Ellis was safe...Molina blocked the plate...but did not tag Mark Ellis

I'm at a bar so no sound. They kept replaying it, what were the commentators saying?

they were saying...well...Molina didn't tag him per say...but he did an awesome job BLOCKING THE PLATE...um...last I remembered...tagging the runner was required when a force is not in play

Home field cooking. Mmmm...

Yep. Molina didn't "technically" tag him. Missed call.

MY hits into a rally killing DP

I was halfway paying attention.

Did Ellis touch the plate?

ellis touched the plate

I give the Cards the out (just as the ump did} just for Molina taking the hit and holding on to the ball. "He's outta there!!!". Good call IMO.

I didn't replay it on the dvr but my first reaction was molina missed the tag.

Jim Abbott tweet said it best

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The ball beat the runner and there was a collision with the catcher. That was enough for THIS Umpire !!

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That's baseball, the guys with the reputation get the close calls.

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That's baseball, the guys with the reputation get the close calls.

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I imagine it had nothing to do with reputation but rather everything to do with the throw beating Ellis by several steps and Molina having the plate and baseline blocked.

It's a lot like second basemen coming off the base a tad early to get the quick turn since they didn't time their approach good enough. Almost 99% of the time umpire's give them the call.

I am biased being a Cardinals fan, but I think (as I've umpired in the past)if I am the umpire in that the same scenario calling for another team, I'd give them the call.

Even Ellis said he was out because I believe he knows how baseball goes. He didn't plan to hurt Yadi, and Yadi was protecting himself.

Could be true, 2011. Doesn't mean I'm not wholly wrong.

It's a baseball play.

As long as the ump thinks Molina tagged him, who bloody cares.

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As long as the ump thinks Molina tagged him, who bloody cares.

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Wut? That's retarded. If he got it wrong he got it wrong regardless of what he thought.

out

And if we wanna get technical, Molina was safe at second on that play. But, I won't, nor would he beg for it!

That's an out every day forever. Anybody who has a problem with that being an out should just find a different sport to follow. Furthermore, I saw the replay about 10 times, and I'm not even sure he missed the tag. Hard to say whether a piece of leather may have touched a piece of runner or not.

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That's an out every day forever. Anybody who has a problem with that being an out should just find a different sport to follow. Furthermore, I saw the replay about 10 times, and I'm not even sure he missed the tag. Hard to say whether a piece of leather may have touched a piece of runner or not.

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Agreed.