That brought out Cards skipper Dan McDonnell to argue vociferously with
the second base umpire, who promptly tossed Louisville's head man — the first such coaching ejection in the CWS since 2007.
That means that
the second base umpire will work first base the following day and home plate the day after that.
Second base umpire Dusty Boggess intercepted the skipper and informed him that Throneberry hadn't touched second base, either.
The runner from first simply fields the ball and tosses it to
the second base umpire.
Second base umpire Mike Reilly gave the «safe» sign as if he were winding up a soft - shoe routine.
But the Tigers had called a pitchout, and Fahey, the supposed pigeon, threw Henderson out at second — at least in the opinion of
second base umpire Durwood Merrill.
Not exact matches
Well, really, the
umpire paused because he didn't know what happened: he wouldn't call Holliday safe for another three or four
seconds after the play, and you can tell
based on that pause that he made his decision solely
based on the ball being loose and Barrett scrambling for it since there had not yet been a call.
Sober, industrious and otherwise well - adjusted men have been known to fall into gargling, sputtering rages as, sitting helplessly before their TV sets, they feel themselves assaulted by Allen's tedious, drawn - out explanations («For the benefit of those not so familiar with the game, the infield fly rule states that, with first and
second base or first,
second and third occupied and less than two out, a ball which in the judgment of the
umpire,» etc..
Seconds before the Boston Red Sox's Greg Harris delivered a pitch to Yankee batter Mike Stanley, with two outs in the ninth and the Sox leading 3 - 1, third
base umpire Tim Welke spotted the boy running onto the field.