few strides to the bag and while the throw was en route, and thus was inside the lane as defined in the clarifying comment. Had he been off the chalk in fair ground, the rule would apply. It should not have applied with him running on the chalk, and he only deviated to both reach the bag and avoid the fielder at first base. Bad call all around as Turner complied with every aspect of the rule.

The call from Game 6 in 2019 came after Turner ran off the chalk all the way, so the rule was correctly applied after he knocked Gurriel’s mitt off his hand ahead of the throw.

[u/Jloother]

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