Fined for criticizing the call on this play, a breakdown

Name: Fined for criticizing the call on this play, a breakdown
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Aug 27, 2022 2.3M views 6:12

MLB 2022

What Happened

In the bottom of the first inning of a close game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers, the game takes an unexpected turn. With two outs and a runner on base, Guardians catcher Austin Hedges sets up behind home plate, ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. The ball is delivered, and Hedges blocks it, keeping the runner from advancing. However, the umpire makes a controversial call, ruling that Hedges has violated the "blocking the plate" rule, which is designed to protect catchers from collisions at the plate. Hedges, clearly frustrated by the decision, expresses his displeasure, saying, "It's a disgrace. It's embarrassing." His criticism of the umpires' call results in a fine from the league. analyzes the play, noting that the "blocking the plate" rule has been in place for several years but has rarely been enforced in the way it was in this particular instance. , the host of , suggests that the rule is "tricky to define" and that the umpires have been "taking runs off the board more than they ever have" when it comes to these types of plays. provides further context, explaining that in a recent game between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, there were similar plays at the plate that helped better understand the league's interpretation of the rule. He notes that the umpires want to see the catcher not cross the home plate or foul line until they have possession of the ball, which is not what happened in the Guardians-Tigers game. Ultimately, the umpires review the play and overturn the call, ruling the runner out. However, the damage has already been done, as the Guardians had to bring their pitcher, Trevor Pelaez, back into the game, and he subsequently gives up a three-run home run, a pivotal moment in the contest. emphasizes the significance of this play, stating that it "is why Hedges was so upset" and that the rule will likely come up again in the postseason, with potentially impactful consequences. He encourages viewers to check out the Rose Rotation podcast to hear Hedges' full thoughts on the situation, as the catcher had a strong reaction to the umpires' decision.

it's a plane that's been called a few

times now recently that really has never

been called before there's plays at home

that are beating the runners

and

for 150 years you're out and now we're

calling

some type of rule that

is really tricky to uh to define

uh honestly it's a disgrace it's

embarrassing austin hedges got fined for

that criticism of the umpires and the

umpires also released a response and

said get off her back this breakdown is

brought to you by draftkings let's take

a look because it is that rule that is

hard to define they are taking runs off

the board more than they ever have we're

in the first inning of a guardians

tigers game there's two outs a runner on

got fastball inside and then that's a

knight what is that a sinker splitter

it's a nice pitch o2 they go back to the

fastball up to set up the curveball down

hedges putting his glove down like get

it down he doesn't get it down but it's

fouled back and now hedges like come on

let's get it down let's get it down i'll

block it i'll block it blocks it keeps

it in front of them but the runner was

just

moving now he's in scoring position one

two count fastball uh

oh hits the base uh oh but they try

to go home easy out we got him out of

the inning we had a baseball

caused some chaos and biases out hedges

okay

okay we should have been a ground out

anyway but hinge says no let's review it

let's see if we can get him to overturn

it they've been doing this lately now i

did my best to figure it out and i think

i cracked the case cause

like hedges says

this has been standard forever

that's what catchers do they lay their

leg there they get the ball and they go

and tag

but

under the new rule which is supposed to

protect catchers

this is blocking the plate because he

did not give the runner a lane to get

his hand in

and i was thinking man that's so tough

he has the ball when he touches him

right he doesn't have the ball here but

there's no contact not blocking him

but there you go you can see the slide

bias has to do

he has to he can't just slide straight

because the plate's blocked yeah it

doesn't have a straight lane

so under the rule makes sense now i was

watching the yankees and the mats and

there was plays at the plates in that

game

that kind of gave me a better

understanding of what mlb

wants to see

they want to see

the catcher

not cross home plate or the foul line

until he has the ball so you see that in

this case higashioka he has the ball now

now he can do whatever he wants he can

fully lay his leg down and block the

path to the plate and it's out see he

can get in the way

but

this is the flip side and like austin

hedges says you're gonna have plays

where the ball beats the guy

but he's safe because mccann he's not

blocking the plate doesn't have the ball

yet has the ball so now he can try and

slide over and get in the way

but benny's in so if

bias could have done this slide

that ben and tendy does here would he

have been safe how fast that is that he

comes flying in and it's just direct and

there's no

spin movement at all that's what mob

wants to see so if baez was able to do

that would he have just went right past

him i still don't really think so but

i've there's no way to tell for sure

so they go to the booth and the umpire

comes back

[Applause]

he can't believe it and he's going to

look at me and says it's so bad

big time post malone vibes it's so bad

postman was a taller more athletic

no tattooed so bad it's kind of what

hedges looks like to me there so now

police act was in the dugout thinking

it's over he has to come back into the

game this guy hits a foul ball that guy

tries to bare hand he's like ah

damn

stinks

and they feel so bad for him she's like

here you want it it hurts you so bad

he's like yes thank you yes

got this thank you oh my goodness

wow

you see my hand stings fulton with the

hockey puck

and then the next pitch 2-2

high fastball home run

now that's a three-run

transition because the runner would have

been out that's one run police set goes

to the dugout he shuts his body down for

a little bit has to ramp it right back

up i wonder if he was allowed warm-up

pitches he had to be a lot of warrant

pitchers but still gives up the home run

what a game changer that's why hedges

was so upset

that's why he said what he said and the

umpires then find him and this that

guy's happy you can hear him talk about

this on the rose rotation and the look

on your face it was like they took your

puppy away have you seen your look that

you had

yeah

yeah i wouldn't have been going through

your mind i wasn't happy so go check out

the rose rotation to hear his full

thoughts on this i think get a cooler

head at the end but

it's a weird rule man because they're

calling it the rule has been there

for

10 years now or so maybe eight but it's

never been called like this because it

was to protect

catchers more so

than it was to

hinder their ability to make the play

and now the way the rule is being

implemented it's much more

hindering the catcher's ability to make

the play

the same way they've always made it than

it is to protect them hey this one was

brought to you by draftkings thank you

very much to draftkings for sponsoring

the video you know

this is going to come up in the

postseason it's going to happen a run's

going to come off the board and

everyone's going to be like

maybe we should have taken care of this

when we

had the chance

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