Rob Thomson doesn't care that replay overturned this call, a breakdown

not having fun. Joey Wemer on the

Nationals having a ton of fun at this

point in the season. I don't think he

had gotten out yet. He broke the record

or tied the record. First pitch in there

for a strike. They're an out away from

ending the inning. That one to first

base caught, gathered, tossed, and out.

But they continue playing just in case.

And now there's a runner in the middle

and they're just going to get the out

because that's what you're taught to do.

Play until the whistle. No whistle in

baseball, you know, but play through it

because you never know what happens.

They teach you that. It's called the

phantom fourth out just in case that

third out gets overturned. You play

until it's dead and you go for that

phantom fourth out, which is what they

did. But it gets tricky when it gets

revered. And Joe Wemer's like, "Please

challenge that. I have a streak on the

line. I'd really like you to challenge

that. Please challenge that. Washington

challenge on the call at first base.

>> So, he gets his wish and now Rob

Thompson is just sitting there and

stewing thinking, "Okay, so they better

not uh if he's safe, um they better not

put that runner back to third because he

committed and he's just sitting there

and kind of stewing on what he knows is

about to happen." Joey Weame review. Oh,

not what you want to see, but what you

need to see. His helmet fell off,

blinded him. He caught it, slipped, came

up, said, "Challenge it. Challenge it."

Very athletic play. Bryce Harper tosses

it to Walker who's covering and

oh, the runner did win the foot race. He

was way behind. Look how much ground he

covers on just the last step. And the

pitcher's got to look down and find the

bag. The runner doesn't. So, he is going

to be safe. Which means then they need

to figure out what to do with this

runner who did round third. Never really

stopped until the umpire called him out.

Was caught in no man's land was like,

"Whoa, you chasing me? Oh my god, you

chasing me? Oh wow. And now you hurt

me." And Thompson's like, "I know what

these guys are going to do. I know

exactly what they're going to do. I'm

going to sit here and I'm going to get

mad about it before it even happens. I'm

going to think about what I'm going to

say because I know what you are about to

do."

>> After review, the call on the field is

overturned. The runner is safe at first

base. The runner at third will return

third base. We have bases loaded with

two outs.

>> Yeah. So Rob Thompson now is going to

come out their challenge.

>> Uhoh. Not what manager of the Phillies

wanted here. And umpire Marv Hudson

knows exactly that. So he looks right at

him. He says, "You can't come out here,

Robbie. I don't care. I don't care." He

kept running.

He kept running. He kept running. That's

Marv. You know it. I don't

Whoever's doing the replay, you

you tell them they it up because

he kept running. He kept running. All

right, I understand that.

>> This is

This is

It really is. I don't give a That

guy truly it up.

I want to know who it is. I want to know

who it is cuz that guy kept running. Our

guys throw the ball to the plate and he

stops when they throw the ball to the

plate. Mhm.

Yep. And we tag his ass at the plate.

It's

That's

It's ridiculous. So, let's take

a look at the play and then I'll explain

the rule. You've got the pitch, it's

hit. You got the runner on second. Now

look at the runner on second. He's

rounding third. The third base coach is

waving him home. The play is being made

at first. And right now, the umpire

punches him out and makes the out call

right then. The runner has committed to

being halfway at that point. So, what

manager Topper of the Phillies is saying

is that, hey, no matter what, if if the

pitcher throws this ball home or he

throws this ball third, we've got this

guy out because he's just running around

in no man's land. Why should he get to

go back safely? He was clearly trying to

score. But here's why the rule is the

way it is. If say this ball was thrown

home and botched and went ary and then

the runner saw that and scored and then

they overturn the third out and they say

the run scores. Topper would run out and

be like that's My catcher saw

you call out so he got distracted. He

didn't care about the play anymore. my

pitcher heard you call out so he didn't

even try to throw it home because you

called out and then uh they would they

would and then that they would get mad

and but they wouldn't even do that. They

would send him back to third because

that's what the rule is. Even though he

scored on an errant throw and then the

manager of the Nationals would come out

and be like, "Why are YOU SENDING HIM

BACK TO THIRD? HE SCORED. They tr they

clearly tried to make a play at the

plate and they botched it." And they

would say, "Yeah, but they could have

botched it because the out." So that's

why MLB says if the Phantom fourth out

comes into play, if the third out of the

inning gets overturned, runners just go

back to the last base. They touched and

probably one of the managers gets

ejected. It just seems like this is a

situation where one of the managers is

going to be mad no matter what. But

that's why they rule it the way they do

because I feel like I explained it well.

If you want to go see this in person,

you get 10% off by using code Johnboy10

at seatgeeek and uh you can be the

umpire. You can explain. You nudge

someone next to you and be like, "Hey, I

got 10% off my tickets." And

this is why they do this rule. I know

because I watched the video that John

Boy did on. He explained it so

perfectly.