Looked like that clipped his back foot..

[57stratdawg]

Didn't catch the front one.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

The batter did not act like it

he was surprised, that he was awarded first.

Lovelady immediately went livid over the call.

He was not hit.....

 

[missouridawg]

I thought the same...

The ball changed directions after it reached his back foot. It missed his front foot but hit his back one, in my opinion.

 

[patdog]

Chalk flew. If it hit his back foot after hitting the ground, that's not a HBP. Yet another bad call.

 

[missouridawg]

Chalk flew. If it hit his back foot after hitting the ground, that's not a HBP. Yet another bad call.

It definitely hit the ground first.

 

[Philly Dawg]

And it didn't hit is back foot. They showed a replay from the front.

 

[missouridawg]

And it didn't hit is back foot. They showed a replay from the front.

then what made the ball change directions? It went from going at his back foot to hitting our catcher in the leg.

 

[Philly Dawg]

it hit the ground and bounced, went over the feet in front of the legs, and hit the catcher.

 

[missouridawg]

it hit the ground and bounced, went over the feet in front of the legs, and hit the catcher.

No. It hit in front of his front foot. Travelled towards his back foot and then changed directions. And it changed directions because it hit his back foot.

 

[patdog]

Doesn't matter if it hit his back foot or not. It wasn't a HBP because it hit the ground first.

 

[missouridawg]

Doesn't matter if it hit his back foot or not. It wasn't a HBP because it hit the ground first.

I've yet to state that he deserved first for getting hit. But I'm firmly in the corner of the ball hit the batters back foot after it hit the ground.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

That's what I saw.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

Doesn't matter if it hit his back foot or not. It wasn't a HBP because it hit the ground first.

For future reference, it would still be a HBP even if it hit the ground first.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Doesn't matter if it hit his back foot or not. It wasn't a HBP because it hit the ground first.

Very much incorrect.

 

[whosyourdawgy]

If a baseball traveling over 80 mph hits the top of someone's foot, he is going to be in some serious pain. The batter didn't even flinch or act like the ball hit his foot. So there is the answer everyone is looking for. It didn't hit anything but dirt and Lovelady

 

[patdog]

Well, I'll be damned. I've learned something new.

 

[Bulldogg31]

The fifth and fatal pitch -- frame 313 -- takes the hitter in the foot from the front . . .

CUT TO the center field camera we see Plumlee from this point of view. He throws, and then we see the batter in the Zapruder film moving backwards and to his left in a ferocious, conclusive spray of dust, chalk and shoelaces. We repeat the shot.

This is the key shot. Watch it again. The batter going back to his left. Pitch from the front and right. Totally inconsistent with the one from the Depository. Again -- . . . back and to the left. . . back and to the left . . . back and to the left.

 

[thekimmer]

Yep, and the fact the hitter didn't even try to sell it tells me he didn't think it was even close.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

The Grassy nole, ain't got no grass on it.

 

[ShrubDog]

They sprayed MSMA on the crabgrass.

 

[Spidey.sixpack]

I really think they should make this a reviewable play. And in moments where the batter tries to take first and confuse the umpire that it hit him, if it is conclusive that he wasn't hit, it should be an automatic out. I don't like this behaviour.

 

[missouridawg]

If a baseball traveling over 80 mph hits the top of someone's foot, he is going to be in some serious pain. The batter didn't even flinch or act like the ball hit his foot. So there is the answer everyone is looking for. It didn't hit anything but dirt and Lovelady

This isn't even close to correct. If an 80 mph ball hits someone in the foot without hitt My the ground first, Is entertain your argument. But a ball that hits the ground first and then glances off of the foot afterwards is not going to cause much pain at all. Particularly is it hits in toe part of the shoe or on the shoelaces. Won't be any paint at all without a direct hit.

Ball hits dirt in front of front foot. Glances off back foot. Redirects into Lovelady. The CF camera shows the ball redirecting rather clearly.