Jason Heyward called out (wrong call) by 3B umpire

[critter2]

he went off the bag when he slide he is out.

[Wordshavemeanings]

Safe...but its ST who cares.

[HOTBOY4EVER1]

i think hes safe

[kyledavis75]

I got a ? Who cares its freaking spring training! Yea he was safe but dang. To all of u uneducated baseball ppl on here who said they called it on the "overslide" the umpire called him out b4 he even came close to comin off the base retards

[critter2]

@kyledavis75 no he didn't he called him out on the overslide watch again. he does not call it till the player overslides.

[05shawboy]

the throw beats him!...close call

[nexus1g]

I would trust the Ump's opinion on this (I'm guessing he called it on an overslide). We can't see from this angle and distance if the foot ever left the base, but it's definitely plausible.

[critter2]

he is out his foot comes off.

[1221jamw]

@critter2 No, it doesn't.

[critter2]

@critter2 that is my judgement and its final.

[shockattack2]

He was out. He slid to the outside of the bag and took an extra fraction of a second to reach the bag. The tag was right on his hand. Good call.

[panache101]

good call

[ILOVEUMPS]

Safe

[TF2Man24]

this is nothing compared to the bad call for gallaraga

[Ciacio5]

hes safe

[jfab113]

I think hes out because his hand comes off the bag and the tag is applied the....so i think he's out.

[JCSCougar]

@jfab113. In my opinion Jason is safe because his body already touched the bag before Zimmerman made the tag and Jason's foot was still on the bag.

If you're an umpire you don't say "I think" you have to state it in a more confident manner to show the coach(es) in the other dugout(s) that you had formed an opinion on what you clearly saw.

[theitalian556]

He looked safe to me!!!

[ncv7baseball]

to bigyaz, umpires make mistakes all the time. I personally think he was safe, thats just me.

[bigyaz]

Really? You're going to criticize an umpire's call based on this video from a terrible angle from this far away? You're kidding, right?

[JCSCougar]

I really love your opinions you guys/gals. I personally think Heyward is safe because Ryan didn't put the tag down in time to block him off at 3B. But you guys should try umpiring for fun.

[tigersurf]

That is SAFE from a mile, doesn't matter that the throw beats him, third baseman still needs to touch him before he reaches the base and there is where the "out" lacks its true value. Don't worry Braves fans Jason will steal a lot of wallets this season(something the Braves forgot to do).

[3rdbaseproductions]

spring training is for umpires too (out or safe)

[seadogvcd]

Definitely safe.

[chuckfan1]

@seadogvcd Definitely? There is no way you can tell that from this angle. In baseball, throw beats him, hes out...as the case here..

[Longfellow321]

but they also have to tag him.

[critter2]

just cause 3rd base coach does not even move does not really tell the whole story, that not the point, usually that is correct, but to me third base coach was not even looking at the play

[chuckfan1]

I think since the umpire was looking right down on it, and this view is from behind home, behind a screen, and the camera is moving, dontcha think maybe the ump got it right? 3rd base coach doesnt even move. Thats an out all day.