Safe To Say That Was A Bad Call
For those complaining about the Jerry Meals “safe” call, it could have been MUCH worse…
Veteran umpire Jerry Meals felt he was right with the call he made that ended the 4-3, 19-inning win the Braves claimed over the Pirates at Turner Field on Tuesday night. But after going to the dressing room to unwind and look at the play, the veteran umpire saw he might have been wrong to rule that Julio Lugo eluded Pirates catcher Michael McKenry’s tag.
“I saw the tag, but he looked like he oléd him and I called him safe for that,” Meals said. “I looked at the replays and it appeared he might have got him on the shin area. I’m guessing he might have got him, but when I was out there when it happened, I didn’t see a tag.
“I just saw the glove sweep up. I didn’t see the glove hit his leg.”
…He could have made that bullshit call during a Yanks/Sawx game. My God, could you imagine the fallout from THAT?
Actually, I think the story here is that it is late July and the Pirates are still relevant. But I digress.
Now I’m not a huge Twitter person, but I saw some of those “#” comments and had to mention the “#” of all “#” references.
Two girls offer me a swig from their cup #jerrymealssaysitssafe
I’m done.
