A Game of Inches...

I think the Ump got it right.
The clothing was blossomed out to far as far as I'm concerned.
As he pulled away, the ball was not close to hitting the body.

JMHO
EH

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...or DIDN"T turn...

There was a slight turn back.
But the Uni blossomed out a bit also( more then a little bit ).
I just believe the Ump had it right.
EH

Speaking of a game of inches. Here is a video from one of my favorite speeches in a movie. It's about football, but when you said a game of inches it reminded me of this and I think it goes for football, baseball, and life. Check it out. I think you'll like it.

Game of Inches

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I'm with EH on this one. The ball appeared to just tick the jersey, but the ump couldn't tell. Good call.

More importantly...the Tigers should have known better than to go here for alterations...






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I'm with you guys on this.Not sure that the jersry was even hit.If you watch it closely the jersey starts to form on his twist.I would think that there would been some deformation of the the jersey at contact and there does not appear to be any. Imagine what would have happenrd if Inge was awarded 1st. Those guys might still be going at it.Either way that game was a great one. Congrats to the Twins and kudos to the Tigers for leaving it all on the field. Now go Yanks

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Originally posted by theEH:
There was a slight turn back.
But the Uni blossomed out a bit also( more then a little bit ).
I just believe the Ump had it right.
EH

There was a turn, the ball did hit the jersey. That is a HBP. The ump missed it, but it was miss-able.

The reason the uni counts as HPB is to avoid the guessing and arguing that would ensue whether or not the body was struck.

The only time the uni doesn't count is if it is improperly worn. It would be rare for that to be called in MLB and would no doubt result in at least two ejections and an umpire in the doghouse.

Sometimes the only way to know is to hear the ball hit the fabric. Maybe the Fans can take the credit on this one?

GO TRIBE!

From LA Times:

In between, there was Ryan Ludwick's fifth-inning fly ball that was one foot foul of being a grand slam, a long fly ball that ended up as an inning-ending grounder to Jeff Weaver.

"Baseball is a game of inches, huh?" said Weaver later, laughing.

It was a great game, really enjoyed it.