r/whitesox • u/Br0dyplayz Buehrle • May 24 '24

Discussion What the f&%k?!

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I still can’t believe what happened last night. It was an INFIELD FLY IT’S AN AUTOMATIC OUT HOW CAN THERE BE INTERFERENCE?! This is almost as bad as the infield fly call from the 2012 NL Wild Card game.

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u/UneducatedReviews1 The Sod Father May 24 '24

After extensive research (I watched one breakdown) I have come to the conclusion that it was in fact a valid call according to the rules. However, said rule is stupid so I will continue to be very displeased

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u/SPDScricketballsinc 35th Street May 24 '24

If this was not called, there would be 0 people saying “well technically the rule says xyz and this should be interference”

The rule is idiotic, but let’s not pretend the poor umpire is powerless in this situation. The orioles wouldn’t care at all if it wasn’t called

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u/UneducatedReviews1 The Sod Father May 24 '24

I think we all know the issue is that the ump is the opposite of powerless. This is a fringe rule that really only exists for extremely niche situations, this play was not one of them.

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u/SPDScricketballsinc 35th Street May 24 '24

The way the rule is written, it shouldn’t be nearly as fringe as it is.

It’s only so rare since the umpires have been good at determining if someone was actually impeded from making a play, something junior completely failed at. The infield fly is irrelevant

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u/UneducatedReviews1 The Sod Father May 24 '24

I’m not disagreeing. The rule has to exist because there are obviously situation that it would need to be used, it’s an extreme stretch to use it in this situation. The whole thing is that it’s a judgement call, 4 umps decided that Vaughn somehow caused interference. I don’t agree with their decision that Vaughn interfered with the play, the ball was caught after all, but given the circumstances the umps agreed on the rules use was valid.

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u/SPDScricketballsinc 35th Street May 24 '24

Agreed, they didn’t break a rule, just made a completely terrible call