New umpire focus on catch transfers?

[vinny]

Watching the Cleveland feed tonight and they're talking about a call that went against them yesterday.

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6381756...?query=indians

Reminds me a lot of what happened to Eaton last week:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6381756...h/?query=white

This time, however, the umpires called it "no catch" on the field and it was upheld after Cleveland challenged. And this looked a lot more like a definite catch than Eaton's. Apparently it's an area that is being watched more closely this season - the transfer from glove to hand must be clean or else no catch.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-...JmMQR2dGlkAw--

I think it's silly.

[DumpJerry]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:10783735

It's causing headaches.

[#1swisher]

Mike Teevan ‏@MRTeevs
On 102 #MLB replays through yesterday: 35 'confirmed'; 30 'stood'; 36 'overturned'; and 1 for record-keeping. Average length: 2:03.

[#1swisher]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 24m

BREAKING: A catch is a catch again. Interpretation of transfer rule will be adjusted, starting tonight. Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-makes-1st-major-adjustment-of-replay-era-tweaks-transfer-rule-042514 …

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by #1swisher

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 24m

BREAKING: A catch is a catch again. Interpretation of transfer rule will be adjusted, starting tonight. Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mlb-makes-1st-major-adjustment-of-replay-era-tweaks-transfer-rule-042514 …

Luckily the Sox didn't get burned on one of these calls because I'd be ****ING IRATE

[SBSoxFan]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Luckily the Sox didn't get burned on one of these calls because I'd be ****ING IRATE

John I-am-not-a Kruk mentioned this same thing during a game broadcast about a week ago. How can you just change the rules or their interpretation midseason?

Can you retroactively play a game under protest?

[knocko94]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Luckily the Sox didn't get burned on one of these calls because I'd be ****ING IRATE

Eaton got a catch reversed in one of the first games of the season, I don't recall if there were any effects on the scoreboard as a result.

Glad the rule has changed.