Whilst masticating on , Mark Yoder (1:3634/22)
wrote to Terry May:
MY> No.  The whole issue here is the umpire's call, not what the kid did or 
MY> didn't do.  Regardless of the situation, the correct call was *NOT* a 
home 
MY> run. Personally, after seeing the replay, my judgement would have been 
that 
MY> the ball would have hit the wall before being caught.  The fielder was 
MY> *NOT* jumping up when the kid caught the ball three feet over his head, 
and
He wasn't jumping because he didn't have to jump.  The ball was headed right 
for his glove.
MY> Is there anywhere in Yankee stadium, either posted for fans to read, or 
MY> printed on tickets that says "Fans shall not reach into the field of 
MY> play..."?  I doubt it.  That doesn't mean that it's 
It's announced before every game, and is probably on the tickets or in the 
stands as well.
MY> not wrong, but technically speaking, I don't think the kid broke 
MY> any rules, or broke the law.  The rules of baseball, however, 
You think wrong.  :-)
MY> *DO* cover what the correct call is when a situation like this 
MY> happens.  The travesty of the situation is *NOT* that an 
MY> exhuberant kid reached out and touched a ball... the travesty is 
MY> that the correct call was not made by the umpiring crew.
Both are a travesty, but the blown call is worse, because the umpires failed 
to do their job.  *adh*
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