Accord Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Robbed of a homer? TV replays showed Cabrera should have been credited with a home run in the second inning on Tuesday. His drive to right-center hit off a rail just beyond the wall. Geoff Jenkins made a leaping attempt as the ball kicked back onto the field. Cabrera ended up getting a triple and scored when center fielder Chris Magruder's throw was off line to third base. McKeon has been an advocate of instant replays on such close calls involving possible home runs. Jones, from the bullpen, said, "It was a home run. It hit the rail." McKeon had first base coach Perry Hill check with the umpires. First base umpire Kerwin Danley said second base umpire Jim Reynolds, who was following the play, had the best view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsFan253 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Didn't Andruw Jones get robbed of a homerun against the Nationals earlier this season? I remember watching a game on TV with my Dad and one of the Braves hit the foul pole and there was a mark from the ball but it was called foul. I laughed a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 The official scorer should have the ability to change a double to a HR and things of that nature just like they're allowed to view replays of certain plays to determine if it should be counted as a base hit or an error, so it makes no sense to not allow them to do the same to determine when it was a HR or a hit. Even if the umpires on the field rule it as a double, the official scorer should have the ability to at least credit Cabrera with a HR after the fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geemoney Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 The official scorer should have the ability to change a double to a HR and things of that nature just like they're allowed to view replays of certain plays to determine if it should be counted as a base hit or an error, so it makes no sense to not allow them to do the same to determine when it was a HR or a hit.? Even if the umpires on the field rule it as a double, the official scorer should have the ability to at least credit Cabrera with a HR after the fact. 845095[/snapback] You'd be opening a WHOLE can of worms there. EDIT: Let me expound. Official scorers fudge hits and errors all the time (crediting home team with a hit on a play that might be an error elsewhere, etc.)- what do you think will happen when it comes to doubles and home runs? And there is a difference between calling something a hit or an error (usually a single or a reach on error- they're still on the same base); a double is two bases and a homer is 4 bases. So you're going to credit a guy who hit a double (albeit questionable) with a homer? Which counts in the official stats? A homer, even though he only made it to second base? It would be easier to just install instant replay for the umps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Was it a double and a 2 base error or a triple and the error? Cabs got really robbed yesterday--- he hit liek a 440 foot double a couple innings later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMothman Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Was it a double and a 2 base error or a triple and the error? Cabs got really robbed yesterday--- he hit liek a 440 foot double a couple innings later 845352[/snapback] Im not sure but i was wondering the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsFan253 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I think it was recorded as a triple and an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 Was it a double and a 2 base error or a triple and the error? Cabs got really robbed yesterday--- he hit liek a 440 foot double a couple innings later 845352[/snapback] I'm talking about the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Was it a double and a 2 base error or a triple and the error? Cabs got really robbed yesterday--- he hit liek a 440 foot double a couple innings later 845352[/snapback] I'm talking about the latter. 845362[/snapback] Ohhhhh the shot to left field? The one with the Bud sign in left center? Gosh they'd both be homers anywhere else it seems :confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman81 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Was it a double and a 2 base error or a triple and the error? Cabs got really robbed yesterday--- he hit liek a 440 foot double a couple innings later 845352[/snapback] I'm talking about the latter. 845362[/snapback] The latter was a shot off the budweiser sign....you can't have it both ways. His double was not an error on anyone's part. The tripe should have been a homer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 He ended up scoring anyway. Live to fight another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Great article! BLOWN CALL Fan is denied $10K? BY CLARK SPENCER [email protected] A blown call cost the Marlins' Miguel Cabrera a home run Wednesday night. It also might have cost a contest participant $10,000 -- the amount the unidentified person would have collected had Cabrera received credit for a round-tripper with his second-inning smash vs. Milwaukee. Officials at MLB.com are trying to figure out the best way to resolve the matter. ''It hasn't been worked out, but a gesture of some kind will be made,'' said Dinn Mann, editor-in-chief of MLB Advanced Media, which conducts the contest. ``It's a good guess that something meaningful will be done to show we are good sports.'' Replays showed Cabrera's deep drive to right-center striking a metal railing above and beyond the yellow line that a ball must clear for it to be ruled a home run. But umpires, who do not have the benefit of replays, ruled the ball struck the upper portion of the wall and was therefore in play when it bounced back onto the field. Cabrera raced around the bases for a triple, then scored when a throw to third was off target. The contest requires participants to choose one major-league player each day that they think will hit a home run. If they successfully choose such a player nine days in a row -- the number that would break the major-league record shared by Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr. and Dale Long of homering in eight consecutive games -- rules state they win $10,000. Mann said thousands of people have participated in the Beat the Streak: HR edition, which has been up and running for about a month and is located in the Fantasy section of MLB.com. But Wednesday marked the first time anyone managed to make it to the cusp by picking a home run hitter on eight consecutive days. That person chose Cabrera, out of all the big-league players, to clinch the prize. Not only did Cabrera miss out on a second-inning home run, he missed by mere feet of connecting on one in the fourth inning when he blasted a ball off the towering Budweiser sign that looms in deep center and is considered part of the wall. Cabrera ended up with a double on that hit. Mann said MLB.com, a company funded by Major League Baseball and its owners, has been trying to contact the person to figure out a happy solution. ''It's so fluky for a call to be incorrect, or even potentially incorrect, on a home run that you can count the number of instances on one hand,'' Mann said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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