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MLB: Reed Johnson Trap or Catch?

Reed Johnson "catch" in LF

  • Catch

    Votes: 14 24.6%

  • Trap

    Votes: 43 75.4%
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cycopath25

cycopath25

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Okay, my brother is a member on here, and we have been going around about the Reed Johnson "catch" from game #2 of the Cards/Cubs double header last night. I think he clearly trapped the ball (I was even screaming it at the TV in real speed) My brother claims he "might of trapped it". He is a huge Cubs homer! :biggrin: So I now come to you, the Cyclone Fanatic Nation to settle this sibling rivalry.

Did Reed Johnson catch or trap that ball in LF?

***If someone can find the replay and post it I would greatly appreciate it.
 
I am a HUGE Cubs fan and I think it was pretty close, but I thought it was a trap when watching in real speed, it is hard to tell. I did not like the comment that Joe Morgan said after that how they should be able to review plays like that and not just homeruns. You have to keep some sort of human element to the game as far as umpiring goes. I do not like Joe Morgan however since no one is ever as good as his Reds teams were.
 
I didn't see it, but according to the announcers on ESPN radio calling the game, they seemed to think he trapped it. Must have been extremely close, because they barely mentioned it in passing coming back from comercial break and never talked about it again.

If it were a blantant miss - I think they would've been talking about it much more than they did. They went on and on about the non-interference call by Wainwright (??) for about an inning and a half.
 
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cycopath25 said:
Okay, my brother is a member on here, and we have been going around about the Reed Johnson "catch" from game #2 of the Cards/Cubs double header last night. I think he clearly trapped the ball (I was even screaming it at the TV in real speed) My brother claims he "might of trapped it". He is a huge Cubs homer! :biggrin: So I now come to you, the Cyclone Fanatic Nation to settle this sibling rivalry.

Did Reed Johnson catch or trap that ball in LF?

***If someone can find the replay and post it I would greatly appreciate it.
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Who gives a ****? The end result of the game was the same.
 
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This was clearly a trap. Luckily it didn't affect the outcome of the game, or maybe the plate umpire widened the strike zone for Franklin to make up for it...
 
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TarHeelHawk said:
Who gives a ****? The end result of the game was the same.
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Not the point of this thread.



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TarHeelHawk said:
The bogus strike calls in the bottom of the ninth? Fair?
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How do you get to the majors and not learn how to protect the plate when you have two strikes - the umpire is human and he was calling them like that all night.

On the catch vs trap I wasn't sure and even with my DVR slowed down and stopped at the key moment you couldn't tell if the web of his glove was under the ball or not. Doesn't matter either way.
 
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Big time Cubs fan here, but that was a trap, and I said it to the GF when we were watching in real time before any replay.
Some of the balls and strikes varied a lot thru that game, but that Hoff at bat was a good umped at bat.
 
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Trapped it.

There is no way that replay would do much good on that though--because who is to say that two runs would score? Three runs? What if a guy would've stumbled around 2nd or 3rd base? Do they make all reviewed calls like that an automatic double? Maybe Rasmus tries to stretch it into a double and gets pegged out at 2nd for the 3rd out anyway. Sure they could see if he made the catch or not, but if they rule it a no catch, who knows what would've happened if the play had unfolded.

It's like the fumble review policy in the NFL--if a guy fumbles and a ref blows the whistle before anyone recovers the ball is dead. They don't know which team would've recovered the ball, just like in baseball they don't know how many runs would've scored.
 
cygrads said:
How do you get to the majors and not learn how to protect the plate when you have two strikes - the umpire is human and he was calling them like that all night.

On the catch vs trap I wasn't sure and even with my DVR slowed down and stopped at the key moment you couldn't tell if the web of his glove was under the ball or not. Doesn't matter either way.
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To say that Hudson called a consistent game isn't in the realm of reality. Wells got one call, and that was one the 3-1 pitch to Ankiel, and even then it was only because Ankiel thought it was ball 4 and flipped his bat.
 
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