Are baseball umpires getting help from the booth?
Two very close calls in the Padres/Red Sox game got overturned, both correctly, but IMO there's no way they overturn these calls based on what one of the other umpires saw.
Brian Knight was the 3rd base umpire and ruled a diving trap by Manny a catch. Manny tumbled in a manner where his body blocked it from the 1st and 2nd base umpires. Did the home plate umpire honestly get so much of a better look to rule that a single?
Later in the game a home run hits a weird part of the foul pole which extends from the main pole and juts left. As a result the ball hit off it and bounced to the right. (Instead of normal foul pole action.)
It seems very obvious to me that at this point in time, umpires are effectively getting instant replay and somewhere there's someone forwarding what the correct call is.
Am I a crazy conspiracy nut? I'm of the opinion they should, but I think they should admit to it.
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