Home run gets taken away because he missed home plate, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tightly contested baseball game between the Cal Bears and the Florida State Seminoles, the action heats up in the bottom of the second inning with the score knotted at 0-0. Cal's star player, Aaron Judge, steps up to the plate and crushes a deep drive over the left field fence, seemingly giving his team the lead with a towering home run. As Judge trots around the bases, the home plate umpire runs alongside him, appearing to confirm the successful completion of his circuit. Judge touches second and third base before arriving at home plate, where the umpire signals the home run is good, and the Cal dugout erupts in celebration. However, the jubilation is short-lived, as the next Cal batter, Keyshawn Ogins, hits another deep fly ball that clears the right field wall for a solo home run. This time, the umpire closely watches Ogins' movements, staring intently as he rounds the bases and touches each base. Once Ogins reaches home plate, the catcher begins gesturing and pointing to the umpire, suggesting that Judge may have missed touching a base on his previous at-bat. The umpires convene and decide to review the play, retreating to a hallway to examine the video footage. After carefully scrutinizing the replays from multiple angles, the officials determine that Judge's foot narrowly missed making contact with home plate during his home run trot. Heartbroken, the Cal dugout watches as the umpires rule the home run invalid, much to the dismay of Judge and his teammates. "I had him touch every base," Judge protests, but the call stands, and the run does not count. The Florida State Seminoles shortstop, Sam Seminoles, celebrates the overturned call, chanting "Sam Seminoles" in the direction of the dejected Cal side. Despite the crushing missed opportunity, the Cal Bears regroup and continue to battle. However, the game ultimately ends in a one-run victory for the Florida State Seminoles in the bottom of the ninth inning, a result that might have been different had Judge's home run stood.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis breakdown is from a couple of weeks
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was like i don't think i ever did this
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state 0-0 in the second inning not
anymore we have a deep drive to left
field over the credit union fox 49 sign
i meant home run trot he touches second
base
he keeps running the umpire runs with
him they're running together they're
hanging out they're having fun touches
third base umpire says great job back to
my original station touches home plate
that's a home run it counts
the next batter keyshawn ogins is that
his name shortstop for cal
he steps up has a 3-1 pitch gets the
fastball he was waiting on pokes it to
right field that's gonna go over the
sonny's barbecue sign for a home run now
he
touches second base the umpire is all
over it staring daggers at that base and
that foot umpire does not run with him
this time the third base ump has it and
he
staring all over it touches third base
that's cool little high five with the
coach gonna run home and make it count
and he touches home plate but the
catcher is staring the home umpire not
really staring
catcher kind of doing his job for him
and then he's gonna take his helmet off
and celebrate it's a home run but the
catcher is pointing at the umpire like
hey
you he missed it you didn't see it i saw
it because i was doing your job for you
i was doing all the staring
so they're going to get together home
plate umpire and his buddies and they
say hey i had him touch seconds i had
him touch third and this guy says
i touched every base
and then he says we're gonna review it
now i do like this
they're just in a hallway
they're in a hallway those umpires
themselves there's no third up in the
review it's just them in the hallway
watching it on tv and there's a
cameraman spying on them in the hallway
like okay well there's his foot there
and there right stop go back a little
and okay and there's right there so
here's one angle
and does the heel clip it there maybe
maybe if i saw just that angle i'd say
yes that angle offers us nothing but
then we get this third angle and he does
that hop
and i think he misses it
and i've talked about this in breakdowns
before i hate this rule if you hit a
home run it should be a home run who
cares about touching the base has
nothing to do with it
i really don't understand why it was
ever part of it
when i get rules or rules but
why are they rules so they call them out
the home run does not count
he can't believe it sam i think this guy
is saying
sam salman knowles
sam seminoles
sem seminoles is that a chant
is that that's what he's saying
sam seminoles
whoa
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he shakes it off smiles says that's
i had a homer whatever i'm out
there gets back to shortstop gets his
head back in the game
later on this game gets settled by a
walk off
by
florida state in the ninth inning they
win by one run
that run would have been the difference
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i hate that rule
i hate that rule
i know it's easy for people to say hey
how hard is it just to touch the base
and it won't happen and i get it just
touch the base for sure because the rule
exists
but the rule in and of itself is stupid
you hit it over the fence no one should
be able to do a thing about it you got a
home run
in my opinion