You make the Call ! | So you wanna be an Umpire one day?

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🔥🔥⚾️ In this video we give you (3) different play scenarios per subject and you make the call before the replay. Savant has not updated their stats as of this posting, so we are presenting 2019 logistics.

Lets see if you're as good as a MLB umpire.

One of the most difficult jobs by far in MLB is being an umpire. In fact, I would not be an umpire for a large salary. Very stressful job.

As fans we boo and ridicule umpires which is part of the game. But if you really analyze their instant decisions, you will come to the conclusion that being an Umpire is a very hard job.

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[danielhamlin]

Having been an umpire for many many years at all levels up to semi-pro, I am glad to see them get it right. I have watched games where the first look is one way, but with slow replay and different angles the call is reversed. Love it.

[almostfm]

One of the difficulties with trying to review from the angles that we see is that they're rarely the right angle to make a definitive call. The umpires are trained where to position themselves to have the best chance of getting the best look at the play.

[jasontoms]

Out/Safe calls are usually actually easier for umpires in real life than they are on TV. Not saying that they're by any stretch *easy*, but when you're on the field and you can see the play in real time and hear the pop of the glove whilst looking at the bag, it's easier to call the close plays than looking at weird angles on TV (assuming you're in the right place).

[GhostriderA]

In 2006, I went to an Aberdeen Ironbirds (MiLB) game and was selected for the "You Make the Call" minigame. They put the clip on the video board and stopped it right before the call (whacker at first with the BR). As the host asked me for my call, I came up with an out and blew out the mic with my "OUT!" call. The base umpire turned to see if I made the right call and actually applauded me.

[cloudwatcher]

as an nfhs baseball umpire, i would not give a hit-by-pitch on that last play. one of the most useful tips i was given in umpire camp to judge hbp's was this: from his original stance, did the batter place any part of his body CLOSER to the pitch than when he started, INCLUDING any part of a swing. if he did, then he has crossed the advantage/disadvantage line (which is the basis of 99% of rules enforcement). so, using that guidance, if a batter starts a swing and then stops, he has placed some part of his body (in this case, as usual, it is the hands) closer to the pitch and therefore should not be granted the award of a hbp. of course, it is a judgement call; would the pitch have hit the batter had he not attempted the swing is also part of the evaluation. but the moving closer tip has helped me support the overwhelming majority of my "discussions" with coaches when this happens. thanks again, greg.

[foggymountainmusic]

1: Looks like he’s safe. When the catcher reaches his glove out, his opponent’s foot is just on the home plate. Although he did pull his glove back as soon as the opponent was mid-slid. He may have been out because you can’t tell if the catcher tagged him or was about to tag him. It’s a complicated call.
2: Out. I slowed it down and he seemed to get tagged just barely before he hit his foot on the bag after he was tagged. Which means he is out.
3: Safe! He put his hand in when he slid for the plate. Plus the catcher made an illegal move, standing guard on the plate. Safe either way.
4: Safe. The ball didn’t hit the glove until Turner hit the plate.
5: I wanna say that he’s out. But I cant tell from any angle given. It looked like his toe kept on the base until he fell.
6: Safe. It’s the same as number 4. The ball hadn’t hit the glove until the opponent had the foot on the base.
7: slowed it down. It went through a hole or got stuck. Which doesn’t count either way because it didn’t go OVER the wall.
8: I’m not sure what you would call. But I would give the man his home run. It went over and looked like it hit a rail or something.
9: That’s a home run. If it goes in the the crowd it’s a home run. Unless it goes in the foul zone.
10: Dead Ball! Batter swung at pitch and it went and hit his back ankle.
11: Wasn’t hit! He dodged it.
12: That one had to hurt. Didn’t hit the bat but it moved over slightly. So I think it is a HBP

[ryanspencer]

Love this bro. People really watch the game and don’t realize how hard of a job it is.

[UncleAL]

That last one is interesting, because in cricket, the batters glove is counted as part of the bat in that context.

[charlessmith]

The most difficult challenge types are likely the batted balls that land at the foul line or very slightly to the R of the foul line, and if the umpire does not have the right angle to see that ball, it will be hard for the umpire to rule it fair ball or foul ball.

[marktwain]

Appreciate the meticulous analysis of calls with graphs and footage. Very entertaining, Chris!

[barriereid]

I was a second base blue for The British Baseball League. After my first game I sat in my car afterwards, mentally exhausted. I could not safely drive home for at least an hour or so. It did get easier. The venom from the crowd is toxic, when they believe you have called wrong. 50% totally hate you and 50% totally love you...until your decision affects your newest bestest friends team. No-one loves you.

[michaelhogg]

I have to say with that much space there at the plate, it is enough space and not obstruction!

[LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

A video like this is interesting and fun. But what would REALLY be a "you make the call" video realistic is if they put body cams on the umpires.. see the play the way the umpire saw it and make the call!

Would probably make a person think twice about criticizing them

[Ian_Schrock]

I was today years old that I knew Marcus Semien was ever on the Athletics... I mean THE MORE YOU KNOW

[Grizzmonster]

Two plays in this I personally had an issue with was the one play at the plate where the runner stuck his hand in between the catchers legs. It is unchallengeable due to catcher interference period. Second was the Freddie Freeman play which is irrefutable due to the proximity rule. Great examples for more complex rule calling/ umpiring

[jamesberry]

last hit by pitch was not, first he swings at the pitch and second never attempts to avoid the ball

[DVLGamingYT]

Thanks for this I’m already an umpire but this was fun too do lol, on the one slide it would be overturned anyway cause the catcher did not give the runner a lane even before receiving the ball so safe no matter what happened after.

[michaelfalkner]

Tag:

1) Safe. We bitch at the umps, but that's a great bang-bang call. How you could do that in real time, I have no clue.

2) Overturn it, he's out. His front leg never touches second in time, and the tag is applied, as you see in the slow-mo, before the trail leg gets in.

3) He barely nicks it, so we don't have to go to the plate block rule (if it was applicable). Safe, and you'd need replay to see it.

1B:


1) Safe, and not that close.

2) Hell of a stretch and the ump was right on it -- and he was right.

3) Same as #1.

HR:

1) Nope. Joc will go back to second.

2) Yep, bounces off the railing above the yellow line.

3) Top of the wall, then the Pesky Pole, that a homer -- one of the shortest in modern baseball.

HBP:

1) Neither HBP or foul tip, it's a strike on the swing.

2) Did that nick his sleeve to gat that call?

3) No swing, clearly gets his hand.

[redbird]

Look at where the ump was in# 1 He had the BEST view in the stadium! He got it right!!

[charlestruby]

The homerun call is hard to make a call in the video unless you know the ground rules for those particular ball parks.