Major League Baseball blew it last night.
If the end of the Rockies-Padres game doesn’t prove the need for instant replay in baseball, I don't know what does.
The San Diego Padres may not have deserved to win the game—but Matt Holliday was out at home plate.
It wasn't “inconclusive,” no matter what you hear.
If you watched the replays, you saw Holliday's outstretched hand blocked well in front of the plate by Padres catcher Michael Barrett.
Don’t believe me? Check out the YouTube clip—but make sure you turn the sound down, because the commentary will make you sick.
The angle of Holliday’s fingers indicates that he couldn’t have gotten home. Don't give me any of this “inconclusive” nonsense—just because you can no longer see the plate at the end doesn't mean the replay is inconclusive.
Do what the people on TV don't do and use your brain to form a logical conclusion. If you know where home plate is before it's obscured, you should know where it is after it's obscured.
Unless the gopher from Caddy Shack somehow tunneled underneath Coors Field and moved the dish, it's in exactly the same spot. There's no way Holliday made it based on the angle of his slide and where his hand trailed in the dirt.
Home plate umpire Tim McClelland should have known this too—but let's not blame him. The expectation that anyone could make the right call under those circumstances isn’t only illogical—it’s cruel.
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