Bonifacio: Safe or Out?
MetsToday loyal reader, commenter, and photographer Gary Sparber caught a great shot of the “out” call on Emilio Bonifacio in the fifth inning of last night’s game:
Hmm … if I’m Bonifacio, I want a “do over”. Well done, Gary!
It certainly seems that umpires today miss many more calls then they used to.
How much of this is due to new technology, such as the “freeze cam,” many new viewing angles, and archiving of footage broadcasted all over TV, the internet, etc,? I feel that umps have always missed calls, but now we just catch them. It is impossible to get away with a missed call nowadays, no matter how large or small, since it has been recorded, is picked apart by ESPN, individual sports networks and fans on the internet.
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