strange calls

[tripledup22]

what are some rules in baseball that are rarley called.
ex. in football there giving him the business.

also feel free to put in any funny or really bad calls youve seen or heard about.

[JerseySoxFan19]

i think it was the ,99 playoffs when chuck knoblach tags jose offerman but replay shows he missed him by literally 3 feet.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I think the worst call ever made was the homerun given to Derek Jeter vs the Orioles in the 1996 play offs. The ball was caught by Jeffrey Mayer. :rofl:

[JerseySoxFan19]

oh yes and then they had him throw out the 1st pitch in a game.

[PJ-34]

Well here's one.

Last August we played a road game in some **** town and one of my team mates hit a home run, now the CF leaped the fence, grabbed the ball and threw it home...the ump called him out...

[Reds41]

Bernie Carbo being called out at the plate in the 1970 World Series when Ken Burkhardt had his back to the plate and Ellie Hendricks had the ball in his hand and not his glove.

[Dodgerfan1]

The worst call of all time? two words: Don Denkinger.

[Dodgerfan1]

Seriously though, one call that is rarely called in baseball is the call of 'safe' when a second baseman or shortstop misses the second base bag by 4 feet in order to throw to first to complete a double play. The 'phantom tag' is one of my few pet peeves.

Also rarely called is the call of 'strike!', like it is supposed to be, when a pitch is just below the armpits'.

[NJMetfan4life]

What about the ball that bounced of Jose Consaco's head and over the fence for a homerun.

[jackmcmanus21]

Seriously though, one call that is rarely called in baseball is the call of 'safe' when a second baseman or shortstop misses the second base bag by 4 feet in order to throw to first to complete a double play. The 'phantom tag' is one of my few pet peeves.

Also rarely called is the call of 'strike!', like it is supposed to be, when a pitch is just below the armpits'.

I hate the phantom tag. On occasion there'll be an ump who calls the lead runner safe, but doesnt happen much

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I hate the phantom tag. On occasion there'll be an ump who calls the lead runner safe, but doesnt happen much

At the level I am playing at, no ump will give a runner at second out with a phantom tag. I think the phantom tag stinks.

[Padday]

Has anybody ever heard of an umpire calling a do-over on a play? It happened once in a game I wasa playing in. I don't remember exactly what happened but I think it was a foul ball that wasn't foul and somebody was wrongfully called out and somebody scored and it was basically a complete mess on the umpires part so amidst the yelling from the dugout he just said "okay we'll just have a do-over". He was a terrible umpire though. He called a strike on a pitch that he didn't even see at one stage.:hp

[Scoops]

He called a strike on a pitch that he didn't even see at one stage.:hp
I had an umpire call a ball on a pitch I swung at.

[Dodgerfan1]

When I was around 11 or 12 years old in Little League, I once got kicked out of a game for laughing at someone who was cursing out an umpire! The kid was swearing a blue streak and some of the things he was saying were funny, so I started laughing and got the thumb. Of course, the little monster got booted too, but still....

[JerseySoxFan19]

good for you lol. i can imagine the kid cursing out the ump and the ump has no clue what to do "What did that kid just call me?"

[jsmets92]

Last year, on one of my teams, a kid was holding the runner, accidentally stood in foul ground and got called for a fielder's balk. I had no idea it even existed until then.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

About three years ago, me and my team were playing a game in the middle of nowhere. In our leagues (low level...) the umpires are home club members. So that will eventually mean that the umpired is biased. Well... in this case he was.

The oponent was batting and there was a runner at first. The batter took a swing and stepped in front of our catcher, while the runner stole second. The catcher was not able to make a throw. We complained but the umpired claimed that he did not see anything.

Later in that game, the umpire called a batter of our oponent save. But he was out by at least three feet. Our first baseman got so frustrated that he threw the ball on the ground, it rolled towards the foot of the ump. The umpire threw him out of the game, so we decided to leave the field as well.

I can stand losing, but not if an umpire is biased like this.

[brewcrew82]

what are some rules in baseball that are rarley called.
ex. in football there giving him the business.

also feel free to put in any funny or really bad calls youve seen or heard about.

The Don Denkinger call was the one that immediately came to mind but it had already been mentioned.
In regards to "giving him the business", I vaguely recall when I was young (10 or under), an official after a kick return call "Murphy's Law" on the play. :laugh